U.S. Museum Repatriates Sarcophagus to Egypt An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was displayed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science has been returned to Egypt after US authorities determined it was looted years ago. The repatriation was part of Egyptian government efforts to stop the trafficking of its stolen antiquities. In 2021, authorities in Cairo …

Researchers identify bird species depicted in ancient, finely detailed Egyptian painting A masterpiece of ancient Egyptian art found in a palace is so finely detailed that researchers have been able to pinpoint the bird species it depicts. These images of the natural world likely created a space for relaxation and recreation in the palace. The …

Additional Mummies Uncovered Near Vizier’s Tomb in Luxor A group of Egyptologists from Spain have discovered two tombs that housed almost 60 mummies at site in the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor. “The most important thing this year is the discovery of two tombs, almost six meters deep,” made up of “two chambers each and …

A vast tunnel found beneath an ancient Egyptian temple Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a vast tunnel beneath a temple in the ancient city of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria.  The 4,281-foot-long (1,305 meters) tunnel, which brought water to thousands of people in its heyday, was discovered by an Egyptian-Dominican Republic archaeological team, the Egyptian …

7-foot-long arthropods commanded the sea 470 million years ago, ‘exquisite’ fossils show Exquisitely preserved fossils in Morocco suggest that some of the earliest arthropods were nearly 7 feet (2 meters) long — gigantic in comparison with the shrimps, insects, and spiders that are descendants of these early invertebrates, according to a new study. Researchers made …

Skeletons of 5,000-year-old Chinese ‘giants’ discovered by archaeologists Archaeologists in eastern China have found 5,000-year-old skeletons of people experts say would have been unusually tall and strong. According to the measurements of bones in the graves at the site in Shandong province, a number of the people would have measured at 1.8m or taller, with …

Egypt reveals 59 ancient coffins found near Saqqara pyramids Egypt’s tourism and antiquities minister said on Saturday archaeologists have unearthed dozens of ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo. Khalid el-Anany said at least 59 sealed sarcophagi, with mummies inside most of them, were found that had been buried in three wells more …

Crocodile heads — buried 4,000 years ago — uncovered in tombs in Egypt, pH๏τos show A pair of ancient nobles died thousands of years ago and were buried in nearby tombs in Egypt. Excavations of these graves revealed the first-of-its-kind discovery. Archaeologists in Luxor excavated two tombs near the temple of Hatshepsut, Science in Poland …

Late Period Tombs Excavated in Northern Egypt The Egyptian archaeological mission affiliated with the Supreme Council of Antiquities has been working at Tell al-Deir ruins in the new city of Damietta. Together they discovered 20 tombs dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt, while completing the excavation work it is conducting at the …