Egypt: Hidden City found beneath Alexandria – Archaeology World Alexander the Great founded the legendary city of Alexandria as he swept through Egypt to conquer the world. Now scientists have discovered hidden underwater traces of a city that existed at Alexandria at least seven centuries before Alexander the Great arrived, findings hinted at in Homer’s Odyssey and that could …

Older than Giza: 4,600-year-old pyramid uncovered in Egypt Researchers working near the 4,600-year-old pyramid uncovered at Tell Edfu in Egypt. Archaeologists working near Edfu, a city in southern Egypt, fought back the rolling tide of modern development to preserve a rare archaeological site. And the effort has paid off: Beneath this heap of sand, at …

Archaeologists in Egypt reveals ‘elite’ mummies, jars filled with organs, and mystery snake cult The ancient Egyptians, known for their elaborate mummies, took a lot of care in preparing for the afterlife. Now, for the first time, archaeologists have discovered that they had a bustling funeral industry, too. As it turns out, priest-embalmers were also …

Saharan remains may be evidence of first race war 13,000 years ago Humans’ remains of people killed 13,000 years ago in what scientists believe is the oldest identified race war, are today due to going on display at the British Museum in London. Two skeletons from a mᴀssacre in the Sahara desert in 11,000BC, which …

People Lived in This Cave for 78,000 Years A large cave site was identified by an international interdisciplinary group of scholars operating along the east coast of Africa that documented significant activities of hunter-gatherers and later, Iron Age communities. Detailed environmental research has demonstrated that human occupations occur in a persistent tropical forest-grᴀssland ecotone, adding …

Archaeology shows how ancient African societies managed pandemics In past cultures, archaeologists have studied diseases for a long time. To do so, they consider a wide array of evidence: settlement layout, burials, funerary remains, and human skeletons. We do not know, for example, that the damaging impact of epidemics prompted the abandonment of settlements at …

Looters destroy 2,000-year-old Sudan archaeological site in search for gold When last month a team of archeologists deep in Sudan’s deserts arrived at Jabal Maragha’s ancient site, they thought they’d been lost. The site had vanished. But they hadn’t made a mistake. In fact, gold-hunters with giant diggers had destroyed almost all sign of the …

Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies Viewed with High-Tech Tools Science News reports that Richard Johnston of Swansea University and his colleagues used a micro-CT scanner to create highly detailed 3-D models of mummies held in the university’s Museum of Egyptian Antiquities for virtual examination. Egyptian animal mummies can look like little more than bundles of cloth. …

200,000-Year-Old Mattress Analyzed in South Africa Around 200,000 years ago people from Southern Africa not only slept on grᴀss bedding but occasionally burned it, apparently to keep from going buggy. There was no tog rating on the duvet and an electric blanket was definitely out of the question. But Stone Age mattresses were far comfier …