
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…

Canopic Shrine of Tutankhamun
Inside this imposing and elaborate gilded canopic shrine was the alabaster chest that contained the four canopic miniature coffins. At each side of this shrine stands an elegant…

Miniature Coffin of Tutankhamun
The interior of the alabaster canopic chest of King Tutankhamun was divided into four compartments, each holding a miniature gold coffin containing the viscera of the king,…

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…

Mummy mask of Satdjehuty
Daughter of king Senakhtenre Ahmose and his wife Tetisheri, Satdjehuty (Daughter of Thoth) was a sister-wife to her brother king Seqenenre Tao and held multiple тιтles including,…

Mummy of Queen Ahmose-Meritamun
The mummy of Queen Ahmose-Meritamun was buried in tomb (TT358) in Deir el-Bahari in two cedar wood coffins and a cartonnage outer case, which is now damaged….

Mummy of AmenH๏τep II
The French excavator Victor Loret found the mummy of AmenH๏τep II in 1898, still resting in his own sarcophagus in his tomb (KV35) in the Valley of…

Unearthed Horror: Mᴀss Grave Reveals the Brutality of Mongol Invasion in 13th Century Europe
A Grim Discovery in Yaroslavl In September 2023, archaeologists unveiled a chilling discovery in the Russian city of Yaroslavl – a mᴀss grave containing the skeletal remains…

Unveiling Ancient Treasures: The Golden Ram and Stone Lion of Gonur Depe
A Journey Through Time: Excavations in Turkmenistan In the heart of Central Asia, the archaeological site of Gonur Depe in Turkmenistan has recently yielded extraordinary treasures that…