Archaeologists in Sudan have excavated a crypt with seven naturally mummified bodies and walls full of inscriptions written in Greek and Coptic.
http://www.livescience.com/42017-medieval-crypt-holds-7-male-mummies.html
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Terracotta Warriors inspired by ancient Greek art
New research, including newly translated ancient texts, indicate that the Terracotta Warriors were inspired by ancient Greek art.
http://www.livescience.com/41828-terracotta-warriors-inspired-by-greek-art.html
http://www.livescience.com/41828-terracotta-warriors-inspired-by-greek-art.html
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Multiple Tombs await Discovery in Egypt's Valley of the Kings
Researchers working on the biggest exploration project in Egypt's Valley of the Kings since Howard Carter's time believe that multiple tombs await discovery.
http://www.livescience.com/41675-tombs-hidden-in-valley-of-kings.html
http://www.livescience.com/41675-tombs-hidden-in-valley-of-kings.html
Friday, November 15, 2013
Pyramid Age love revealed in vivid color
A tomb dating back to Old Kingdom Egypt has been recorded in color revealing a couple who were very much in love.
http://www.livescience.com/41237-love-revealed-in-egypt-tomb.html
http://www.livescience.com/41237-love-revealed-in-egypt-tomb.html
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Colorful ancient mummy collar discovered in Egyptian tomb
A mummy collar painted in a vivid array of colors, designs and images has been discovered in pieces at a tomb in Thebes and put back together again.
http://www.livescience.com/40955-mummy-collar-found-in-egyptian-tomb.html
http://www.livescience.com/40955-mummy-collar-found-in-egyptian-tomb.html
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
1,700 year-old curse tablet discovered in Roman mansion in Jerusalem
A curse tablet dating back around 1,700 years has been discovered in a Roman mansion in Jerusalem. In it a woman named Kyrilla invokes six gods in an attempt to lay a curse on a man named Iennys.
http://www.livescience.com/40638-ancient-curse-tablet-discovered-in-jerusalem.html
http://www.livescience.com/40638-ancient-curse-tablet-discovered-in-jerusalem.html
Thursday, October 10, 2013
CT Scans reveal clues to prehistoric Mesopotamian code
Using CT Scans researchers have discovered clues as to how a form of communication, used for record keeping two centuries before the invention of writing, worked in Mesopotamia.
http://www.livescience.com/40317-clues-to-lost-prehistoric-code-discovered.html
http://www.livescience.com/40317-clues-to-lost-prehistoric-code-discovered.html
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