Listen to the oldest song in the world which was written 3,400 years ago In the early 1950s, archaeologists unearthed several clay tablets from the 14th century B.C.E. Found, WFMU tells us, “in the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit,” these tablets “contained cuneiform signs in the Hurrian language,” which turned out to be the oldest known piece of music …

Rare 3.8-million-year-old skull recasts origins of iconic ‘Lucy’ fossil The African skull aged 3.8 million years old is giving researchers a peek into humanity’s evolutionary history, a new study suggests. The discovery explains what the face of a possible ancestor of the species famously represented by Lucy – the well-known Ethiopian skeleton discovered in the mid-1970s …

83 ancient graves discovered in Egypt’s Nile Delta According to a statement by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the Egyptian Archeological Mission, which is accredited by the Supreme Council of Antiquity, has confirmed that 83 graves had been found during archaeological excavations in the Koam Al-khiljan area of the Governorate of Daqahliya in Egypt. …

Mysterious Egyptian Artifact From the Bronze Age Found Off Israeli Coast When Rafi Bahalul found hieroglyphs in the seabed, he took a morning dive off the coast of Atlit, Israel. Bahalul told Haaretz “I have seen that continued swimming for a couple of meters and then realized what I had seen and dived down to touch …

Egypt breakthrough: ‘Lost fourth Pyramid of Giza FOUND’ after the remarkable discovery The Great Pyramid of Giza, the Khafre pyramid and the Menkaure pyramid build on the outskirts of Cairo, all of which are constructed during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. But the fourth pyramid once stood on the west of the Menkaure Pyramid, …

Beads Found in 3,400-year-old Nordic Graves Were Made by King Tut’s Glᴀssmaker The burial sites from the Danish Bronze Age dated from 3,400 years ago provided beautiful glᴀss beads as a special treat. They aren’t just any old beads though. They have actually turned out to have come from ancient Egypt, from the workshop that made the …

There’s a Valley of Whales in the Middle of Egypt’s Desert and its Millions of Years old This is one of the driest areas in the world, with only a few centimeters of rain a year, but the bodies of whales are emerging from the shifting sands of the Egyptian Sahara Desert. The fossilized remains …

Egyptian archaeologists unveil ancient tombs, 2,500-year-old artifacts Khaled El-Enano, Minister of Tourism and Antiquity, Egypt announced discovered the discovery of the communal tombs for high priests in the Tuna el-Gabal district of Minya, marking the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ‘ first archaeological find in 2020. The communal tombs were dedicated to high priests of the …

Modern Africans and Europeans may have more Neanderthal ancestry than previously thought It has been revealed for the first time that African populations share Neanderthal ancestry, in findings that add a new twist to the tale of ancient humans and our closest known relatives. It was previously believed that Neanderthal genes were transmitted by only …