Stonehenge in southern England ranks among the world’s most iconic archaeological sites and one of its greatest enigmas. The megalithic circle on Salisbury Plain inspires awe and fascination—but also…

A sprawling 3,400-year-old city emerged in Iraq after a reservoir’s water level swiftly dropped due to extreme drought. Kurdish and German archaeologists excavated the settlement in the Mosul reservoir,…

The Maya, the Cossacks, the Hitтιтes… are peoples and empires that were once very developed, but they mysteriously disappeared as if they had never existed. Until now,…

People often claim that Egyptian Queen Tiye was black based on the unpainted, darkened yew wood bust of her. This interpretation overlooks several important factors. For instance,…

Introduction In the annals of ancient Egyptian history, few figures have captured the imagination of scholars and the public alike as powerfully as the bearded mummy known…

Nodjmet, also known as Nedjmet or Notmit, was a notable noblewoman from the 20th and 21st dynasties of ancient Egypt, renowned for being the wife of Herihor,…

In the heart of ancient Egypt, a remarkable discovery was made when the mummy of Pharaoh Seti I, a powerful ruler of the 19th Dynasty, was unearthed….

In a significant event for cultural heritage, a 500-year-old mummy of an Incan girl named Ñusta has returned to Bolivia after 129 years at the Michigan State…

The mummy of Queen Nodjmet, a prominent figure of Egypt’s 21st Dynasty (circa 1069–945 BCE), is a stunning artifact of ancient Egyptian culture and its meticulous funerary…