Archaeologists stumble across 250 tombs cut into a rock in Egypt that date back 4,200 years

Hundreds of rock-cut tombs were accidentally discovered by archaeologists in Egypt, some dating back more than 4,000 years. In all, 250 grave sites were uncovered during a routine archaeological survey in the Al-Hamidiyah necropolis near Sohag, on the west banks of the Nile River.   According to researchers, they were in use over a 2,000 year … Read more

Archaeologists stumble across 250 tombs cut into a rock in Egypt that date back 4,200 years

Hundreds of rock-cut tombs were accidentally discovered by archaeologists in Egypt, some dating back more than 4,000 years. In all, 250 grave sites were uncovered during a routine archaeological survey in the Al-Hamidiyah necropolis near Sohag, on the west banks of the Nile River.   According to researchers, they were in use over a 2,000 year … Read more

Archaeologists find ‘missing link’ in early alphabet

The alphabet was invented by illiterate Canaanite miners in ancient Egypt who turned elaborate hieroglyphs into basic letters 4,000 years ago, according to research. In 2006, Egyptologist Orly Goldwasser argued that symbols on artefacts from a temple in the Sinai are prototypes of the letters that we use to read and write today. While it had … Read more

Archaeologists discover a 3,200-year-old shrine to a knife-wielding SPIDER god

Archaeologists discover a 3,200-year-old shrine to a knife-wielding SPIDER GOD associated with rain and fertility in Peru Temple is around 3,200 years old and dates to the Cupisnique culture Most of the relic has been destroyed by farmers trying to expand their land  Site is now registered and will be protected from further vandalism  Believed it … Read more

Archaeologists unearth Roman ceremonial carriage from villa in Pompeii

What happened?   Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow.   Mount Vesuvius, on the west coast of Italy, is the only active volcano in continental Europe and is thought to be one of the … Read more

The Iron Age FADE: Archaeologists discover 1,900-year-old statue is sporting modern hair style

It’s a fashionable haircut favoured by the rich and famous. But it looks like the skin fade’s popularity could stretch as far back as the in the first century AD. Archaeologists discovered that a two inch high figure of a deity found on the Wimpole Estate, in Cambridgeshire, was sporting what appeared to be a … Read more

The Iron Age FADE: Archaeologists discover 1,900-year-old statue is sporting modern hair style

It’s a fashionable haircut favoured by the rich and famous. But it looks like the skin fade’s popularity could stretch as far back as the in the first century AD. Archaeologists discovered that a two inch high figure of a deity found on the Wimpole Estate, in Cambridgeshire, was sporting what appeared to be a … Read more

Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old BREWERY in ancient Egyptian city of Abydos 

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old brewery that could produce thousands of litres of beer in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos.  The site, in Egypt’s Sohag Governorate, likely dates back to around 3,100 BC, the tourism and antiquities ministry said in a statement on Saturday.  Dr Matthew Adams, one of the leaders of the Egyptian-American … Read more

Archaeologists unearth remains of stone circle that may have made up Stonehenge

Stonehenge was originally built in Wales, before the stone circle was dismantled and rebuilt 175 miles away in Wiltshire, researchers claim. It is already established that the 5,000-year-old monument in Salisbury contains bluestones brought from a Welsh hillside. However, new research suggests that they were recycled from a dismantled circle called Waun Mawn in the … Read more

Archaeologists have discovered a Neolithic settlement near Skara Brae

A Neolithic settlement dating back nearly 5,000 years has been discovered in Scotland and it could be on par with the world famous ‘Skara Brae’, experts predict. Archaeologists discovered signs of the Neolithic village at the north end of the Bay of Skaill, Orkney after costal erosion unearth animal bones and a carved stone.  It … Read more