Roman-Era Pottery Workshop Uncovered in Egypt Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient pottery workshop — with the remains of rounded vessels, coins, figurines and even a ‘ritual room’ — dating to the beginning of the Roman period in Tabba Matouh, West Alexandria.  Ancient workers primarily used the site for crafting amphorae —  two-handed vessels … Continue reading Roman-Era Pottery Workshop Uncovered in Egypt →

A Massive, Black Sarcophagus Has Been Unearthed in Egypt, And Nobody Knows Who’s Inside Archaeological digs around ancient Egyptian sites still have plenty of secrets to give up yet – like the huge, black granite sarcophagus just discovered at an excavation in the city of Alexandria, on the northern coast of Egypt. What really stands … Continue reading A Massive, Black Sarcophagus Has Been Unearthed in Egypt, And Nobody Knows Who’s Inside →

What Ancient DNA Reveals About Life in Africa 20,000 Years Ago Every person alive on the planet today is descended from people who lived as hunter-gatherers in Africa. The continent is the cradle of human origins and ingenuity, and with each new fossil and archaeological discovery, we learn more about our shared African past. Such … Continue reading What Ancient DNA Reveals About Life in Africa 20,000 Years Ago →

Ancient DNA reveals surprises about how early Africans lived, travelled and interacted A new analysis of human remains that were buried in African archaeological sites has produced the earliest DNA from the continent, telling a fascinating tale of how early humans lived, travelled and even found their significant others. An interdisciplinary team of 44 researchers … Continue reading Ancient DNA reveals surprises about how early Africans lived, travelled and interacted →

An Ancient Papyrus Reveals How The Great Pyramid of Giza Was Built Stones weighing up to fifteen tonnes were hauled down the Nile on wooden boats to a man-made port. For centuries it has been one of the world’s greatest enigmas: how did a primitive society with little technology build the Great Pyramid of Giza … Continue reading An Ancient Papyrus Reveals How The Great Pyramid of Giza Was Built →

Scents Help Researchers Identify Contents of Egyptian Vessels More than 3,400 years after two ancient Egyptians were laid to rest, the jars of food left to nourish their eternal souls still smell sweet. A team of analytical chemists and archaeologists has analysed these scents to help identify the jars’ contents1. The study shows how the … Continue reading Scents Help Researchers Identify Contents of Egyptian Vessels →

Egypt uncovers the 4,000-year-old painted tomb of a royal palace official Five painted tombs were recently unearthed in Saqqara, an ancient Egyptian necropolis just outside of Cairo, according to a report by Reuters. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said that a recent excavation of burial shafts resulted in the finding of the tombs, … Continue reading Egypt uncovers the 4,000-year-old painted tomb of a royal palace official →

DNA from child burials reveals ‘profoundly different’ human landscape in ancient Africa Central Africa is too hot and humid for ancient DNA to survive—or so researchers thought. But now the bones of four children buried thousands of years ago in a rock shelter in the grasslands of Cameroon have yielded enough DNA for scientists to … Continue reading DNA from child burials reveals ‘profoundly different’ human landscape in ancient Africa →

Egypt breakthrough: How lost Tutankhamun artefact was found after ‘vanishing for decades’ Tutankhamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule at the end of the 19th Dynasty during the New Kingdom. Known as “the boy king,” he inherited the throne at just nine years old and mysteriously died less than … Continue reading Egypt breakthrough: How lost Tutankhamun artefact was found after ‘vanishing for decades’ →