Category: Ancient

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…

So many of us grew up with a сomрɩісаted mixture of awe and feаг of the extгаoгdіпагу titans from the Jurassic Parks movie series. I mean, an island full of һᴜпɡгу and prowling, teeth-gnashing, human-һᴜпɡгу reptiles? That sounds like the best type of cardio to me! While the grandeur of these creatures was confined within…

It may not have been an easy job but the royal butlers of ancient Egypt’s powerful pharaohs certainly earned an impressive burial and were laid to rest in style. Four tombs belonging to the royal butlers of Queen Hatshepsut and King Ramses II have opened to the public. They contain richly decorated walls showing ancient…

Egyptian authorities have announced that a never-before-seen royal tomb has been uncovered in Luxor, Egypt, dating back around 3,500 years. Archaeologists believe it belongs to a royal of the 18th Dynasty of Pharaonic Egypt (1550 BC to 1292 BC), but it has not yet been revealed who and what is inside. Dr. Mustafa Waziri, General…

Around 4,500 fragments of a colossal statue of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh have been uncovered by archaeologists. The fragments are at least 2,500 years old and believed to have formed part of a colossus of King Psamtik I, who ruled Egypt from 664–610 BC. Around 4,500 fragments of a colossal statue of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh have…

GOOGLE MAPS reveals the Richat Structure – also known as the Eye of the Sahara – but its origin remains a mystery even today. What caused the Eye of the Sahara? Google Maps was created in 2005 to open up the world to people from their computer. It has since captured some of the weirdest…