We were very surprised by what we found. We cannot be sure that the cut killed him, but we think it did,” said paleopathologist Albert Zink. Ancient documents record that Ramesses III was killed by members of his harem as part of a palace coup involving his son, Prince Pentawere. Additional tests on an unusual, unidentified mummy from a royal tomb near the Valley of the Kings indicate that it could be the remains of the pharaoh’s convicted son.
On the sun-warmed sandstone walls of Arnhem Land in northern Australia, a profound and ancient story unfolds. Here, in a vast landscape of rugged cliffs and quiet…
In the peat bogs of Northern Europe, time has a way of preserving secrets. Beneath layers of moss, mud, and acidic water, archaeologists have discovered bodies so…
In 2009, during routine construction work near Oxford, England, archaeologists made a chilling discovery that would send ripples across the field of medieval archaeology. Beneath a quiet…
On a late summer day in 79 CE, the thriving Roman city of Pompeii was abruptly silenced. Mount Vesuvius, looming quietly to the north of the Bay…
Among the most haunting yet captivating discoveries of Egyptology are the preserved remains of Egypt’s pharaohs and queens. The pH๏τograph of two mummies—remarkably lifelike in their stillness—brings…
In the arid expanse of the Libyan Desert, on the western edge of the Nile Valley, archaeologists uncovered a hauntingly preserved human body, dating back nearly 5,000–6,000…