Documents obtained by Live Science tell of treasures sent to New Orleans in three shipments after the Cold War that had a combined value of $285 million.
https://www.livescience.com/60563-mystery-antiques-sent-to-us.html
Friday, September 29, 2017
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Early Viking Boat Burial Discovered in Norway
A boat burial dating to around the dawn of the Viking Age has been discovered in Norway.
https://www.livescience.com/60462-early-viking-boat-grave-discovered.html
https://www.livescience.com/60462-early-viking-boat-grave-discovered.html
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
4,300 Year-Old Pharaoh's Head Found at Hazor Leaves Mystery
Newly published research shows that this pharaoh's head was constructed in Egypt around 4,300 years-ago during the Old Kingdom and was smashed apart when Hazor, in Israel, was sacked around 3,300 years ago. It leaves scholars with a number of mysteries....
https://www.livescience.com/60270-ancient-statue-head-depicts-mystery-pharaoh.html
Monday, August 28, 2017
Looters of Egypt's Past Try to Recruit Egyptologists for Help
Egyptian looters are seeking out professional Egyptologists, and others with knowledge of Egypt's past, to help them loot and sell artifacts.
https://www.livescience.com/60246-looters-ask-egyptologists-for-help.html
https://www.livescience.com/60246-looters-ask-egyptologists-for-help.html
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
46 Prehistoric Sites Discovered in Saudi Arabia
Forty-six prehistoric sites have been discovered near the remains of ancient lakes in Saudi Arabia.
https://www.livescience.com/59998-46-prehistoric-sites-saudi-arabia.html
https://www.livescience.com/59998-46-prehistoric-sites-saudi-arabia.html
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
New Tomb Discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings
A new tomb has been discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Located near the tomb of the pharaoh Ay the new tomb may belong to Queen Ankhesenamun who was the wife of Tutankhamun and later Ay.
https://www.livescience.com/59840-king-tut-wife-tomb-possibly-found.html
https://www.livescience.com/59840-king-tut-wife-tomb-possibly-found.html
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Hundreds of Stone Tombs Discovered in Jebel Qurma
Hundreds of ancient stone tombs have been discovered in Jebel Qurma, a desert in Jordan that is so barren that one early explorer called it a land of 'dead fire'.
https://www.livescience.com/59785-hundreds-of-tombs-discovered-jordan-desert.html
https://www.livescience.com/59785-hundreds-of-tombs-discovered-jordan-desert.html
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