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.
The first section of tunnels beneath Rome’s Baths of Caracalla will soon open to tourists. Slaves used the tunnels to carry wood to the 50 ovens heating water for…
The ‘Supreme Ultimate’ diagram of Taoism, the Taijitu of Yin and Yang dates back in China to around a coupke of thousands years ago, yet its origins…
PARIS, FRANCE—According to a Live Science report, human remains found in a sealed lead coffin beneath the nave of Notre Dame Cathedral have been identified as the French Renaissance…
Medieval Church Excavated in Slovakia OSTRÁ LÚKA, SLOVAKIA—According to a report in The Slovak Spectator, a geophysical survey conducted at the site of the Church of the Epiphany…
Archaeologists from the “Uncovering Roman Carlisle” project have found a carved stone head during excavations of the Carlisle Cricket Club in Carlisle, England. The project is a…
ᴀssIUT, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that a tomb dated to the 12th Dynasty has been discovered on the west bank of the Nile River in Upper Egypt’s Western ᴀssiut Mountain…