Over 100 new inscriptions have been discovered at Wadi el-Hudi, an amethyst mining site in the eastern desert of Egypt.
https://www.livescience.com/65068-ancient-egyptian-inscriptions-amethyst-mine.html
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
2,000 year-old Inscription from Yemen Tells of a Lost Temple Dedicated to an Unknown God
A 2,000 year-old bronze tablet from Yemen tells of a lost temple dedicated to Athtar Ḥarmān, a deity that scholars have never heard of before. The tablet appeared on the antiquities market recently in the US. Scholars I've talked to have expressed concern that the tablet may have been recently looted. The gallery auctioning it says that its research indicates otherwise.
https://www.livescience.com/65024-ancient-inscription-lost-temple-yemen.html
https://www.livescience.com/65024-ancient-inscription-lost-temple-yemen.html
Monday, February 11, 2019
Discoveries Reveal clues to Battle of the Aegates Islands
A series of discoveries reveal clues to the Battle of the Aegates Islands that occurred in 241 B.C.
https://www.livescience.com/64734-underwater-rome-carthage-battle-artifacts.html
https://www.livescience.com/64734-underwater-rome-carthage-battle-artifacts.html
Monday, February 4, 2019
Hundreds of Mysterious Ancient Structures Found in Western Sahara
Hundreds of ancient stone structures have been discovered in the Western Sahara, a territory that archaeologists have done little research in.
https://www.livescience.com/64677-stone-structures-discovered-western-sahara.html
https://www.livescience.com/64677-stone-structures-discovered-western-sahara.html
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Ancient Egyptian Carving Reveals Couple that someone wanted to obliterate in afterlife
An intentionally damaged 3,500 year-old Egyptian carving reveals a couple whom someone tried to obliterate in the afterlife.
https://www.livescience.com/64514-ancient-egyptian-carving-afterlife.html
https://www.livescience.com/64514-ancient-egyptian-carving-afterlife.html
Thursday, January 3, 2019
2,300 year-old fortress Discovered at Berenike
A 2,300 year-old fortress that guarded Berenike, an ancient port located in Egypt by the Red Sea, has been uncovered.
https://www.livescience.com/64407-ancient-egypt-fortress-war-elephants.html
https://www.livescience.com/64407-ancient-egypt-fortress-war-elephants.html
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Newly Discovered Incantation Describes Creature called the "Devourer"
A 2,800 year-old incantation, written in Aramaic, was recently discovered by archaeologists at the site of Zincirli in Turkey.
https://www.livescience.com/64362-ancient-aramaic-incantation-describes-devourer.html
https://www.livescience.com/64362-ancient-aramaic-incantation-describes-devourer.html
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