Paleontologists say the world’s oldest-known burial site was found in South Africa American explorer and scientist Lee Berger in South Africa said they have found the oldest-known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behavior. However, the scientist announced the discovery of a … Continue reading Paleontologists say the world’s oldest-known burial site was found in South Africa →

Signs of Anemia Detected in Ancient Egyptian Mummies A large percentage of mummified children from ancient Egypt show signs of blood disorders known as anemias, suggesting that these youngsters may have had a slew of related medical problems, including malnutrition and growth defects, a new study finds. Using full body CT (computed tomography) scans, a … Continue reading Signs of Anemia Detected in Ancient Egyptian Mummies →

A 3,000-year-old Egyptian figurine sensationally unearthed in a former SS hospital In a stunning discovery, a three-thousand-year-old ancient Egyptian figurine of the god Osiris has been unearthed in a former Nazi SS hospital in the Lublin province.  The figurine is part of a long-lost collection of antiquities that have been the subject of a search … Continue reading A 3,000-year-old Egyptian figurine sensationally unearthed in a former SS hospital →

Staging of religion on rock paintings that are thousands of years old in southern Egypt desert Egyptologists at the University of Bonn and the University of Aswan want to systematically record hundreds of petroglyphs and inscriptions dating from the Neolithic to the Arab period and document them in a database. The desert in southern Egypt … Continue reading Staging of religion on rock paintings that are thousands of years old in southern Egypt desert →

Excavations Continue in Middle Egypt’s Meir Necropolis An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered a collection of structure relics from the Byzantine and Late Period in Meir Necropolis in the Assiut governorate. The mission discovered the large remains of structures on two levels, with the upper level consisting of monks’ cells with a court and a … Continue reading Excavations Continue in Middle Egypt’s Meir Necropolis →

What’s the oldest known case of cancer in humans? Cancer may seem like a modern disease, but it has affected humans for eons. Scientists have discovered numerous prehistoric human remains indicating the presence of cancer. So, what’s the earliest case of cancer on record? And what’s the first time that humans wrote about it in … Continue reading What’s the oldest known case of cancer in humans? →

A surprising discovery in the Lublin countryside! Ancient figurines of Egyptian and Roman gods found Two ancient figurines depicting the Egyptian god Osiris and a bust of the Roman god Bacchus were found in the Opole district of Lublin, Poland. An extraordinary discovery was made at the beginning of May by Krzysztof Kozłowski, who, having … Continue reading A surprising discovery in the Lublin countryside! Ancient figurines of Egyptian and Roman gods found →

Ancient Buddha Statue Discovered in Egypt A 1,900-year-old statue of the Buddha — discovered at the ancient Egyptian port city of Berenike, on the coast of the Red Sea — likely belonged to a transplant from South Asia, according to archaeologists.  The Buddha statue depicts Siddhartha Gautama, who lived in South Asia around 2,550 years … Continue reading Ancient Buddha Statue Discovered in Egypt →

Medieval Christian Paintings Unearthed in Sudan Archaeologists have uncovered a hidden complex of rooms covered with Christian paintings in Old Dongola, a deserted town in Sudan that was once the capital of medieval Makuria. A team from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology had been exploring houses dating from the later Funj period, 16th to … Continue reading Medieval Christian Paintings Unearthed in Sudan →