Over 130 Roman Inscriptions Uncovered At Ancient Site Of Mustis In Northern Tunisia Inscriptions have played a very important role in deciphering the secrets of the past. Archaeologists have uncovered over 130 inscriptions at an important ancient site in Tunisia. Experts discovered a series of inscriptions at the abandoned city of Mustis. They are expected to provide …

Stunning Face Hidden for Thousands of Years: Wooden Sarcophagus Is Unearthed at Egyptian Necropolis A wooden sarcophagus found at an undisclosed location in Egypt. This object has been found by Spanish archaeologists from Jaen’s University at the Qubbet el-Hawa necropolis in Aswan, Egypt. The team, who have been working in Egypt for a month, has …

Rare Lion Cub Mummies Revealed in The Latest Treasure Haul at Egypt’s Saqqara The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities today announced two mummified lions, dating from approximately 2,600 years, in a tomb full of cat statues and cat mummies at Saqqara, at a press conference. Mostafa Waziri, General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Egypt, said …

‘He was NOT murdered!’ Egypt expert solves Tutankhamun mystery after new DNA test Tutankhamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule at the end of the 19th Dynasty during the New Kingdom. Known as “the boy king,” he inherited the throne at just nine years old and …

Ancient Egypt: Archaeologists Discover Hidden Palace Marked With Symbols of Ramesses the Great An Egyptian palace was discovered on the same site as Ramesses II’s adjacent Temple by New York archeologists. The palace and temple are located at the ancient site of Abydos, Egypt, where numerous kings are also buried. Archaeologists were excavating in and …

Climate change may be behind fall of an ancient empire, say researchers Despite a plethora of cuneiform textual documentation and archaeological excavations and field surveys, archaeologists and historians have been unable to explain the abruptness and finality of the historic empire’s collapse. Numerous theories about the collapse have been put forward since the city and …

Scientists explore Egyptian mummy bones with X-rays and infrared light Mummy’s bones are examined by lasers, x-rays and infrared technology which ‘ shine a light on ‘ daily life in ancient Egypt. A collection of bone specimens from 2,000 to 4,000 years were tested using the Advanced Light Source at the California-based Berkeley Laboratories. The bones are …

Did ancient Egyptians trade nicotine and cocaine with the New World? Imagine the perfectly mummified Egyptian princess and priestess, Henut Taui, “The Lady of the Two Lands.” She was beautiful, powerful and gently alluring. Imagine you’re thrust back in time and immediately invited to her palace to enjoy the most luxuriating experiences of the day. …

El-Kurru’s Carved Graffiti Reveal Another Side of Ancient Nubia Now, northern Sudan, which has mostly desert boundaries with Egypt. Moreover, this part of the Nile Valley was once the domain of Kush, a strong African civilization. It traded in Egypt and in the Mediterranean region gold and the products of inner Africa. For over 2000 years …