Egyptologists examined the mummy of Pharaoh Amenhotep I using computed tomography and found that he died at the age of 35. His remains were seriously …

The Sphinx is so old that already to the ancient Egyptians it was an ancient statue. Its first restoration took place around 3,500 years ago. …

The newly-discovered chamber is in the Pyramid of Khufu, one of the three structures that make up this Wonder of the World. Archaeologists are yet …

In 1964, one of the world’s largest and most spectacular dismantling and reassembly projects was begun in Egypt. To rescue the ancient temples in Abu …

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meticulously crafted from gold, lapis lazuli, and copper. Featuring an eagle with a lion’s head, it represents the land of Sumer and the goddess Ningersu, …

Three Whale Rock Source-Google Hin Sam Wan, which means Three Whale Rock, is a 75 million-year-old rock formation jutting majestically out of the mountains. It …

  She’s appeared in dozens of Hollywood movies and at least a bazillion books, from biographies to historical novels to science fiction. (Yes, Cleopatra in Space is totally a thing.) Always …

y crawling into the suit through its central aperture and subsequently sealing it shut, the hunter ensured complete waterproofing using the sealskin material. Looks like …

Cleopatra VII, Philopator Panagiotis Constantinou (CC BY-NC-SA) Cleopatra VII (l. c. 69-30 BCE, r. 51-30 BCE) was the last ruler of Egypt before it was annexed as a …

For those who have been following my blog, know that I visited Egypt first in 2010 and been an expat in this North African country …

Scientists from Germany, the UK, and Australia detect family relationships in a 4,600-year-old stone age burial / Publication in PNAS DNA extracted from bones and …

  Date: 19th c. Geography: Cross River region, Nigeria. Materials: Human skull, antelope skin, basketry, lead, hair. Quai Branly Museum, Paris, France. Masks of this …

In 1906 archaeologist Edward Ayrton discovered and excavated three tombs in Egypt’s “Valley of the Kings”. When he entered tomb KV 50 he found a …

The conservation team used radiology to assess the mummy. The mummy from 2300 B.C. was in a sorry state when he arrived at Emory in …

The warrior recovered by an archaeologist from the University of Jagiellonian in Krakow, buried with his sword and gold decorations, was located in an unbroken …

This is the former cannibal mountain tribe who amputate the fingers of women to appease the dead and smoke ancestors daily to preserve their mummified …

Heads of statues belonging to the Greek gods ‘Eros’, ‘Dionysus’ and ‘Heracles’ were found in the excavations in the ancient city of Aizanoi in Turkey. …

She is 42,000 years old, and has come a long way for her Australian debut. First, she was recovered from the frozen mud in Siberia …

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