Tutankhamun: the mystery of the boy pharaoh's pierced ears
Ever since British archaeologist Howard Carter first peered into the tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, 100 years ...
A Stray Dog Climbed an Egyptian Pyramid. Along Came a Paraglider.
They say that every dog has its day, and for Apollo, a young stray who roams the Giza necropolis in Greater Cairo, that day ...
4 Secret Tablets in a Tomb May Be the First Evidence of the World's Oldest Alphabet
Four small, clay tablets, unearthed in 2004, are finally gaining attention as possibly the first evidence of an alphabet, but ...
Egyptologists discover a possible Ptolemaic temple in Athribis
Are the cliffs of Athribis hiding a former sanctuary? In the small Egyptian village near Sohag, about 200 kilometers north of ...
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Why the Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb Was the Most Significant Archaeological Find of the 20th Century
The intact burial—unearthed on this day in 1922—contained a "wonderful" cache of objects linked to the ancient Egyptian ...
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3,300-year-old cave ‘frozen in time' from reign of Ramesses II uncovered in Israel
An extraordinary archaeological discovery has been made in Israel-a 3,300-year-old cave sealed since the reign of Ramesses II ...