More than 4,000 years ago in Egypt, dozens of men who died of terrible wounds were mummified and entombed together in the cliffs near Luxor. Mass burials were exceptionally rare in ancient Egypt — so why did all these mummies end up in the same place? Recently, archaeologists visited the mysterious Tomb of the Warriors […]
A POOL of murky, red liquid found around three mummies in an Egyptian sarcophagus has been analysed by scientists. THE unsettling red liquid pooled around three decomposed mummies found inside a 2000-year-old burial chamber in the historic port city of Alexandria in Egypt has taken on a life of its own. Horrifying images of a […]
Archaeologists believe it was captured across several mid-seventh century battles Britain’s most glorious Anglo-Saxon treasures may have been captured in a series of Dark Age battlefields – during bitter conflicts between rival British kingdoms. Archaeologists who completed a major study of the finds now believe they were captured in several major wars in the mid-seventh century. The […]
The snow that has blanketed much of the Middle East turned Cairo white on Friday – with local news reports claiming it was Egypt’s capital’s first snowfall in 112 years. Snow covers the scene in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula The city averages less than an inch of rain each year, and hundreds stopped their AKSU walk […]
Human evolution expert Prof Chris Stringer has studied the Neanderthal throughout his entire career. Here he tells us what scientists discovered about the lifestyle, distinctive features and what these early humans looked like. We know more facts about Neanderthals than extinct humans. Thousands of artifacts and fossils have been found, including nearly completed skeletons. We […]
Gokstad, Tune and Oseberg were seagoing ships before being taken ashore and used in funeral rites for their wealthy owners around the Oslo Fjord. In the tombs, the archaeologists found some of the Viking Age’s richest tombs. At the Viking Ship House you will see the ships and skeletal remains, beautiful wood carvings and objects […]
