Ireland to return mummified remains and sarcophagus to Egypt Mummified human remains and a sarcophagus is among the ancient objects that an Irish university says it plans to repatriate to Egypt. All of the artifacts being returned by the University College Cork (UCC) date from between 100AD and 975BC. An inscription on the wooden sarcophagus, … Continue reading Ireland to return mummified remains and sarcophagus to Egypt →

Denisovan Genes May Have Boosted Modern Human Immunity When modern humans first migrated from Africa to the tropical islands of the southwest Pacific, they encountered unfamiliar people and new pathogens. But their immune systems may have picked up some survival tricks when they mated with the locals—the mysterious Denisovans who gave them immune gene variants … Continue reading Denisovan Genes May Have Boosted Modern Human Immunity →

Why the discovery of Cleopatra’s tomb would rewrite history It couldn’t have been a case of better timing. Egyptologists celebrating the centenary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, now have a promising new archaeological discovery that appears to have been made in Egypt. Excavators have discovered a tunnel under the Taposiris Magna temple, … Continue reading Why the discovery of Cleopatra’s tomb would rewrite history →

Rare Archaeological Discoveries In The Sacred Animal Necropolis In Saqqara Egypt is a land of great interest to anyone interested in archaeology and ancient history, but at present times the Coronavirus outbreak doesn’t allow us to admire the treasures of the land of the Pharaohs. However, we can still use online resources to learn more … Continue reading Rare Archaeological Discoveries In The Sacred Animal Necropolis In Saqqara →

New Dates Obtained for Ethiopia’s Early Christian Churches Archaeologists have made an important discovery in the Kingdom of Aksum, a major ancient power in Northeastern Africa, identifying two churches from shortly after the Aksumite’s conversion to Christianity. These are some of the first churches in the Kingdom reliably dated to this key period. The Aksumite … Continue reading New Dates Obtained for Ethiopia’s Early Christian Churches →

Huge funerary building and Fayoum portraits discovered in Egypt Fayoum The Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Gerza archaeological site in Fayoum revealed a huge funerary building from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, as well as a number of Fayoum portraits. These are the first mummy portraits discovered at Fayoum during an archaeological dig since … Continue reading Huge funerary building and Fayoum portraits discovered in Egypt Fayoum →

3,300-Year-Old Tomb with Pyramid Entrance Discovered in Egypt The tomb, found at the site of Abydos, dates back around 3,300 years. Within one of its vaulted burial chambers, a team of archaeologists found a finely crafted sandstone sarcophagus, painted red, which was created for a scribe named Horemheb. The sarcophagus has images of several Egyptian gods on … Continue reading 3,300-Year-Old Tomb with Pyramid Entrance Discovered in Egypt →

Could Homo Naledi Control Fire? An ancient hominid dubbed Homo naledi may have lit controlled fires in the pitch-dark chambers of an underground cave system, new discoveries hint. Researchers have found remnants of small fireplaces and sooty wall and ceiling smudges in passages and chambers throughout South Africa’s Rising Star cave complex, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger announced in … Continue reading Could Homo Naledi Control Fire? →

Egypt’s Fayum Oasis Yields Funerary Structure and Portraits The Egyptian archaeological mission at the Garza archaeological site in Egypt’s Fayoum city uncovered on Thursday a large funerary building/structure dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras. This is the 10th excavation season for this mission, which began excavations in 2016. The Garza village, previously known … Continue reading Egypt’s Fayum Oasis Yields Funerary Structure and Portraits →