Tagged: tombs

As the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah comes to a close, the discovery of an ancient tomb door with a stunning menorah carving is providing a fascinating glimpse into Israel’s rich history. The basalt tomb door, which is undergoing preservation work, was recently put on display...

This may not exactly be one for the connoisseurs, but archaeologists in Egypt say that they have found the oldest solid cheese. The ancient cheese, which is around 3,300 years old, was found in the tomb of Ptahmes, mayor of the ancient Egyptian city of...

Researchers will continue their search for secret chambers in King Tutankhamun’s tomb this year, harnessing sophisticated radar technology to find out if another burial is hidden at the famous site. Experts from the Polytechnic University of Turin will use radar to investigate the Egyptian tomb...

A new radar survey of King Tutankhamun’s tomb has reportedly found evidence of a hidden chamber that has revived talk about Queen Nefertiti’s final resting place. The survey of King Tut’s tomb was conducted by a team led by archaeologist Mamdouh Eldamaty, reports Nature, which...

A staggering 83 unusual ancient Egyptian graves have been discovered, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. The graves surprised archaeologists because instead of the human remains lying in sarcophagi, the deceased have been buried in clay coffins. The majority of the graves have been...

MANILA, Philippines – Archaeologists have unearthed remnants of what they believe is a 1,000-year-old village on a jungle-covered mountaintop in the Philippines with limestone coffins of a type never before found in this Southeast Asian nation, officials said Thursday. National Museum official Eusebio Dizon said...

– Ancient stargazers used 6,000-year-old tombs to set calendar dates and watch the heavens thousands of years before Galileo Galilei. Astronomers are exploring what might be described as the first astronomical observing tool potentially used by prehistoric humans 6,000 years ago. The study conducted by...

In 1909, the Arizona Gazette published an incredible story that until this day, fuels a number of conspiracy theories. According to the article, a man called G.E. Kincaid of Lewiston, Idaho was traveling down the Colorado River when he stumbled upon an unprecedented find. In...

On February 16, 1923, Howard Carter (1873 – 1939), an English archaeologist and Egyptologist unsealed and opened the burial chamber of the 14th century pharaoh King Tutankhamun in the tomb (KV62) in the Valley of Kings near Cairo in Egypt. The discovery of the intact...

The Ming Tombs (“Ming Thirteen Mausoleums”) are a collection of imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over an area of forty square kilometers in Changping District to the northwest of Beijing. They were built by the emperors of the Ming dynasty of China, all...