50kg Silver Bar Found In Madagascar May Be Treasure Of Notorious Pirate Captain Kidd A 50 kg block of silver with inscriptions, which is now under armed guard on Sainte Marie island off the east coast of Madagascar. The bar was presented to Madagascar’s president at a special ceremony in 2015. The bar is imprinted … Continue reading 50kg Silver Bar Found In Madagascar May Be Treasure Of Notorious Pirate Captain Kidd →

Scientists discover 80,000-year-old bone tools Until the beginning of this century, the production of fully worked bone tools was considered an innovation introduced in Europe around 40,000 years ago by modern humans. Research carried out over the last two decades has led to the discovery of bone tools in several regions of Africa, some of … Continue reading Scientists discover 80,000-year-old bone tools →

Mummies With Golden Tongues Found in Egypt An Egyptian archaeological mission has unearthed a new part of the Quweisna necropolis in Menoufiya governorate that is replete with mummies with golden tongues. The discovery was made during excavations carried out in the central Nile Delta governorate in the past three months at the necropolis. The mission … Continue reading Mummies With Golden Tongues Found in Egypt →

Colonnaded Hall Discovered in Egypt’s Nile Delta Remains of the colonnades hall of Butu Temple were uncovered during excavations carried out by an Egyptian archaeological mission at Tel Al-Farayeen, Kafr El-Sheikh in the northern Nile Delta. A collection of pots used in religious rituals was unearthed along with decorated stone engravings depicting scenes that date … Continue reading Colonnaded Hall Discovered in Egypt’s Nile Delta →

46 Eagles in vivid colour revealed on Ancient Egyptian temple ceiling A joint German/Egyptian archaeological mission at the Temple of Esna on the west bank of the Nile, 35 miles south of Luxor in Egypt, has revealed some original colours and patterns in the part of the temple complex during restoration work. Sand dust, filth, … Continue reading 46 Eagles in vivid colour revealed on Ancient Egyptian temple ceiling →

Pyramid and Hundreds of New Kingdom Coffins Found in Egypt Just a stone’s throw from King Tut’s tomb, archaeologists have unearthed the pyramid of a never-before-known ancient Egyptian queen; a cache of coffins, mummies and artefacts; and a series of interconnected tunnels. For the past two years, archaeologists have been working at Saqqara, an archaeological … Continue reading Pyramid and Hundreds of New Kingdom Coffins Found in Egypt →

New Thoughts on Egypt’s Ancient Branding Irons Small branding irons from ancient Egypt were likely used to mark the skin of human slaves, a new study suggests. Several ancient texts and illustrations, as well as 10 branding irons dating to 3,000 years ago, suggest that ancient Egyptians branded slaves. These branding irons, actually made of … Continue reading New Thoughts on Egypt’s Ancient Branding Irons →

Bathhouse Dated to Third Century B.C. Uncovered in Egypt The ruins of a 2,200-year-old bathhouse dating to the second half of the third century B.C. have been discovered at Berenike, a town in Egypt by the Red Sea.  The giant bathhouse has two tholoi (circular structures) with 14 bathtubs in each that would have had … Continue reading Bathhouse Dated to Third Century B.C. Uncovered in Egypt →

Scientists Reconstruct Face Of ‘world’s First Pregnant’ Egyptian Mummy, Died 2000 Yrs Ago With an aim to re-humanize mummified individuals, Forensic scientists have reconstructed the face of the world’s first pregnant ancient Egyptian mummy more than 2,000 years after her death, using 2D and 3D techniques. The Mummy known as ‘The Mystery Lady’ is believed … Continue reading Scientists Reconstruct Face Of ‘world’s First Pregnant’ Egyptian Mummy, Died 2000 Yrs Ago →