Scientists Finally Discover Ancient Blueprints Showing How The Pyramids Were Built. Built 4,500 years ago during Egypt’s Old Kingdom, the pyramids of Giza are more than elaborate tombs — they’re also one of the historians’ best sources of insight into how the ancient Egyptians lived since their walls are covered with illustrations of agricultural practices, …

Oldest Known Christian Autograph Originates From Roman Egypt Egypt played a very significant role in the history of early Christianity. A researcher has announced that she has found the earliest known Christian letter, that was written in Roman Egypt in the 3rd century AD. The contents of this letter are challenging ᴀssumptions about the early …

Lost Languages Discovered In One Of The World’s Oldest Libraries Researchers discovered ancient texts hidden beneath years of writing in the manuscripts at St. Catherine’s Monastery. St. Catherine’s Monastery, one of the world’s oldest continuously running libraries, lies at the foot of Mount Sinai, the mountain atop which God is said to have given Moses …

Well-Preserved Mosaic Floor Found in Roman Egypt The find at Kom El-Dikka confirms the popularity of ornate design between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD in Roman Alexandria An Egyptian-Polish Archaeological Mission unearthed on Thursday the remains of a large part of an ancient city dating from the 4th to the 7th century AD in …

Ancient Egyptian Mummy Linen Fragments Seized in Michigan U.S. border officials say they have seized ancient Egyptian mummy linens during enforcement operations at the Blue Water Bridge that connects Port Huron, Mich., to Sarnia, Ont.  Five containers containing the artifacts were seized on May 25 following the selection of the truck for examination in Michigan near …

Oldest non-African modern human fossil revealed to be 195,000 years old The popular consensus in palaeoanthropology places the ancestors of our species exclusively in Africa before making a successful migration into Eurasia around 60,000 years ago. There has been some level of recognition that perhaps small numbers of early modern humans reached the Levant and …

A pair of golden sandals found in King Tutankhamun’s tomb that shows how Egyptian sandals were made During the ancient Egyptian period, people mostly traveled barefoot. It is believed that since the temperature in Egypt was very high throughout the year, people gave less importance to wearing footwear. There is hardly any record to suggest …

Greco-Roman Era Tomb Found in Upper Egypt A rock-cut tomb dating back to the late Pharaonic Graeco-Roman period has been discovered by Egyptian-Italian archeological mission working in the Aga Khan Mausoleum area in Aswan. Mostafa Waziri, the general secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, explains that the mission found inside the tomb parts of …

Burials of Africans slaves found at the old rubbish dump in Portugal Portuguese explorers such as Henry the Navigator started sailing to Africa in the early 15th century, bringing both goods and enslaved people back. A new archeological study of more than 150 skeletons dumped in Lagos, Portugal, reveals that there were no proper burials …