April 30, 2018 This 3,000-year-old horse got a human-style burial More than 3,000 years ago in the Nile River Valley, a body was carefully prepared for ceremonial burial. It was wrapped in a shroud and placed in a tomb, surrounded by important objects that demonstrated its elevated status.
April 25, 2018 Rare Roman discovery thrills experts: Emperor's marble head found at Egyptian temple site Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an extremely rare marble head depicting the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
April 9, 2018 This 4,000-year-old mummy just solved a century-old mystery If the F.B.I.'s scientists could extract DNA from the 4,000-year-old mummy, they would add a powerful tool to their forensics arsenal and also unlock a new way of deciphering Egypt’s ancient past https://t.co/a1em2dIpBG
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.