Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun
This alabaster canopic chest of Tutankhamun is considered to be one of the finest masterpieces of King Tut’s collection. The interior of the chest is divided into…
Queen Neferтιтi: The Enigmatic Beauty and Power Behind Egypt’s Throne
Neferтιтi (c. 1370 – c. 1336 BCE) was the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Her name means, `the beautiful one has come’ and, because of…
Three Stunning Ancient Greek Mosaics Unearthed on The Syrian Border
Three new mosaics have been excavated by archaeologists in Turkey’s southern province of Gaziantep, as part of a seven-year expedition to discover the secrets of Zeugma –…
Exploring Mount Nemrut – A Meeting Point Between East & West
Set within the Anti-Taurus mountain range in southeastern Turkey, beyond the borders of Adiyaman, is the archaeological wonder of Mount Nemrut. Forgotten for centuries, the spellbinding peak…
Sarcophagus of Ramesses III
The huge granite sarcophagus box of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Ramesses III is in the Louvre (the lid is in the Fitzwilliam Museum). Ramesses was one of…
The Arena of Nîmes: 2000 years old and (almost) not a day older!
The arena of Nîmes If a single monument had to be chosen as being symbolic of Nîmes, it would definitely be its ampitheater! Famous all over the…
The Plaster Casts of Pompeii
The majority of the inhabitants of Pompeii died because of poisonous gases from the Mount Vesuvius. Their corpses were entirely buried by H๏τ ashes raining from the sky. In 1870 the archaeologist Giuseppe…
This 3,700-Year-Old Tablet Shows The Oldest Known Example of Applied Geometry
An ancient fragment of clay tablet dating back to 3,700 years ago, during the Old Babylonian period, contains what is now the oldest known example of applied…
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Well-Preserved, 30,000-Year-Old Baby Woolly Mammoth Emerges From Yukon Permafrost
The mummified creature is helping to heal the rift between the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in people and the miners and scientists who came to their lands On a…
What 3,000-Year-Old Artifacts Uncover About Humanity’s Secret Past!
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