Wahib Anton, a conservator at the Egyptian Museum, cleaned the second or intermediate Tutankhamun’s coffin, made of wood clad with a gold sheet with inlaid vitreous paste, and was decorated with the rishi pattern, an imitation of plumage.
Photo by Paolo Verzone
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Buddha statue found in ancient Egyptian city

A Buddha statue that dates back to the 2nd century AD has been found by a team of American-Polish archaeologists at an ancient Egyptian site situated near the Red Sea.

It is a marble Buddha statue in the forecourt of the town’s early Roman period temple dedicated to the goddess Isis...

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The Judgement of Paris.
Los Amores mosaic in Cástulo site (Linares, Spain), dating back to the turn of the 1st to the 2nd century AD.
Image © Pilar Amate et. al. (2021)
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Neanderthals lived in groups big enough to eat big elephants

Neanderthals gathered 125,000 years ago on the muddy shores of a lake in east-central Germany to butcher enormous elephants. According to a recent study that casts these ancient human relatives in a new light, they harvested up to 4 tons of flesh from each animal using sharp stone tools.

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Excavations reveal Roman altar stone beneath Leicester Cathedral

During excavations in the grounds of Leicester Cathedral, archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) found a 1,800-year-old altar stone from the Roman period.

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38 Percent of Aztec skull rack contained heads of sacrificed women

Researchers suggest that the large number of female skulls in the Hueyi Tzompantli (Great Skull-rack) are associated with the Huitzilopochtli origin myth.

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World’s oldest dated runestone found in Norway

Archaeologists have discovered the “world’s oldest runestone,” a squat block of sandstone with etchings scribbled across its flat surface.

The ancient stone discovered by researchers in Norway may contain the earliest example of “words recorded in writing in Scandinavia.”

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Detectorist finds Tudor gold pendant linked to Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon

A Metal detectorist found a gold pendant and chain inscribed with Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of Aragon’s initials. Charlie Clarke had only been metal detecting for six months when he discovered this gold pendant in Warwickshire, England’s West Midlands region, in 2019.

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Archaeologists find prehistoric headless skeletons in a settlement trench

Archaeologists unearthed the remains of 38 individuals in a ditch surrounding the settlement during this year’s excavation in Vráble, Slovakia. Their well-preserved skeletons were jumbled together, and all of them, with the exception of a young child, were missing their heads.

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Massive ancient Roman mosaic unearthed in Syria

#Syria uncovered a large intact mosaic from the #Roman era, describing it as the most significant archaeological discovery since the country’s conflict began 11 years ago.

(Images: Omar Sanadiki/AP and Louai Beshara / AFP via Getty Images)

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Original burial place of St. Nicholas found beneath a church in Turkey

Archaeologists have discovered the burial place of Saint Nicholas, the inspiration behind the story of Santa Claus, under a church in Turkey’s Antalya province.

The St. Nicholas Church was built on top of another church in the 7th or 8th century...

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