Extremely Rare Alabaster Statue of Queen Tiye Found in Egyptian Funerary Temple
A team of archaeologists has uncovered a unique carved alabaster statue of Queen Tiye in Luxor, Egypt. The exciting find was made by the European-Egyptian mission that…
Silver Coffin of Psusennes I
Amid the chaos and turmoil of World War II, as the world was gripped by conflict and uncertainty, a dazzling revelation emerged from the sands of antiquity—a…
Ed Gein: The Real-Life Horror That Inspired Hollywood’s Darkest Films
In 1957, the quiet town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, became the center of a nightmare when police officers entered the home of Edward Gein—a seemingly unᴀssuming farmer who…
The skeletal remains of Saint Constantius were found in Rorschach, Switzerland-NI
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Egyptologist in Canada presents theory of two queen rule before Tutankhamun
A girl looks at a replica of King Tutankhamun’s mummy at the Pharaonic Village, where tourists can sail on barges down a network of canals and look…
тιтus Tunnel: Tourists flock to Hatay’s ancient engineering marvel
In the Samandağ district of southern Turkey’s Hatay province, the Vespasianus тιтus Tunnel, or simply the тιтus Tunnel, is a magnificent ancient structure constructed by 1,000 slaves…
Visiting the Secret Wonders of Herculaneum: The (Other) Archeological Site in Naples, Italy
Have you heard of Herculaneum? Discussions of catastrophic volcanic eruptions, and specifically the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, generally touch on the ancient city of Pompeii and the…
Baalbek’s Stone of the Pregnant Woman: How Was This 1000-Ton Megalith Moved?!
One of the biggest feats of Roman ingenuity lies in Lebanon’s historic Bekaa Valley, home to the ancient city of Heliopolis, now Baalbek. Here, the 2,000-year-old Temple…
Kinship and Culture in an Alemannic Burial Ground from the early 7th century
In 1962 an Alemannic graveyard in Niederstotzingen in Southern Germany was discovered and excavated. New studies of the aDNA of thirteen individuals – ten male adults and…
Meet the Fantastically Bejeweled Skeletons of Catholicism’s Forgotten Martyrs
Art historian and author Paul Koudounaris elucidates the macabre splendor and tragic history of Europe’s catacomb saints Paul Koudounaris is not a man who shies away from…