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A 7,000-year-old mummy with a tattoo discovered

Archaeologists uncover a 7000-year-old perfectly preserved tattoo on the Siberian Ice Maiden, shedding light on the enduring nature of fashion trends throughout history. Intriguing archaeological findings suggest that the age-old saying "the new is the...

The Cleopatra scandal deepens: Egypt demands billions of dollars in compensation

A team of Egyptian lawyers and archaeologists is demanding that the streaming company "Netflix" pay compensation in the amount of two billion dollars for the distortion of the image of Queen Cleopatra and Ancient...

Remains of an ancient Roman watchtower have been discovered in Switzerland

Swiss archaeologists conducting exploratory excavations in the Schaarenwald am Rhein nature reserve earlier this year discovered the location of an ancient Roman watchtower. It was a site surrounded by a moat (possibly additionally reinforced with...

The Sumerian King List and Kubaba: The First Queen of the Ancient World

From Cleopatra to Razia Sultan, history is full of powerful women who defied the norms of their time. But have you ever heard of Queen Kubaba? Ruler of Sumer around 2500 BC, she may...

Scientists study sarcophagi from Ancient Egypt with computed tomography

A collaboration between the museum and the clinic could set a precedent for combining the study of historical artifacts with cutting-edge medical technology to better understand the past In a meticulously planned operation that took...

A woman from a Fayum portrait was diagnosed by the image

Scientists have studied a Fayum portrait of a young woman dating back to the 2nd century and stored at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Did the Library of Alexandria really exist?

It is said to be one of the greatest archives of classical knowledge of the ancient world, it housed the books of all times. It was built by the Greek-speaking subjects of the Ptolemaic...

A genetic analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Qumran Scrolls contain some of the oldest versions of the Bible and are of great interest to Christians, Muslims and Jews Scientists have applied genetic analysis to the Dead Sea Scrolls to determine whether...

DNA expertise has established that there was a woman on board a famous sunken Swedish warship

The wreck of the royal ship Vasa was recovered in 1961 and is remarkably well preserved after more than 300 years underwater in Stockholm harbor An American military laboratory has helped the Swedes confirm what...

Tomography of ancient Egyptian mummy reveals signs of deadly disease

Scientists have performed a CT scan of the mummy of Jed-Hor from Heidelberg, Germany, which represents an elderly man who lived in Egypt, apparently in the 4th-1st century BC. Examination of his skull showed...

Archaeologists have come across a smiling sphinx near the temple of Hathor

An Egyptian archaeological expedition from Ain Shams University discovered a smiling sphinx during excavations near the Temple of Hathor in Dendera

Archaeologists have discovered a “female vampire” with a sickle around her neck and a padlock on her leg in Poland

Archaeologists have discovered a grave of a "female vampire" from the 17th century in Poland. An iron sickle lay around the neck of the deceased, and a padlock was on the big toe of...

A US court has rejected a Guelph Treasure claim brought by heirs of Jewish merchants

The treasure of the Guelphs is on display in the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts A US court has awarded victory to a major German cultural institution in a long-running battle with the heirs of...

An American museum returned to Greece a precious exhibit stolen by the WWI Bulgarian army

Washington, USA 30 Aug 2022, 03:53 Author: BLITZ It was seized from a Greek monastery during the First World War The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., which is working to restore trust by returning...

Code [Collection of Laws] of Lipit-Ishtar

Legal code from about 1870 B.C. written in the Sumerian language. It predates the long-known Hamurabi law code, now in the Louvre, by more than a century, and for its interest in the history...

Scientists have revealed the composition of ancient Roman wine

Scientists from Italy and France examined the wall coverings of three amphorae in July and found that ancient Roman winemakers used local grapes and their flowers while importing resin and spices from other regions...

Sacrificed bronze human organs have been found in a Roman sanctuary

Archaeologists have excavated an ancient sanctuary located near geothermal springs in the Italian municipality of San Casciano dei Bani. Researchers managed to find more than three thousand coins, as well as sacrificial bronze artifacts...

A unique tomb of an Egyptian general discovered

During archaeological excavations, scientists unearthed the secret tomb of an ancient Egyptian general who led an army of foreign mercenaries. Archaeologists were disappointed to find that the sarcophagus had been opened and the Wahbire-merry-Neith mummy...

Scientists have finally deciphered a mysterious ancient script

A team of European scientists, led by French archaeologist François Desset, has managed to decipher one of the great mysteries: linear Elamite script - a little-known writing system used in present-day Iran, writes Smithsonian...

The most visited brothel is in Pompeii

Over 2 million visitors a year pass through the dark rooms of one of Pompeii's brothels. No, this is not a joke, but reality. Although in this case it is not at all a...

Stone statue found in Transnistria, which is 500 years older than the pyramids

Archaeologists of the Pridnestrovian State University discovered the oldest stone sculpture in the Northern Black Sea region in the Slobodzeya region. According to preliminary data, it is from 4.5 to 5 thousand years old. In...

Prolonged drought led to social tensions and the collapse of Mayapan

Scientists conducted an interdisciplinary study of materials from the city of Mayapan, the largest political capital of the Maya of the postclassic period. They found that as long as rainfall in the region remained...

Queens of Egyptology

We have all heard the name Howard Carter and know that he is the discoverer of the famous tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt. However, history knows no less colorful ladies who left an important...

The Vanished Tomb of Alexander the Great

One of the unsolved mysteries of antiquity is the time-worn tomb of Alexander the Great. His biographer Arrian / Arrian of Nicomedia, or Flavius ​​Arrian, is a Greek who lived in the Roman Empire,...

Tomb of a Mongol warrior with a horse, saber and arrows found in Transnistria

In the vicinity of the village of Glinoe, Slobodzeya region, Pridnestrovian archaeologists discovered the burial place of a noble Mongol warrior. His belonging to the highest military aristocracy is evidenced by a set of weapons...
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