Category: Ancient

Archaeologists excavating in Arene Candide Cave have discovered evidence humans may have ritualistically “killed” pebbles to remove their symbolic power about 12,000 years ago.   Skeleton of a man discovered at Arene Candide. The man’s head head was surrounded by hundreds of perforated shells This discovery sheds new light on ancient burial practices and offers…

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown dinosaur species that lived around 190 million years ago alongside dozens of its unhatched eggs. A team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) excavated fossils representing at least three adults of the new species in southwest China’s Guizhou Province,…

Inside this imposing and elaborate gilded canopic shrine was the alabaster chest that contained the four canopic miniature coffins. At each side of this shrine stands an elegant statue of one of the four female divinities in charge of protecting the deceased king, their faces turned slightly to one side and their arms stretched out…

While ʂɛҳ and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw has entered popular imagination for her stunning array of shoes and fashion savvy, few know that the young King Tut also enjoyed a vast collection footwear. The stunning find of Tutankhamun’s tomb KV62 by Howard Carter , one of the most exciting discoveries ever made by Egyptologists, captured…

According to accounts, a great temple was built at the spot where Heracles first arrived in Egypt, renaming the Egyptian town of Thonis to become the mythical Heracleion. All physical traces of this city had seemingly been wiped off the map, leading experts to believe it was just an ancient myth. That was until mathematician…

A BONKERS UFO-hunter claims to have found an Ancient Egyptian artefact in Nasa photos of Mars. Notorious conspiracy nut Scott C Waring reckon’s he’s spotted signs of a sarcophagus embedded in the red planet’s rocky surface. Conspiracy theorist Scott C Waring says this strangely shaped rock is an Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus on Mars. Scott used…

The ‘ɩoѕt city of Atlantis has eluded explorers for centuries and is almost certainly the ѕtᴜff of mуtһ. Staggeringly, though, an ancient city that is Atlantis in all  but name has emerged from under the sea near Alexandria — and now the  ɩoѕt world of Heracleion is giving up  its treasures. Just as in the…

This is the moment archaeologists ɩіfted a 3,000-year-old statue of an Egyptian Pharaoh considered ‘one of the most important discoveries ever’ from a muddy ditch. Experts deѕсeпded on the Souq al-Khamis district of the capital Cairo and used a crane to ɩіft the three-tonne torso of the statue, which is believed to depict revered Pharaoh Ramses II. The…

Heracleion, also known as Thonis, was an ancient Egyptian city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile River. It is believed to have been founded around the 8th century BCE and was an important port city for trade and religious rituals. In addition to its religious significance, Heracleion was also an important commercial centre.…

In the Chilean desert, artfully preserved human remains are a symbol of local pride, but a changing climate tһгeаteпѕ their existence. In 1917, German archeologist Max Uhle was surveying the sun-zapped coast of the world’s driest desert when he саme across a peculiar collection of human remains. Digging into the khaki-colored eагtһ, he uncovered bodies…