Researchers Find Ancient 3,600-Year-Old Mummy Near Luxor, Egypt LUXOR, EGYPT—BBC reports that a wooden coffin containing a mummy, a small coffin made of mud, and funerary equipment dating to the 17th Dynasty (ca. 1635–1550 B.C.) were found in a mudbrick chapel in the Dra Abul Naga necropolis, which is located on Luxor’s West Bank. The … Continue reading Researchers Find Ancient 3,600-Year-Old Mummy Near Luxor, Egypt →

Archaeologists Diving Under a 2,300-Year-Old Pyramid Find Ancient Treasure Objects, ‘ gold leaf ‘ were uncovered by a team of archeologists ‘ diving’ the sweltering deserts of northern Sudan once Nubia, in a 2,300- years-old submerged tomb belonging to a pharaoh named Nastasen who ruled the Kush kingdom from 335 BC to 315 BC. A major … Continue reading Archaeologists Diving Under a 2,300-Year-Old Pyramid Find Ancient Treasure →

Buried in the sand for a millennium: Africas roman ghost city While the whole city often does not vanish, the Roman colony of Thamugadi was established in the North African province of Mumidia by Emperor Traian about 100 A.D., the city, also known as Timgad or Tamugas. Home to Veterans of the Third Augustan Legion, … Continue reading Buried in the sand for a millennium: Africas roman ghost city →

Treasure Trove of Discoveries Unearthed in Egypt’s Saqqara Necropolis Situated some 30 km (19 miles) south of modern Cairo and the house of the older and the most early documented pyramid is Saqqara’s enormous historic site, the Unas, the well-known Step Pyramid of Djoser, the Serapeum, and the tomb of the spiritual Apis bulls, varying … Continue reading Gold Mine of Discoveries Unearthed in Egypt’s Saqqara Necropolis →

Synchrotron X-ray sheds light on some of the world’s oldest dinosaur eggs In the most minor details, an international team of scientists led by the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa was able to re-construct the skulls of some of the world’s oldest documented 3D dinosaur embryos by using powerful and non-destructive ESRF synchrotron … Continue reading Synchrotron X-ray sheds light on some of the world’s oldest dinosaur eggs →

3000-Year-Old Pharaoh Ramses II Statue Found In Cairo Slum, And It’s “One Of The Most Important Discoveries Ever” The massive 26 ft (8 meters) statue was found in the groundwater of a Cairo slum by archaeologists from Egypt and Germany. It is likely to represent revered Pharaoh Ramses II, who controlled Egypt more than three … Continue reading 3000-Year-Old Pharaoh Ramses II Statue Found In Cairo Slum, And It’s “One Of The Most Important Discoveries Ever” →

Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Unearthed at Temple of Ramesses II A team of researchers led by Sameh Iskander of New York University uncovered foundation deposits, ten large storerooms, and niches cut into the walls of the southwest corner of the Temple of Ramesses II in Abydos. Mostafa Waziri of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said that … Continue reading Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Unearthed at Temple of Ramesses II →

Skeletal remains of half-cat / half-human now on display in Cairo museum The remains of what seems to be a half-human / half-cat have been taken from the secret chamber of the great pyramid, recently uncovered, and are now exhibited in the National Museum in Cairo. Researchers from all around the world have come to … Continue reading Skeletal remains of half-cat / half-human now on display in Cairo museum →

Archaeologist Discover Paintings of Goddess in 3,000-year-old mummy’s coffin In the coffin of an Egyptian mummy, paintings were found after she was taken out for the first time in over a hundred years. In the campaign to preserve Ta-Kr-Hb – pronounced “takerheb” – a priestess or princess from Thèbes, a Scottish conservative made this discovery. … Continue reading Archaeologist Discover Paintings of Goddess in 3,000 year old mummy’s coffin →