Smuggled Old Kingdom Statue Returned to Egypt According to an Ahram Online report, an Old Kingdom statue depicting the priest Nikau-Ptah has been returned to Egypt from an art gallery in the Netherlands. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, in collaboration with the Egyptian Embᴀssy in Amsterdam and the concerned authorities in the Netherlands, succeeded …

Sunken Ship, Ancient Greek Graves Found at Underwater Ruins in Egypt CAIRO (Reuters) – Divers uncovered the unusual remnants of a military vessel in the ancient submerged city of Thônis-Heracleion – once Egypt’s greatest Mediterranean port – as well as a funerary complex indicating the presence of Greek merchants, the country said on Monday. The …

The mummified ‘giant finger’ of Egypt: Did giants once really roam on Earth? A 15-inch long human finger has been found in Egypt and pictures of it are being released for the very first time.  BILD.de broke this story, and it is spreading like fire all over the Internet.  According to BILD.de, the pictures of this …

Ancient wall painting in the Nubian pyramids depicting a Giant carrying two elephants If you drive north from Khartoum along a narrow desert road toward the ancient city of Meros, a breathtaking view emerges beyond the mirage: dozens of steep pyramids piercing the horizon. No matter how many times you visit, there is an amazing sense …

First Human Traces Buried in an Ancient Gold Mine in Eastern Sahara In an ancient gold mine in the Eastern Sahara, some of the earliest evidence of human existence going back 1.8 million years have been unearthed. Archaeologists from the University of Wroclaw discovered a cache of artefacts from the African variety of Homo erectus, …

Ancient ostrich eggshell reveals new evidence of extreme climate change thousands of years ago Evidence from an ancient eggshell has revealed important new information about the extreme climate change faced by human early ancestors. The research shows parts of the interior of South Africa that today are dry and sparsely populated, were once wetland and …

Excavation of King Khufu’s Second Solar Boat Completed in Egypt Ahram Online reports that the excavation of the second Khufu solar boat discovered in a pit next to the Great Pyramid of Khufu in 1954 has been completed by a joint Japanese and Egyptian team of researchers. Sakuji Yoshimura, the head of the Egyptian Japanese …

Farmer Digs Up Stone Egyptian Stele Saluting Sixth Century BC Pharaoh A farmer living near Ismailia in Egypt has uncovered a 2,600-year-old stela erected by pharaoh Apries, who ruled from about 589 B.C. to 570 B.C., the Egyptian antiquities ministry reported.  The farmer found this ancient slab of sandstone while preparing his land for cultivation, …

Dozens of ancient pyramids found at a single site in Sudan At least 35 small pyramids, along with graves, have been discovered clustered closely together at a site called Sedeinga in Sudan. Discovered between 2009 and 2012, researchers are surprised at how densely the pyramids are concentrated. In one field season alone, in 2011, the …