Category: Ancient

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Excavation of prehistoric city offers glimpse into ancient living near Jerusalem (Photo: Antiquities Authority) The 9,000-year-old metropolis — pre-dating both Britain’s Stonehenge and ancient Egypt’s pyramids — was uncovered during a survey before the construction of a new highway, is one of the biggest ever found, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Tuesday. The team…

CONE-SHAPED headgear worn by Ancient Egyptians 3,000 years ago has been found by archaeologists. The wax accessory jutted from the top of the head and is believed to have been worn to “purify” the wearer before they journeyed to the afterlife. This woman died 3,300 years ago corpse was found with the remains of a…

Ancient Egyptian embalmers used at least three different recipes to mummify the head.(Supplied: Nikola Nevenov) The recipe is based on the analysis of traces of ingredients found on funerary pots excavated from an ancient embalming workshop at Saqqara near the pyramid of King Unas south of Cairo. Each pot was inscribed with specific instructions on how…

The cheese was found as a white mass in a broken jar.(Supplied: University of Catania and Cairo University) Aged cheeses might have an appeal but a 3,200-year-old sample of the popular dairy product found in Egypt may be just a little too old — and diseased — for even the most dedicated cheese connoisseurs. The…

The red rose is still visible between the hands of a young girl buried 145 years ago in a coffin that was recently discovered underneath a San Francisco house. Construction workers were remodeling Ericka Karner’s childhood home in the Richmond District when they hit the lead and bronze coffin buried underneath the concrete garage. The…

EGYPT archaeologists discovered a boat believed to have been used by Pharaoh Khufu himself “perfectly preserved,” which helped confirm theories over how the ancient society constructed their wonders. The Giza pyramid complex is probably the most famous and well-known of Egypt’s many ancient landmarks and includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along…

Archaeologists have uncovered 13 completely sealed wooden coffins in the desert necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt, that date back around 2,500 years. Located 19 miles south of Cairo, the vast burial complex — which features the step pyramid of Djoser and flat-roofed tombs — served the ancient capital of Memphis. Archaeologists have uncovered 13 completely sealed wooden coffins…

In 1169 AD, N𝚘𝚛m𝚊n inv𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛s 𝚊𝚛𝚛iv𝚎𝚍 in C𝚘𝚞nt𝚢 W𝚎x𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍, I𝚛𝚎l𝚊n𝚍. N𝚘w, 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 c𝚘m𝚙l𝚎t𝚎, 800-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘l𝚍 N𝚘𝚛m𝚊n “h𝚊𝚞𝚋𝚎𝚛k” (ch𝚊inm𝚊il v𝚎st) h𝚊s 𝚋𝚎𝚎n 𝚍isc𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 in C𝚘𝚞nt𝚢 L𝚘n𝚐𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍 th𝚘𝚞𝚐ht t𝚘 𝚍𝚊t𝚎 t𝚘 wh𝚎n th𝚎 N𝚘𝚛m𝚊ns 𝚊𝚛𝚛iv𝚎𝚍 th𝚎𝚛𝚎 in 1172. Th𝚎 ch𝚊inm𝚊il v𝚎st 𝚘𝚛 h𝚊𝚞𝚋𝚎𝚛k 𝚊t th𝚎 G𝚛𝚊n𝚊𝚛𝚍 Kni𝚐hts & C𝚘n𝚚𝚞𝚎sts H𝚎𝚛it𝚊𝚐𝚎 C𝚎nt𝚎𝚛, L𝚘n𝚐𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍. A R𝚎𝚊l Anci𝚎nt T𝚛𝚎𝚊s𝚞𝚛𝚎…

When road workers accidentally stumbled across a pair of tombs in China, archaeologists could not have anticipated just how well preserved a corpse had been for 700 years An extremely well-preserved female corpse was found on March 1, 2011 (Image: Keystone/Zuma/REX/Shutterstock) The skin of a mummy discovered by accident had been perfectly preserved over 700…