Mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep ‘unwrapped’ for the first time in 3,500 years! Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the 3,500-year-old mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I. For the first time, a team in Egypt used CT scans to see inside the burial wrappings of Pharaoh Amenhotep I. The non-invasive research enabled scientists to reveal Amenhotep’s face and work … Continue reading Mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep ‘unwrapped’ for the first time in 3,500 years! →

Advanced imaging techniques reveal secrets of sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins Researchers from the British Museum have gained valuable insight into the contents of six sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins using cutting-edge neutron tomography. Lead researcher Daniel O’Flynn and his colleagues present the findings of their examination of six sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins, all … Continue reading Advanced imaging techniques reveal secrets of sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins →

Tomb of Amun Temple Steward Discovered in Saqqara An archaeological mission from the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden (RMO) and the Egyptian Museum in Turin (Museo Egizio) uncovered the remains of Panehsy’s tomb, the steward of Amun Temple in the early Ramesside period, along with a collection of smaller chapels in the Saqqara Necropolis. … Continue reading Tomb of Amun Temple Steward Discovered in Saqqara →

Scientists Trace an Ore Source for the Benin Bronzes The Benin Bronzes — some roughly 3,000 stunning bronze artworks sculpted by African metalsmiths between the 16th and 19th centuries — were crafted from metal mined from Germany’s Rhineland region, a new study finds. Researchers had long suspected that the masterfully crafted sculptures — created by … Continue reading Scientists Trace an Ore Source for the Benin Bronzes →

Ancient Wooden Tags Offer Clues to Egypt’s Climate Swiss scientists are reconstructing the climate of the ancient world using small wooden artefacts hung on mummified remains. Throughout history, the earth’s climate has undergone natural fluctuations. Although insignificant compared with the current crisis, these fluctuations would nevertheless have been enough to make and unmake empires. According … Continue reading Ancient Wooden Tags Offer Clues to Egypt’s Climate →

What did Homo sapiens eat 170,000 years ago? Roasted, supersized land snails Slow-motion large land snails made for easy catching and good eating as early as 170,000 years ago. Until now, the oldest evidence of Homo sapiens eating land snails dated to roughly 49,000 years ago in Africa and 36,000 years ago in Europe. But tens of … Continue reading What did Homo sapiens eat 170,000 years ago? Roasted, supersized land snails →

Researchers use 21st-century methods to record 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt Simon Fraser University researchers are learning more about ancient graffiti—and their intriguing comparisons to modern graffiti—as they produce a state-of-the-art 3D recording of the Temple of Isis in Philae, Egypt. Working with the University of Ottawa, the researchers published their early findings … Continue reading Researchers use 21st century methods to record 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt →

Researchers Study Severed Hands Uncovered in Egypt In 2011, archaeologists excavating a site in northern Egypt known as Tell el-Dab’a came across a grisly scene. As they probed a series of pits outside the city’s palace walls, 12 skeletal hands reached back at them. The dismembered hands, researchers reported last week in Scientific Reports, are likely a … Continue reading Researchers Study Severed Hands Uncovered in Egypt →

Digital Image Depicts 30,000-Year-Old Egyptian A lifelike facial approximation of a man who lived 30,000 years ago in what is now Egypt may offer clues about human evolution. In 1980, archaeologists unearthed the man’s skeletal remains at Nazlet Khater 2, an archaeological site in Egypt’s Nile Valley. Anthropological analysis revealed that the man was between … Continue reading Digital Image Depicts 30,000-Year-Old Egyptian →