4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (371+ words) A joint Spanish-Egyptian archaeological team has uncovered a tomb dating to the late Fifth Dynasty at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb dates to the reign of King Djedkare Isesi, who ruled near the end of the Fifth Dynasty. The team found…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (683+ words) Ancient Etruscan tombs may have been designed to shape how people saw, heard and felt during funeral rites, according to a new study of two painted tombs in Tarquinia, Italy. The study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (486+ words) A joint Egyptian-Chinese archaeological mission has uncovered the remains of a mud-brick housing complex and a stone structure likely used for wine production at the Temple of Sekhmet in Mit Rahina, Egypt. The finds offer new evidence about daily life…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (506+ words) An ancient tomb, a network of burial shafts, and hundreds of funerary objects have been found at Saqqara, Egypt, during the first excavation season in a new area west of the Bubastion necropolis. The Egyptian archaeological mission working in Sector…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (514+ words) Bronze Age pottery from a desert oasis in northwestern Arabia shows signs of one of the earliest known brands, according to a new study. Researchers say the vessels had a fixed visual style, a steady method of production, a known…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (619+ words) A tomb in the Theban Necropolis near Luxor offers a detailed record of how ancient Egyptians reused burial spaces over several centuries. A new study of Chamber 3 in Tomb TT 209 shows a shift from separate burials in coffins to dense,…...

1+ mon, 14+ hour ago   (465+ words) A 3,200-year-old wooden tomb at ancient Gordion in central Turkey is giving archaeologists new evidence about Phrygian burial customs, as well as their building and metalworking skills. The tomb lies within the huge mound known as the Midas Tumulus. However,…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (493+ words) Egyptian archaeologists have found a large cemetery and a residential area at Kom el-Khilgan in Dakahlia Governorate. The site records human activity from the Predynastic Period through the Greek and Roman eras. The cemetery began during the first half of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (249+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered a group of carved grave stelae, pottery coffins, and funerary amulets at Tell El-Deir in Egypt’s Damietta Governorate. The finds came during the current excavation season led by the Egyptian mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (492+ words) A new study suggests the ancient Egyptians chose two very different animals to represent the moon god Thoth for one simple reason. The sacred ibis and the hamadryas baboon both reflect light in a way that closely matches moonlight. The…...