‘He was NOT murdered!’ Egypt expert solves Tutankhamun mystery after new DNA test
‘He was NOT murdered!’ Egypt expert solves Tutankhamun mystery after new DNA test Tutankhamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule at the end of the 19th Dynasty during the New Kingdom. Known as “the boy king,” he inherited the throne at just nine years old and …
France Returns to Senegal an 18th-Century Saber That It Looted During the Colonial Period
France Returns to Senegal an 18th-Century Saber That It Looted During the Colonial Period As a symbolic gesture of France’s commitment in its dedication to restoring African cultural heritage, French Prime Minister Edouard Philip handed the historic sword to the President of Senegal Macky Sall. Omar Saïdou Tall, a leading Muslim religious leader in the …
UK family finds Indian treasure worth millions looted under British rule lying in the attic
UK family finds Indian treasure worth millions looted under British rule lying in the attic An auction for around 107000 pounds was made of a collection of rare objects found by a couple of years later in the English county of Berkshire and identified as artefacts from Tipu Sultan’s weapons. The most impressive item was …
Ancient Egypt: Archaeologists Discover Hidden Palace Marked With Symbols of Ramesses the Great
Ancient Egypt: Archaeologists Discover Hidden Palace Marked With Symbols of Ramesses the Great An Egyptian palace was discovered on the same site as Ramesses II’s adjacent Temple by New York archeologists. The palace and temple are located at the ancient site of Abydos, Egypt, where numerous kings are also buried. Archaeologists were excavating in and …
Climate change may be behind fall of an ancient empire, say researchers
Climate change may be behind fall of an ancient empire, say researchers Despite a plethora of cuneiform textual documentation and archaeological excavations and field surveys, archaeologists and historians have been unable to explain the abruptness and finality of the historic empire’s collapse. Numerous theories about the collapse have been put forward since the city and …
Restored Pompeii Kitchens Give Us An Idea Of How Romans Cooked
Restored Pompeii Kitchens Give Us An Idea Of How Romans Cooked In a new project that seeks to give visitors a taste of the everyday life within the city the ancient roman kitchens of the Pompeii launderette were once again equipped with pots and pans. The kitchens were once used to provide food for the hungry …
Christian Cross Dashes Mummification Woman Hopes to Find Russian Fortresses
Mummified Woman with Christian Cross Dashes Hopes of Finding Russian Fortress A woman with traditional Yakut clothes with a copper cross on her chest was found to be an unusually well preserved mummified body in summer 2019. The research team that worked on the discovery of the first Russian fortress constructed at Yakutia was surprised to …
From Thebes to Nazi Germany: ancient vase returned to Greece
From Thebes to Nazi Germany: ancient vase returned to Greece Upon his return to Athens, an amazing story about an ancient wine-cup given to the marathon champion of the first modern Olympics before being smuggled out of Greece by a notorious Nazi. Spyros Louis, who was a water carrier when he surprisingly won the opening marathon …
Scientists explore Egyptian mummy bones with X-rays and infrared light
Scientists explore Egyptian mummy bones with X-rays and infrared light Mummy’s bones are examined by lasers, x-rays and infrared technology which ‘ shine a light on ‘ daily life in ancient Egypt. A collection of bone specimens from 2,000 to 4,000 years were tested using the Advanced Light Source at the California-based Berkeley Laboratories. The bones are …
The world’s oldest rug was made in Armenia
The world’s oldest rug was made in Armenia The area covering the Ukok plateau in Siberia is huge. The Altai Mountains and the Ob River are home to the territory of Altai Krai, which is harsh in winter. The plateau descends into the Pazyryk Valley, which contains ancient kurgans (burial mounds) in the style of …