Pyramid and Hundreds of New Kingdom Coffins Found in Egypt
Pyramid and Hundreds of New Kingdom Coffins Found in Egypt Just a stone’s throw from King Tut’s tomb, archaeologists have unearthed the pyramid of a never-before-known ancient Egyptian queen; a cache of coffins, mummies and artefacts; and a series of interconnected tunnels. For the past two years, archaeologists have been working at Saqqara, an archaeological …
Iron Age Artifact May Shed Light on Origins of Basque Language
Iron Age Artifact May Shed Light on Origins of Basque Language More than 2,000 years after it was probably hung from the door of a mud-brick house in northern Spain to bring luck, a flat, lifesize bronze hand engraved with dozens of strange symbols could help scholars trace the development of one of the world’s …
New York returns nearly 200 looted antiquities to Pakistan
New York returns nearly 200 looted antiquities to Pakistan The Manhattan district attorney’s office has returned 192 looted antiquities with a value of nearly $3.4 million to Pakistan. District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced the repatriation in a press release on Thursday. US museums return trove of looted treasures to NigeriaThe return is the culmination of …
U.S. Repatriates Looted Artifacts to Turkey
U.S. Repatriates Looted Artifacts to Turkey The items of unique historical heritage, including the human-sized bronze statue of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus and the columnar sarcophagus fragments from the ancient city of Perge in Antalya, have been returned to Türkiye from the United States. Six artefacts, including nine pieces, which were taken from two …
Unprecedented Phoenician necropolis found in southern Spain
“Unprecedented” Phoenician necropolis found in southern Spain A 4th or 5th-century B.C Phoenician necropolis has been found at Osuna in Southern Spain. A well-preserved underground limestone vault necropolis, where the Phoenicians living in the Iberian peninsula buried their ᴅᴇᴀᴅ, was discovered during water utility upgrades. Council workers have found a well-preserved necropolis from the Phoenician …
New Thoughts on Egypt’s Ancient Branding Irons
New Thoughts on Egypt’s Ancient Branding Irons Small branding irons from ancient Egypt were likely used to mark the skin of human slaves, a new study suggests. Several ancient texts and illustrations, as well as 10 branding irons dating to 3,000 years ago, suggest that ancient Egyptians branded slaves. These branding irons, actually made of …
Genetic Study Suggests Neolithic Mesopotamia Was a Melting Pot
Genetic Study Suggests Neolithic Mesopotamia Was a Melting Pot A team of researchers affiliated with multiple insтιтutions in Turkey, working with one colleague from Austria and two from Sweden, has found evidence via genetic analysis of a blend of demographics in Neolithic people living in the Upper Tigris portion of Mesopotamia. In their paper published …
Large Temple Found in Italy’s Etruscan City of Vulci
Large Temple Found in Italy’s Etruscan City of Vulci Archaeologists from the universities of Freiburg and Mainz identify one of the largest known sacred buildings of the Etruscans An interdisciplinary team headed by archaeologists Dr. Mariachiara Franceschini of the University of Freiburg and Paul P. Pasieka of the University of Mainz has discovered a previously …
Fish fossils show first cooking may have been 600,000 years earlier than thought
Fish fossils show first cooking may have been 600,000 years earlier than thought Early human ancestors living 780,000 years ago liked their fish well done, Israeli researchers have revealed, in what they said was the earliest evidence of fire being used for cooking. Exactly when our ancestors started cooking has been a matter of controversy …
Revolutionary War–Era Graves Unearthed in South Carolina
Revolutionary War–Era Graves Unearthed in South Carolina The bones came out, one by one, lifted from the earth by experienced hands, wrapped in foil and labelled, until the entire skeleton was liberated from this shallow gravesite. The coroners laid each package in a box. Someone unfurled a Maryland flag. Doug Bostick, executive director of the …