Archaeologists discover 2,400-year-old figurines in an ancient pyramid

1 month, 1 week ago

Thutmose II’s tomb is Egypt’s biggest archaeological discovery since 1922

“This is the first time funerary furniture belonging to Thutmose II has been discovered, as no such items exist in museums worldwide,” he was quoted by Egypt’s State Information Service as saying. Khaled said when archaeologists first found the entrance to the tomb and its main passage almost three years ago, the team believed it could belong to one of …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Elaborate burial site of Ivory Lady and her descendants contains more than 270,000 shell beads

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “We think the beads formed ceremonial clothing that was worn by these women, who were very important socially or religiously, at special occasions or special ceremonies,” said lead study author Leonardo García Sanjuán, a professor of prehistory at the University of Seville. Courtesy Research Group ATLAS/University of Sevilla Bead-adorned ceremonial dress The …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor

Deccan Chronicle

Egypt on Wednesday revealed significant archaeological discoveries near the historic city of Luxor, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back approximately 3,600 years. While many tombs were looted during the Ptolemaic period and later, the team uncovered key remnants that provide new insights into ancient Egyptian life and culture. Reconstructing History Zahi Hawass emphasized the importance of the …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor

Associated Press

CAIRO — Egypt unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor on Wednesday, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years. They were unearthed at the causeway of Queen Hatshepsut’s funerary temple at Deir al-Bahri on the Nile’s West Bank, according to a statement released by Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities & Heritage. Artifacts found at …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Findings shed light on Sanxingdui layout

China Daily

A bronze earring is among the new archaeological discoveries made at the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan province. With the latest excavations at the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan province, revealing a jade-processing workshop, archaeologists are gradually piecing together a picture of what life in the ancient city looked like. Over 20 types of jade and stone artifacts were unearthed …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Findings shed light on Sanxingdui layout

China Daily

A bronze earring is among the new archaeological discoveries made at the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan province. With the latest excavations at the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan province, revealing a jade-processing workshop, archaeologists are gradually piecing together a picture of what life in the ancient city looked like. Over 20 types of jade and stone artifacts were unearthed …

Site Sichuan Cultural Relics Jade Sanxingdui

3 months ago

Mysterious alien-like statue is unearthed from a 7,000-year-old Stone Age settlement in Kuwait - and archaeologists say it's a 'total surprise'

Daily Mail

Archaeologists have unearthed a 7,000-year-old figurine that looks like an alien. 'It was the first such find not just among the over 1.5k small finds excavated from the Bahra 1 site but also from the Arabian Gulf region.' Archaeologists have unearthed a 7,000-year-old figurine that looks like an alien Researchers discovered the unusual form while digging at a site in …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

15 remarkable discoveries of 2024

CNN

CNN — It may be an archaeologist’s job to unearth astounding discoveries, but every year some people just have an extraordinarily lucky — or strange — day. A 12-sided enigma One of archaeology’s most fascinating mysteries began a new chapter when amateur archaeologists in England found a large Roman dodecahedron — one of 130 of the 12-sided ancient objects known …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

15 remarkable discoveries of 2024

CNN

CNN — It may be an archaeologist’s job to unearth astounding discoveries, but every year some people just have an extraordinarily lucky — or strange — day. A 12-sided enigma One of archaeology’s most fascinating mysteries began a new chapter when amateur archaeologists in England found a large Roman dodecahedron — one of 130 of the 12-sided ancient objects known …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Museum showcases Shanxi's ancient heritage

China Daily

Sculptures representing a scene of ancient people making utensils are displayed at the Taosi Site Museum. A museum collecting and exhibiting cultural relics representing one of the greatest archaeological discoveries over the past decades in China opened earlier this month in the Shanxi county of Xiangfen, offering visitors and researchers an opportunity to decipher information relating to the formation of …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Museum showcases Shanxi's ancient heritage

China Daily

Sculptures representing a scene of ancient people making utensils are displayed at the Taosi Site Museum. A museum collecting and exhibiting cultural relics representing one of the greatest archaeological discoveries over the past decades in China opened earlier this month in the Shanxi county of Xiangfen, offering visitors and researchers an opportunity to decipher information relating to the formation of …

Chinese Museum Showcases Taosi Site

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Museum showcases Shanxi's ancient heritage

China Daily

Sculptures representing a scene of ancient people making utensils are displayed at the Taosi Site Museum. A museum collecting and exhibiting cultural relics representing one of the greatest archaeological discoveries over the past decades in China opened earlier this month in the Shanxi county of Xiangfen, offering visitors and researchers an opportunity to decipher information relating to the formation of …

Chinese Museum Showcases Taosi Site

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Museum showcases Shanxi's ancient heritage

China Daily

Sculptures representing a scene of ancient people making utensils are displayed at the Taosi Site Museum. A museum collecting and exhibiting cultural relics representing one of the greatest archaeological discoveries over the past decades in China opened earlier this month in the Shanxi county of Xiangfen, offering visitors and researchers an opportunity to decipher information relating to the formation of …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ancient mask discovered at the base of Mexican pyramid has Reddit users all saying the same thing

Daily Mail

A 2000-year-old mask that was discovered at the base of a Pyramid in Mexico has Reddit users all saying the same thing. The Pyramid of the Sun, in the city of San Juan Teotihuacan, is one of Mexico's most impressive monuments, which attracts millions of visitors a year. Archaeologists discovered a 2000-year-old mask at the base of a Pyramid in …

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4 months ago

Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts dug up by ‘amateurish’ tomb raiders

CNN

CNN — Italian authorities have recovered precious 3rd century B.C. The artifacts, including eight urns, two sarcophagi and beauty accessories such as bronze mirrors and a perfume bottle still redolent of its original scent, are worth at least 8 million euros, Carabinieri art police said. Police seized the loot from two entrepreneurs who had unearthed Etruscan burial chambers while excavating …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Archaeologists unearth shock ancient Middle Kingdom Egyptian tomb

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ancient Egyptian Tomb Uncovered in Luxor, Egypt

Associated Press

Archaeologists in Egypt and the United States have unearthed an ancient Middle Kingdom Egyptian tomb near the famed city of Luxor. The tomb dates back to the 1938 B.C.-1630 B.C. and was found in the South Asasif necropolis, next to the Temple of Hatshepsut on the Nile's West Bank in Luxor. The tomb contains 11 sealed burials, suggesting that it …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

First emperor still fascinates with his treasures

China Daily

Visitors attentively listen to a tour guide as she introduces a selection of pottery figurines being exhibited. These special figurines were unearthed from an 800-square-meter satellite pit between the inner and outer walls in the southeastern part of the mausoleum with 37 other figurines. Apart from the exhibition, an international conference was also held in September to mark the occasion, …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Archeologists make 5,000-year-old discovery while excavating an ancient burial site

Daily Mail

A 5,000-year-old discovery made at an ancient burial site in Northern China could finally reveal how Chinese civilizations formed. Archaeologists found three dragons among 100 jade relics at an ancient burial site in China The relics were found beneath a circular tomb at the Yuanbaoshan burial site The team determined that the Hongshan civilization may have exchanged artistic ideas with …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Egypt recovers 3 ancient artifacts, including a mummified head, found in the Netherlands

Associated Press

CAIRO — Egypt recovered three ancient artifacts that were smuggled out of the country and found in the Netherlands, where two of the items were for sale in an antiques shop, Egyptian officials said Tuesday. The items retrieved include a mummified head from the Hellenistic period, a ceramic funerary figurine dating to Egypt’s New Kingdom era, and part of a …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Archaeologists unearth 3,800-year-old bodies in new clue to ancient culture

The Independent

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7 months, 1 week ago

Egypt: Gold, relics, jewellery from Ptolemaic dynasty unearthed in Nile Delta tombs

Hindustan Times

A trove of artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are working to restore and classify the finds, an official with the country’s antiquities authority said Monday. This image provided by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, shows artifacts which were discovered inside tombs at the Tell al-Deir necropolis, in …

Egypt Nile Delta Damietta Dynasty Unearthed Ptolemaic

7 months, 1 week ago

Archaeologists discover trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty

The Independent

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Archaeologists uncover rare burials with untouched gold treasures in Egyptian necropolis

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Archaeologists have uncovered dozens of tombs in an ancient Egyptian necropolis …

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8 months ago

Divers find long lost carvings of Tutankhamun's grandfather and other Egyptian pharaohs at bottom of Nile River

Daily Mail

Ancient carvings featuring the faces of Tutankhamun's grandfather and other ancient Egyptian pharaohs have been rediscovered. Archaeologists have discovered mysterious carvings of ancient Egyptian pharaohs that have been submerged underwater for decades During their exploration of the Nile River, archaeologists uncovered rock slabs containing hieroglyphic inscriptions and carvings of King Tatmas IV who ruled in the early 14th Century BC …

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8 months ago

Newly restored artifacts displayed at the Sanxingdui Museum

China Daily

Tourists visit the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on July 24. GUANGHAN -- An exhibition named "Craftsmanship and Ingenuity - Showcase of Preservation and Restoration Achievements of Newly Excavated Cultural Relics from the Sangxingdui Site" opened here on Tuesday. Discovered in the late 1920s in the city of Guanghan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, the Sanxingdui Ruins …

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8 months ago

The late Colombian artist Botero is celebrated with an open-air sculpture exhibition in Rome

Associated Press

ROME — The daughter of the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero has helped to turn the streets and piazzas of the Italian capital into an open-air museum to display eight of her father’s famously voluminous, whimsical sculptures. “I am sure my father would be very moved because Italy was always like a second home country for him,’’ his daughter, Lina …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mega rock engravings could be ancient borders, study suggests

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Cerro Pintado in Venezuela “There are two sides to these being territorial markers,” said Dr. Philip Riris, lead author of the study published Monday in the journal Antiquity. But I don’t think they had a single purpose, so they could easily be both.” Snake mythology The study focuses on the meaning and …

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10 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

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10 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

Egypt Mummies Coffins

10 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

Egypt Shanghai Museum

10 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

Egypt

10 months ago

Archaeologists perplexed by large ‘anomaly’ found buried under Giza pyramids

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10 months, 1 week ago

4500-year-old Tomb? Scientists Discover Mysterious Structure Near Giza Pyramids

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The ancient past holds many mysteries and secrets, some of which are still indiscernible by us. Archaeologists in Egypt have used remote sensing techniques to uncover a mysterious L-shaped structure beneath the western cemetery of Giza. This cemetery, which houses the burials of royal family members and high-ranking officials, features many tombs with above-ground rectangular stone or mud-brick structures called …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Mysterious underground 'entrance' near Egypt's Great Pyramid baffles archaeologists

Daily Mail

Archaeologists have discovered mysterious structures hidden below the surface near Egypt’s Great Pyramid that could be an unknown tomb built 4,500 years ago. Archaeologists have discovered mysterious structures hidden below the surface near Egypt’s Great Pyramid that could be an unknown tomb built 4,500 years ago ‘The structure causing the anomalies could be vertical walls of limestone or shafts leading …

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11 months ago

A deeper purpose

China Daily

A giant gold mask from Sanxingdui. 'As soon as you see the elephant tusks, you know that you are onto something," Ran Honglin, director of the Sanxingdui Archaeological Research Institute, told the camera at one point during an excavation carried out at the site in Guanghan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province, in 2020. The previous November, six pits were discovered …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Relics tumble out of wall at Longmen Grottoes

China Daily

Archaeologists clean a stone Buddha head that was discovered at the Leigutai caves of the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province, in November. Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery of more than 80 stone carvings and building units, dating back about 1,300 years, at the Leigutai caves of the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province. The Longmen Grottoes Research Institute, …

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1 year ago

Gold and sacrificial victims found in tomb of ancient leader, archaeologists say

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Researchers found the ancient tomb in El Caño Archaeological Park, a site in Coclé province known as a hotbed for pre-Columbian discoveries, particularly lavish burial chambers. El Caño is divided into two sectors of burial chambers: a high-status sector that holds burial chambers with multiple bodies, and a low-status sector where graves …

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1 year ago

Gold and sacrificial victims found in tomb of ancient leader, archaeologists say

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Researchers found the ancient tomb in El Caño Archaeological Park, a site in Coclé province known as a hotbed for pre-Columbian discoveries, particularly lavish burial chambers. El Caño is divided into two sectors of burial chambers: a high-status sector that holds burial chambers with multiple bodies, and a low-status sector where graves …

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1 year ago

These 8,200-year-old cave paintings are the earliest ever found in South America

CNN

Neuquen, Argentina Reuters — Archaeologists have discovered the earliest dated cave paintings in South America in Argentine Patagonia, dating back 8,200 years. These proved to be the earliest direct dating of cave paintings in South America,” said Dr. Guadalupe Romero Villanueva, author of the research published in the Science Advances journal. A general view of the Huenul 1 cave where …

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1 year ago

The 160-year mystery of Europe's Ice Age 'queens'

BBC

The 160-year mystery of Europe's Ice Age 'queens' Getty Images Despite more than a century and a half of speculation, these nude, faceless sculptures remain utterly enigmatic. Alamy The Venus of Hohle Fels is the oldest representation of a human ever found A surprising pattern One of the earliest Venus figurines to be unearthed was found in the Vézère valley …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Archaeologists uncover 4,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian tomb and artefacts

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55 years, 2 months ago

Ancient skeletons buried in shoes and jewels discovered during building work

CNN

Rome CNN — A two-year dig to install a solar power plant near Rome has unearthed an ancient Roman necropolis containing 67 skeletons buried in 57 ornate tombs. “We found several skeletons still wearing their expensive stockings and shoes,” Emanuele Giannini, lead excavation archaeologist at the site told CNN. “Building tombs for entire family nuclei is a typical ancient Roman …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Two thousands year-old mosaic made of shells and coral found buried under Rome

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1 year, 4 months ago

Ancient stone slab unearthed in Spain upends gender stereotypes

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1 year, 4 months ago

Archaeologists find strange Maya warrior statue with helmet shaped like snake

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Archaeologists have unearthed the strange statue of a Maya warrior wearing …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Scientists discover 'world's oldest' pyramid: New carbon dating shows Gunung Padang in Indonesia was built 10,000 years ago - making it THREE TIMES OLDER than Stonehenge and Egyptian pyramids

Daily Mail

Archeologists have found that Indonesia's pyramid, a 98-ft-deep 'megalith' submerged within a hill of lava rock, ranks as the world's oldest pyramid. That means Gunung Padang is likely to be over 10,000 years older than not just all of the great monuments and pyramids of Giza in Egypt, but also England's legendary Stonehenge. Archeologists have found that Indonesia 's Gunung …

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55 years, 2 months ago

Egypt’s pyramids host breathtaking new art exhibit

CNN

CNN — On the plateau overlooking the ancient Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, a major outdoor art exhibition brings together the work of 14 international contemporary artists who have created site-specific installations responding to the iconic monuments. “I’ve always been fascinated by the Pyramids of Giza and the entire ancient Egyptian culture — the mysticism around it, the enigmas,” Zeta …

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