Tunnel Discovered at Egypt’s Ancient City of Taposiris Magna Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a vast tunnel beneath a temple in the ancient city of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria.  The 4,281-foot-long (1,305 meters) tunnel, which brought water to thousands of people in its heyday, was discovered by an Egyptian-Dominican Republic archaeological team, the Egyptian … Continue reading Tunnel Discovered at Egypt’s Ancient City of Taposiris Magna →

2,200-Year-Old Fruit Baskets Found in the Underwater City of Heracleion Fruit baskets — with fruit still inside — that are more than 2,200 years old were discovered recently in the ruins of Thonis-Heracleion, the ancient lost city near Alexandria, Egypt. The city, once the nexus of Mediterranean trade routes in the Hellenistic era, sank beneath … Continue reading 2,200-Year-Old Fruit Baskets Found in the Underwater City of Heracleion →

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of what may be one of the four lost Ancient Egyptian “Sun Temples” A Polish and Italian archaeological mission, while conducting an excavation in the Abusir necropolis near Saqqara in Egypt, unearthed the remains of a mud-brick building believed to be one of the lost “sun temples” of ancient Egypt’s … Continue reading Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of what may be one of the four lost Ancient Egyptian “Sun Temples” →

Dominican mission discovers 1,305-meter Greco-Roman ancient rock-cut tunnel in Alexandria A Greco-Roman tunnel measuring 1,305 meters in length was discovered beneath Tapuziris Magna, an Ancient Egyptian city, by an Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission from the University of Santo Domingo. The tunnel was carved into the rock and is 1,305 m long, 2 meters high and 13 … Continue reading Dominican mission discovers 1,305-meter Greco-Roman ancient rock-cut tunnel in Alexandria →

Giant 66-Million-Year-Old Marine Reptile Found in Morocco Researchers in Morocco have discovered a huge new mosasaur fossil called Thalassotitan aatrox that fills the super-hunter niche. With huge jaws and teeth like those of killer whales, the Thalassotitan preyed on other marine reptiles, plesiosaurs, sea turtles, and other mosasaurs. It is known that at the end … Continue reading Giant 66-Million-Year-Old Marine Reptile Found in Morocco →

Shrine With Never-Before-Seen Ritual Discovered In Egyptian Temple Archaeologists have discovered a shrine in a temple in Egypt that describes a ritual never seen before. It comes from the religious complex of the ancient seaport of Berenike, a city that dates back to the third century BCE. The complex itself is a lot more modern … Continue reading Shrine With Never-Before-Seen Ritual Discovered In Egyptian Temple →

Shrine discovered with rituals never seen to take place before in an Egyptian temple Researchers from the Sikait Project, directed by UAB Professor Joan Oller Guzmán, recently published new findings from the excavations of the Berenike site, a Greco-Roman seaport in the Egyptian Eastern desert. The study results, published in the American Journal of Archaeology, … Continue reading Shrine discovered with rituals never seen to take place before in an Egyptian temple →

In Egypt, Two Greco-Roman Mummies Found Discarded in Sewers If there’s any indication that the underbelly of Egypt is still teeming with priceless cultural relics, it’s the fact that a number of said relics have ended up in the country’s sewage system. Police have found several ancient sarcophagi floating down a sewage canal in Egypt, … Continue reading In Egypt, Two Greco-Roman Mummies Found Discarded in Sewers →

Hoard of Islamic era gold and silver coins found behind Egyptian temple Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a nearly 1,000-year-old cache of gold and silver coins behind a temple in Esna, a city located along the Nile River. The hoard, which was discovered by a team of researchers from Egypt’s Supreme Council for Archaeology, includes … Continue reading Hoard of Islamic era gold and silver coins found behind Egyptian temple →