Archaeologists Discover 59 Ancient Coffins and Mummies in Egypt’s Saqqara Necropolis The Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquity said on Saturday that archaeologists discovered dozens of ancient coffins in a vast necropolis in the South of Cairo. Khalid el-Anany said…
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Qasr Al-Farid: The Lonely Nabataean Tomb Carved in the Saudi Desert Among the Dozens of ruins located in the archaeological playground of Mada’in Saleh, one literally stands alone. Carved into a massive boulder, Qasr al-Farid, or “The Lonely Castle,” is…
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3,500-Year-Old Minoan Rock Crystal Vase Discovered at Zakros Palace Ideally situated in a sheltered gulf surrounded by mountains, Zakros (or Kato Zakros) in south-eastern Crete, was the fourth largest Minoan settlement after Knossos, Phaistos and Malia. The ancient name has…
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2-Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor Preserved Tissue Maybe the oldest skin ever discovered The remains of six skeletons are believed to have uncovered fossilised skins of an ancient human ancestor, who lived two million years ago. Anthropologists believe they have found the…
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4,000-Year-Old Lost Capital of the Hurrian Kingdom Discovered in Syria One of the most ancient cities known to exist on earth is Urkesh. Its exact location was a mystery until the 1990s when, after ten years of painstaking excavations, archaeologists…
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39,000-Year-Old Cave Bear Found Frozen With Fur and Internal Organs Scientists at the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia, announced the discovery of a well-preserved cave bear on the New Siberian island of Bolshyoy Lyakhovsky, Anna Liesowska reports for the…
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Lost Dark Age Kingdom of Rheged Unearthed at Trusty’s Hill in Scotland Archaeologists started excavations at Trusty’s Hill, they have discovered ancient, picturesque patterns etched into a rock surface near the site entrance. The sculptures were rare in the area,…
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China’s Atlantis: Ancient Underwater City Shi Cheng Beneath Qiandao Lake Revealed Shi Cheng, Chun’an County, Zhejiang, China. An ancient city, established approximately 1300 years ago, now lies at depths ranging from 26 to 40 meters underwater. The city and the valley…
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Large 2,000-Year-Old Cat Geoglyph Discovered in Peru’s Nazca Lines Desert Southern Peru’s dunes, carved with the geoglyphs of a hummingbird, a monkey and an orca-a figure some would dearly love to believe is an astronaut – have now revealed the form…
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600-Year-Old Sword and Equipment Found in Olsztyn Aleksander Miedwiediew, a history buff and detectorist discovered a bare sword, a sheath, and a knight’s belt with two knives attached, all of which most likely date from the Battle of Grunwald. The…
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