Hidden Underworld of the Giza Plateau is Finally Brought to Light
A vast network of underground chambers and water tunnels have been discovered beneath several of the world’s most well-known pyramids, including the Great Pyramid on Egypt’s Giza…
An Ancient Fast Food Restaurant in Pompeii That Served Honey-Roasted Rodents Is Now Open to the Public
Visitors can see the frescoes that adorned the “thermopolium,” as the restaurant would have been called. Archaeologists studying the Roman city of Pompeii recently discovered a thermopolium—a kind of ancient…
2.3-meter sword found in 4th-century tomb in Japan
The largest bronze mirror and the largest “dako” iron sword in Japan were discovered at the Tomio Maruyama burial mound in Nara. Experts say the twin discoveries from the…
Raphael Monti
Sculptor born in Iseo, Ticino, Switzerland, of an Italian father, the sculptor Gaetano Matteo Monti (1776–1847) of Ravenna. Raffaele studied with his father, and under the sculptor…
Golden Sandals of Tutankhamun
A pair of golden sandals of Tutankhamun were found on his feet. These stunning gold sandals were just one of 42 pairs King Tutankhamun had in his…
Anubis Shrine
In 1922, during the groundbreaking excavation of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings, archaeologist Howard Carter discovered a remarkable statue of Anubis, the ancient…
Ancient Lady Dai: The Most Perfectly Preserved Mummy Ever Discovered
Scientists perform an autopsy on the best preserved mummy ever discovered: that of a Han aristocrat named Lady Dai (Xin Zhui). More than 2,000 years after her…
The mystery of the top secret room in the Great Pyramid of Egypt
Scientists have discovered a large empty room the size of an airplane in the heart of the Great Pyramid of Giza. This shocking discovery will be the…
Behold the statue of Gilgamesh, the legendary king-hero of Uruk, whose reign reigns through the ages from 2652 to 2602 BC
Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk best known as the hero of The Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2150-1400 BCE) the great Babylonian poem that predates Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey by 1500 years and, therefore, stands…
Ancient phallus unearthed in cave
A sculpted and polished phallus found in a German cave is among the earliest representations of male Sєxuality ever uncovered, researchers say. The 20cm-long, 3cm-wide stone object,…