As Egyptian Pharaoh’s grave is discovered, LORD CARNAVON’S gripping dispatch for the Mail on the wonders he discovered December 18, 1922 On the edge of the cultivation on the western bank of the Nile, and extending for five miles in length and a mile and a quarter in depth, lies the Necropolis of ancient Thebes. Here … Read more
As Egyptian Pharaoh’s grave is discovered, LORD CARNAVON’S gripping dispatch for the Mail on the wonders he discovered December 18, 1922 On the edge of the cultivation on the western bank of the Nile, and extending for five miles in length and a mile and a quarter in depth, lies the Necropolis of ancient Thebes. Here … Read more
‘You can’t get more en-suite than your pillow on the toilet seat’: House hunters slam tiny one room ‘tomb’ that is little bigger than double bed as it goes up for rent for £200-a-month Private rental in Oldham, Manchester, has been criticised on social media Landlord described it as a ‘private one room garden home’ with … Read more
‘You can’t get more en-suite than your pillow on the toilet seat’: House hunters slam tiny one room ‘tomb’ that is little bigger than double bed as it goes up for rent for £200-a-month Private rental in Oldham, Manchester, has been criticised on social media Landlord described it as a ‘private one room garden home’ with … Read more
A farmer in Ireland stumbled across an ancient tomb virtually untouched for thousands of years. The burial site was uncovered on southwest Ireland’s Dingle Peninsula when an excavator overturned a large stone to reveal a hidden chamber underneath. Inside, local archaeologists found what they believe to be the human bones, along with a smooth oval-shaped … Read more
With nowhere to live, families in Venezuela have been forced to live in a cemetery, where their children beg for money and looters dig up graves around them. In the south of Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, more and more families are calling the Southern General cemetery home. Among them are Jendry, 11, and his sister Wineisis, … Read more
A new imaging technique has allowed scientists to uncover a once-hidden figure in a 2,500-year-old tomb painting in Italy that was built by the ancient Etruscan, which flourished in Central Italy between the 8th and 3rd century. The funeral painting is located in the Tomb of the Monkey in Tuscany, first uncovered in 1847, but the … Read more
Ancient tools that once belonged to prehistoric civilizations have been found all over the world, but a discovery in Spain is unlike those traditionally made of stone or flint. A team excavating the megalithic tomb of Montelirio tholos in 2007 through 2010 uncovered a dagger formed from rock crystal that experts say is the ‘most … Read more
Ancient tools that once belonged to prehistoric civilizations have been found all over the world, but a discovery in Spain is unlike those traditionally made of stone or flint. A team excavating the megalithic tomb of Montelirio tholos in 2007 through 2010 uncovered a dagger formed from rock crystal that experts say is the ‘most … Read more
A family of undertakers have branched out and built a modern take on a prehistoric tomb to meet the demand for an alternative to burial. The Round Barrow in Corscombe, Dorset, is only the fifth tomb of its kind in the country and has recently opened. The project, which has 990 niches to hold urns … Read more