One summer’s day in Tipperary as peat was being dug from a bog, a button peered out from the freshly cut earth. The find set off a five-year journey of conservation to retrieve and preserve what lay beyond: a 1,200-year-old psalm book in its original cover. Bogs across Europe have thrown up all sorts of […]
Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, say they have unearthed a 3,100-year-old building and a number of artifacts at the archaeological site of Tell Abu al-Kharaz in Jordan. Tell Abu al-Kharaz (‘Mound of the Father of Beads’) is located in the Jordan Valley, close to the border to Israel and the West Bank. The settlement […]
This magnificent piece of pop archaeology is full of songs, statues, gems, gods and gold – reminding us that this pharaoh was no warrior king, just a frail boy who loved his boomerangs It is not the gold that takes your breath away, it’s the craft. More than 3,300 years ago, Egypt’s top artists – […]
The Treasure of San Gennaro, said to be worth more than the Crown Jewels in Tower of London, goes on display in Rome A rich collection of jewel-encrusted religious treasures that represent seven centuries of faith, cultish devotion and superstition went on display for the first time in Rome on Wednesday. “The Treasure of San […]
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 […]
It was found that the dagger of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen was made of an extraterrestrial substance. The dagger may have been made from a meteorite. Researchers announced that the rate of nickel and cobalt in the dagger next to the mummy of the pharaoh, who died at a young age, was not from […]
Without the discovery of his majestic tomb, King Tutankhamun (1341 – 1323 BC) would certainly not be under the pseudonym with the world. The reign of the child king was not remarkable. When he ascended the throne at the age of nine, the country was still in chaos with the decision by his late father, […]
