Egypt

Sunken temple reveals ‘treasures and secrets’ in mysterious underwater city

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Sunken temple

Sunken temple reveals ‘treasures and secrets’ in mysterious underwater city New “treasures and secrets” have been revealed at the site of a sunken temple off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) announced in a news release Tuesday. An underwater archaeological team, led by French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio, has made further discoveries at … Read more

Archaeologists uncover Late Period and Byzantine discoveries at the Necropolis of Meir in Egypt

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Archaeologists uncover Late Period and Byzantine discoveries at the Necropolis of Meir in Egypt A team of archaeologists in Egypt have found structures, burials, and objects dating back to the Byzantine and Late periods in the Necropolis of Meir in the Assiut governorate. The discovery was important due to the breadth of finds from the … Read more

Buddha Statue Found In Egypt Points To Trade Ties With Ancient India

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Buddha Statue

Buddha Statue Found In Egypt Points To Trade Ties With Ancient India An ancient statue of Buddha has been discovered in the seaport of Berenice in Egypt, shedding further light on the trade links between India and Egypt during the period of Roman rule. The statue is believed to date back to the second century BC. … Read more

3D Mapping Brings 2,000 years of Ancient Egyptian Graffiti into Focus

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3D Mapping Brings 2,000 years of Ancient Egyptian Graffiti into Focus Simon Fraser University researchers are learning more about ancient graffiti—and their intriguing comparisons to modern graffiti—as they produce a state-of-the-art 3D recording of the Temple of Isis in Philae, Egypt. Working with the University of Ottawa, the researchers published their early findings in Egyptian Archaeology and … Read more

Oldest Human Discovered: Facial Reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian Who Lived 30,000 Years Ago Uncovered

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Oldest Human Discovered: Facial Reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian Who Lived 30,000 Years Ago Uncovered A lifelike facial approximation of a man who lived 30,000 years ago in what is now Egypt may offer clues about human evolution. In 1980, archaeologists unearthed the man’s skeletal remains at Nazlet Khater 2, an archaeological site in Egypt’s Nile … Read more

Mysterious Ancient Egyptian Severed Hands Practice Investigated By Scientists

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Mysterious Ancient Egyptian Severed Hands Practice Investigated By Scientists Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the first direct evidence of a gruesome practice known as the “gold of honor” ceremony, which involved the public dismemberment of enemy warriors. Though the bloody tradition is well documented in Egyptian tomb inscriptions, the discovery of 12 severed hands at an ancient … Read more

Pharaoh-sphinx Statues unearthed at Sun Temple in Heliopolis, Egypt

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Pharaoh-sphinx Statues

Pharaoh-sphinx Statues unearthed at Sun Temple in Heliopolis, Egypt Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered broken statues of ancient royalty at a sun temple in Heliopolis, an archaeological site that was once a major city near what is now Cairo.  The stone-carved fragments include depictions of Ramesses II (reign circa 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C.), Ramesses … Read more

Egypt’s First Complete Zodiac Uncovered in Temple of Esna, Luxor

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Temple of Esna

Egypt’s First Complete Zodiac Uncovered in Temple of Esna, Luxor Egypt’s first complete Zodiac was uncovered on the ceiling of the Temple of Esna in Luxor governorate during restoration work carried out by an Egyptian-German expedition. Visitors to the temple will be able to admire the uncovered Zodiac on the ceiling of the temple’s Hypostyle … Read more

King Tut’s Cosmic Scarab Brooch And Dagger Linked To Meteorite’s Crash 28 Million Years Ago

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King Tut’s Cosmic Scarab Brooch

King Tut’s Cosmic Scarab Brooch And Dagger Linked To Meteorite’s Crash 28 Million Years Ago The fascinating story of the origins of a component in Tutankhamun’s scarab brooch has been furthered this week.  It has been established that some of the material found in that brooch was result of a phenomenal event that occurred 28 million … Read more