Archaeologists Diving Under a 2,300-Year-Old Pyramid Find Ancient Treasure Somewhere Below the surface of the kiddie-pool sized patch of brown water is the entrance to the 2,300-year-old tomb of a pharaoh named Nastasen. If I crane my neck back far enough, I can just make out the eastern flank of his pyramid rising nearly three … Continue reading Archaeologists Diving Under a 2,300-Year-Old Pyramid Find Ancient Treasure →

Scientists Analyze Ancient Egyptian Ink containing lead were likely used as drier on ancient Egyptian papyri Cosmos Magazine reports that a team of chemists, physicists, and Egyptologists from the University of Copenhagen and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility used advanced X-ray microscopy equipment to analyze the chemical composition of the ink markings found on papyrus fragments … Continue reading Scientists Analyze Ancient Egyptian Ink containing lead were likely used as drier on ancient Egyptian papyri →

Mysterious Ancient Structures Hidden Under The Sand In The Sahara Desert Hundreds of stone structures dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Western Sahara, a territory in Africa little explored by archaeologists. The structures seem to come in all sizes and shapes, and archaeologists aren’t sure what many of then were used for … Continue reading Mysterious Ancient Structures Hidden Under The Sand In The Sahara Desert →

This 3.3-Million-Year-Old Hominin Toddler Was Kind of Like Us In a fragment of sandstone sticking from the soil in the sparkling flatlands of Northeast Ethiopia, a fossil fragment of the cheekbone has been detected. Zeresenay Alemseged almost instinctively realised that he had come across something important. The skinbone brought a jaw, parts of a skull … Continue reading This 3.3-Million-Year-Old Hominin Toddler Was Kind of Like Us →

Archaeologists find Rome-era tombs in Egypt’s the Western Desert Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered two ancient tombs dating back to the Roman period in the country’s the Western Desert. The team discovered structures of two different architectural styles at the Beir Al-Shaghala site in the Dakhla Oasis, though both were built from mud-brick. Inside the … Continue reading Archaeologists find Rome-era tombs in Egypt’s the Western Desert →

Egypt finds 59 ancient coffins buried more than 2,600 years ago The Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities said on Saturday, dozens of ancient coffins were discovered by archaeologists in a large Necropolis south of Cairo. Khalid el-Anany said that 59 sealed sarcophagi, most of them mummies, have been discovered to have buried more than … Continue reading Egypt finds 59 ancient coffins buried more than 2,600 years ago →

2 billion-year-old African nuclear reactor proves that Mother Nature still has a few tricks up her sleeve In Gabon, Africa, the Oklo-Reactor is one of the most intriguing geologic formations on the Earth. In two billion-year-old rocks, natural fissile materials have sustained a slow nuclear fission reaction, as found in a modern nuclear reactor. With a … Continue reading 2 billion-year-old African nuclear reactor proves that Mother Nature still has a few tricks up her sleeve →

An Ancient Egyptian Village Just Found in The Nile Delta Predates The Pyramids by 2,500 Years An extremely rare treasure has been found by Egyptian archaeologists in the delta of the Nile: remnants of an ancient settlement dated back to around 5,000 BC. It’s one of the oldest ever discovered in the region, predating the pyramids … Continue reading An Ancient Egyptian Village Just Found in The Nile Delta Predates The Pyramids by 2,500 Years →

Sarcophagus of 26th-Dynasty Priest Found in Upper Egypt Ahram Online reports that a sarcophagus dated to the 26th Dynasty (688–525 B.C.) and a collection of ushabti statuettes were found in a 16-foot-deep shaft at the archaeological site of Al-Ghoreifa, which is located in Upper Egypt. An Egyptian archaeological mission has unveiled a new collection of amulets and … Continue reading Sarcophagus of 26th-Dynasty Priest Found in Upper Egypt →