Well-Preserved Mosaic Floor Found in Roman Egypt The find at Kom El-Dikka confirms the popularity of ornate design between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD in Roman Alexandria An Egyptian-Polish Archaeological Mission unearthed on Thursday the remains of a large part of an ancient city dating from the 4th to the 7th century AD in … Continue reading Well-Preserved Mosaic Floor Found in Roman Egypt →

Ancient Egyptian Mummy Linen Fragments Seized in Michigan U.S. border officials say they have seized ancient Egyptian mummy linens during enforcement operations at the Blue Water Bridge that connects Port Huron, Mich., to Sarnia, Ont.  Five containers containing the artifacts were seized on May 25 following the selection of the truck for examination in Michigan near … Continue reading Ancient Egyptian Mummy Linen Fragments Seized in Michigan →

Oldest non-African modern human fossil revealed to be 195,000 years old The popular consensus in palaeoanthropology places the ancestors of our species exclusively in Africa before making a successful migration into Eurasia around 60,000 years ago. There has been some level of recognition that perhaps small numbers of early modern humans reached the Levant and … Continue reading Scientists discover oldest human fossil outside of Africa →

A pair of golden sandals found in King Tutankhamun’s tomb that shows how Egyptian sandals were made During the ancient Egyptian period, people mostly traveled barefoot. It is believed that since the temperature in Egypt was very high throughout the year, people gave less importance to wearing footwear. There is hardly any record to suggest … Continue reading A pair of golden sandals found in King Tutankhamun’s tomb that shows how Egyptian sandals were made →

Greco-Roman Era Tomb Found in Upper Egypt A rock-cut tomb dating back to the late Pharaonic Graeco-Roman period has been discovered by Egyptian-Italian archeological mission working in the Aga Khan Mausoleum area in Aswan. Mostafa Waziri, the general secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, explains that the mission found inside the tomb parts of … Continue reading Greco-Roman Era Tomb Found in Upper Egypt →

Burials of Africans slaves found at the old rubbish dump in Portugal Portuguese explorers such as Henry the Navigator started sailing to Africa in the early 15th century, bringing both goods and enslaved people back. A new archeological study of more than 150 skeletons dumped in Lagos, Portugal, reveals that there were no proper burials … Continue reading Burials of Africans slaves found at the old rubbish dump in Portugal →

Egypt unveils 2,500-year-old mummy at forgotten cemetery Egypt unveiled a high priest’s 2,500-year – old mummy at an ancient southern cemetery in Cairo. Egyptologist Zahi Hawass and a team from Egypt opened three 26th Dynasty sealed sarcophagi. One contained the well-preserved mummy of a powerful priest, wrapped in linen and decorated with a golden figure … Continue reading Egypt unveils 2,500-year-old mummy at forgotten cemetery →

4000 Years Ago in Egypt, Dozens of Men Who Died Of Terrible Wounds Were Mummified and Entombed Together in the Cliffs Near Luxor In Egypt more than 4,000 years ago, in the cliffs near Luxor, dozens of men who died of terrible wounds were mummified and buried together. Mass burials were exceptionally rare in ancient … Continue reading 4000 Years Ago in Egypt, Dozens of Men Who Died Of Terrible Wounds Were Mummified and Entombed Together in the Cliffs Near Luxor →

Two Ancient Egyptian Kingdom Tombs Opened in Luxor, Egypt Two tombs of unidentified officials dated to Egypt’s New Kingdom era have been opened at Luxor’s Draa Abul-Naglaa necropolis years after they were initially discovered by German archaeologist Frederica Kampp in the 1990s. The opening of the tombs was announced at an international conference attended by … Continue reading Two Ancient Egyptian Kingdom Tombs Opened in Luxor, Egypt →