SCIENCE April 3, 2018 FBI cracks its oldest case of mysterious Egyptian mummy's head The FBI has cracked its oldest case after successfully extracting DNA from a 4,000-year-old mummy’s head, answering a centuries-old question to whom exactly it belonged.
Digging History March 27, 2018 Amazing mummy discovery: 2,500-year-old Egyptian coffin was thought to be empty Experts in Australia have found the tattered remains of an ancient priestess in a 2,500-year-old Egyptian coffin that was long thought to be empty.
Digging History March 26, 2018 Mysterious ancient artwork depicting female pharaoh found by accident A rare ancient artifact depicting the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut has surfaced in the U.K., stunning experts.
Digging History March 26, 2018 King Tutankhamun bombshell? Mysterious pharaoh may have been a boy soldier King Tutankhamun may have been a boy soldier, new research claims, challenging the theory that the king was a weak and sickly youth before his mysterious death at around 18 years of age.
Digging History March 2, 2018 World's oldest figurative tattoos found on 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummies Experts in the U.K. have found the world’s oldest figurative tattoos on two ancient Egyptian mummies, one of which is the oldest tattooed female ever discovered.
Digging History February 26, 2018 Ancient Egyptian cemetery found with 40 mummies and a message 'from the afterlife' A cemetery, more than 2,000-years-old, has been found in Egypt containing over 40 mummies and a necklace with a "message from the afterlife."
Digging History February 23, 2018 Ancient statue of Nubian king found in Nile River temple Remains of a 2,600-year-old statue with an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphics has been discovered in a temple at Dangeil, an archaeological site along the Nile River in Sudan.
Digging History February 20, 2018 Secret to Great Pyramid's near perfect alignment possibly found Though slightly lopsided, the towering, Great Pyramid of Giza is an ancient feat of engineering, and now an archaeologist has figured out how the Egyptians may have aligned the monument almost perfectly along the cardinal points, north-south-east-west — they may have used the fall equinox.
Digging History February 12, 2018 Mystery of 'screaming Egyptian mummy' which has baffled archaeologists for years finally resolved The ‘Screaming Mummy’ mystery from ancient Egypt has baffled experts for years but the secret behind the horrifying remains has finally been resolved.
Ancient Egypt February 3, 2018 Egyptian archaeologists discover 4,400-year-old tomb near Cairo Egyptian archaeologists are hailing the discovery of a 4,400-year-old tomb near the pyramids near Cairo.
Digging History February 2, 2018 Final answer may be near on King Tut tomb mystery The theory that King Tut's tomb also holds the remains of his stepmother, the legendary Queen Nefertiti, has tantalized Egyptian archaeology for nearly three years.