The mystery of ‘The Screaming Mummy’ is finally revealed, and it’s chilling
The mystery of ‘The Screaming Mummy’ is finally revealed, and it’s chilling He’s back. Prince Pentawere, a man who tried (probably successfully) to murder his own father, Pharaoh Ramesses III, and later took his own life after he was put on trial, is now on public display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Pentawere’s mummy, …
Golf course workers dig up 4,000-year-old tree-trunk coffin with warrior skeleton holding axe
Golf course workers dig up 4,000-year-old tree-trunk coffin with warrior skeleton holding axe Archaeologists in England have analyzed a half-ton coffin dating to the early Bronze Age that was found under a golf course in Lincolnshire County. The coffin, cut from a single oak tree and thought to be about 4,000 years old, contained human …
Ancient Wooden ‘Coptic Dolls’ May Have Been The Ancestors Of Today’s Barbie Dolls
Ancient Wooden ‘Coptic Dolls’ May Have Been The Ancestors Of Today’s Barbie Dolls For as long as anyone can remember, children loved to play with various toys, but kids living a long time ago did not have parents who could walk into a shop and buy something entertaining. Yet, there is archaeological evidence that that …
A palatial 1,500-year-old Maya structure unearthed in Mexico
A palatial 1,500-year-old Maya structure unearthed in Mexico Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered two housing complexes, including a palace-like building, in the roughly 1,500-year-old Maya city of Kabah on the Yucatán Peninsula. The team unearthed the buildings, which are the first evidence of residential buildings at this archaeological site, ahead of the Maya Train railroad …
Five 1,500-Year-Old Gold Foil Figures Unearthed in Norway
Five 1,500-Year-Old Gold Foil Figures Unearthed in Norway The pieces are tiny, about the size of a fingernail. They are flat and thin as paper, often square, and stamped with a motif. Usually, they depict a man and a woman in various types of clothing, jewellery, and hairstyles. They are from what we call the …
8-Year-Old Boy Finds Unusual Viking Age Artifact On Gotland Island, Sweden
8-Year-Old Boy Finds Unusual Viking Age Artifact On Gotland Island, Sweden Anyone, regardless of age, place, and nation, can always find something of archaeological value. You have to keep your eyes open; before you know it, you are looking at something hundreds or thousands of years old on the ground. Finding an ancient treasure or …
Amazing Ancient Underwater Treasures And Temples Discovered At Thonis-Heracleion
Amazing Ancient Underwater Treasures And Temples Discovered At Thonis-Heracleion A marvelous submerged ancient world can be found in the ancient port city of Thonis-Heracleion in the Bay of Aboukir off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. Beneath the waters lies the legendary lost kingdom of Cleopatra. The 5th-century BC historian Herodotus had mentioned the 1,600-year-old city. He described …
World’s Oldest Wooden Structure Made By Ancient Humans Is 476,000 Years Old
World’s Oldest Wooden Structure Made By Ancient Humans Is 476,000 Years Old Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structures made of wood, according to new research by a team from the University of Liverpool and Aberystwyth University. The research, published in the journal Nature, reports on the …
A mᴀss grave of children unearthed in ancient city
A mᴀss grave of children unearthed in ancient city Archaeologists have unearthed a mᴀss grave of children dating back to the fifth century in the ancient city of Savatra in the Central Anatolian province of Konya. Excavation work has been ongoing for the past three years in the ancient city of Savatra, under the leadership …
Ancient Roman ‘fridge’ unearthed with wine and animal bones still inside, pH๏τos show
Ancient Roman ‘fridge’ unearthed with wine and animal bones still inside, pH๏τos show While excavating an ancient Roman military camp in Bulgaria, archaeologists unearthed a rare — and relatable — find: a stocked refrigerator. Archaeologists were excavating the ruins of Novae, a Roman-era military fortress, when they uncovered lead and ceramic water pipes, the University of …