Archaeology

Ancient Shrine Of God Osiris-Ptah Neb And Rare Bust Of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Discovered In Egypt Egypt, the land of the pyramids keeps delivering archaeological marvels. This time researchers announced they have unearthed an ancient shrine and a bust of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in...
Incredible Shipwreck With Fascinating Cargo Found 1,200 Years After Sinking In Holy Land It may have been a storm or something else, but scientists now know a ship loaded with cargo from all over the Mediterranean ended its journey after sinking off the...
Mysterious Hieroglyphs Point To The Location Of Queen Nefertiti’s Tomb? Scientists are optimistic and think the mystery of Nefertiti’s tomb may soon be solved. Egypt is a land where archaeologists regularly find ancient treasures, but the location of her tomb...
Huge Golden Eagle Relief Made By The Aztecs Discovered At Tenochtitlan A magnificent, huge golden eagle bas relief has been discovered at Tenochtitlan, the ancient capital of the Aztec Empire. On November 8, 1519, Hernán Cortés, a Spanish Conquistador entered Tenochtitlán,...
New Study Reveals Rare Mortuary Treatment Of Egyptian Mummy Studies of mummified bodies from the late New Kingdom to the 21st Dynasty (c. 1294-945 BC) have occasionally reported a hard resinous shell protecting the body within its wrappings, especially...
Huge Number Of Intact, Painted Coffins In Shafts Of Egypt’s Saqqara Necropolis As we continue to explore ancient Egypt’s secrets, we now learn that more coffins have been discovered in Saqqara’s ancient cemetery. This burial ground is also home to one of...
Fragments Of Oldest Pharaonic Military Fortress Unearthed In Egypt’s North Sinai A military fortress from ancient Egypt’s 26th Dynasty (the last native dynasty to rule Egypt before the Persian conquest in 525 BC) has been uncovered at the Tell El-Kedwa site,...
Hundreds Of Marvelous Ancient Egyptian Treasures Found Inside Tombs In Minya There seems to be no end to archaeological findings in Egypt. Archaeologists announced they have found hundreds of marvelous ancient Egyptian treasures when they opened the tombs in Minya. The...
Tikal Of Maya: Sophisticated Culture That Experienced Humble Start, Golden Age, Wars And Decline Tikal was the Maya’s religious, ceremonial, and military city-state, with a long and fascinating history recorded in the city’s ruins, artifacts, and plenty of stelae. Tikal’s name is probably derived...
Collection Of 59 Well-Preserved 26th Dynasty Coffins Unearthed In Saqqara Necropolis, Egypt An Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered an impressive collection of 59 intact and sealed coffins at Saqqara Necropolis south of Cairo. Sixty ambassadors and international media representatives flocked to the scene...
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