Zahi Hawass has a new television show coming out on History Channel tomorrow, called “Chasing Mummies“. We had a look at the trailer and it seems like they are going for a highly pop-culture adventure-like, make-the-big-finds angle to attract the thrill-seekers. You had Ice Road Truckers, now get ready for…
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Ancient Egyptian ‘Avenue of Sphinxes’ gets twelve Sphinxes longer
Archaeologists have unearthed twelve ancient sphinx statues at Luxor, Egypt. The sculptures were found at a newly discovered part of the Avenue of Sphinxes, an ancient road stretching from the temple at Karnak to the temple of the goddess Mut at Luxor. The discovery, made as part of excavation and…
Archaeologists discover ancient ivory maskette on Canadian Arctic island
The Tunit made our country habitable. They built the line of boulder cairns that guide caribou to the river-crossings where they can be ambushed by hunters, and they furnished the rivers with fish-weirs. An Inuit story, from Ancient People of the Arctic by Dr. Robert McGhee Today archaeologists believe that…
Hips don’t lie! New technique to determine a skeleton’s sex
Somewhere in the world bones from an ancient skeleton are discovered buried in an unmarked grave. The head is missing, most of the chest is gone and only a small fragment of the pelvis has survived. Researchers are then faced with a problem how do you tell if this person…
Ancient Egyptian Father and Son Tombs Discovered at Saqqara
Archaeologists have discovered two ancient Egyptian tombs, belonging to a father and his son, at the Saqqara necropolis in Egypt. The rock-hewn painted tombs were unearthed last week, and with at least one tomb never looted, are considered an important find. The discovery was made during routine excavations at ‘Gisr…
King Arthur’s Real Round Table Revealed
King Arthurs Round Table wasnt just the romantic meeting place of Arthurs warriors but a massive building on the edge of a huge Roman city. What’s more, it was a powerful symbol of Roman authority that survived for some 600 years after the Romans left Britain. (Skip to the Video)…
Roman Villa Discovered Near Tewkesbury
A previously unknown Roman villa has been discovered in England by archaeologists excavating an area in preparation for a pipeline to be laid near Tewkesbury. The excavation has uncovered part of a wealthy Roman villa north of Bredons Norton in Gloucestershire. Two burials pre-dating the villa have also been discovered….
King Tut’s Mummy Cloned using 3D Printing Technology
Tutankhamun’s mummy is being safely kept in KV62 in the Valley of the Kings. It’s hard to imagine his body would ever leave Egypt, yet thousands of visitors to the touring King Tut exhibition at New York are being offered the chance to see an exact replica of the boy-king’s mummy based…
Review: July’s American Journal of Archaeology Focuses on the Classical World
The July issue, volume 114.3, of the American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) is out now. This month’s issue brings six main articles on subjects ranging from the statues of Manitushu, the culture of late Bronze Age Mycenaean settlements in Thessaly and the legendary ideals of Greek womanhood. While the emphasis…
Biggest of the Dead Sea Scrolls was created at Qumran
The debate over the origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls may end up coming down to a very basic element water. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the 1940s and 50s near the site of Qumran in the modern day West Bank. Its a mystery as to how they…