In Egypt, Two Greco-Roman Mummies Found Discarded in Sewers If there’s any indication that the underbelly of Egypt is still teeming with priceless cultural relics, it’s the fact that a number of said relics have ended up in the country’s sewage system. Police have found several ancient sarcophagi floating down a sewage canal in Egypt, …

Hoard of Islamic era gold and silver coins found behind Egyptian temple Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a nearly 1,000-year-old cache of gold and silver coins behind a temple in Esna, a city located along the Nile River. The hoard, which was discovered by a team of researchers from Egypt’s Supreme Council for Archaeology, includes …

New Kingdom Sarcophagus Discovered at Saqqara To the south of the causeway of King Unas in Saqqara necropolis, the archaeological mission of the Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, headed by Ola El-Aguizy, stumbled upon the sarcophagus of Ptahemwia from the reign of King Ramses II, whose tomb was discovered last year in Saqqara. Mostafa Waziry, …

Beads show that European trade in the African interior used Indigenous routes Tiny glᴀss beads discovered in mountain caves about 25 miles from the shores of Lake Malawi in eastern-central Africa provide evidence that European trade in the continent’s hinterland was built on Indigenous trade routes from the coast to the interior that had existed …

Belgium Repatriates Ancient Artifacts to Egypt Egypt recovered on Sunday two ancient Egyptian statues that were smuggled to Belgium, as the country continues intensive efforts to retrieve thousands of artefacts found in the unlawful possession of museums and individuals around the world. The two pieces are a wooden, painted figurine statue of a standing man …

Archaeologists uncover 2,600-year-old blocks of white cheese in Egypt Archaeologists in Egypt made an unexpected discovery on Saturday, opening a set of ancient pots to discover a block of halloumi inside, preserved for 2,600 years. Yep, we’re serious—it was halloumi. The ancient Egyptians ate a cheese they called haram (no, it wasn’t haram), which eventually evolved into …

Egypt to repatriate 16 artefacts recovered by authorities in the United States Egypt is set to repatriate 16 artefacts that were stolen and smuggled out of the country after they were recovered by the authorities in the United States as part of their investigations into a major case of international trafficking in Egyptian antiquities. The …

This 230-Million-Year-Old African Dinosaur is the Oldest Dinosaur Species Ever The oldest definitive dinosaur species ever discovered in Africa — and one of the oldest dino species to walk Earth — has been unearthed in Zimbabwe, a new study finds. The finding sheds new light on dinosaur evolution, and on one of the most fundamental …

11th-Century Settlement Uncovered in Zanzibar’s Stone Town A UAE-led heritage project is shedding new light on the origins of Zanzibar’s Stone Town. Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an original settlement at the Unesco World Heritage site in Tanzania that dates back to the 11th century. It proves the town — previously thought to be an 18th century Omani Arab …