Archaeology & Ancient Civilizations

05/24/2024

A stele, which is a stone monument, was retrieved from the sunken ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion located at the bottom of the ocean. Heracleion, also known as Thonis, was an influential and prosperous port city during the Late Period of ancient Egypt. As time passed, various factors such as land subsidence, rising sea levels, and natural disasters caused the gradual sinking of the city into the Mediterranean Sea.

For centuries, the knowledge of Heracleion's existence was limited to historical texts and ancient references. The city's existence became shrouded in myth and legend, with doubts arising regarding its actuality

05/24/2024

The tomb of a minor King, Tutankhamun, contained over 5,000 objects while being the smallest royal tomb of the Valley of the Kings. What would have been the treasure of the major Egyptian Pharaohs like Ramesses II?
Rare Examples of Egyptian Pharaoh’s Gold Jewelry
Fortunately several Royal jewelry masterpieces survive to give us an idea as to what the lost treasures might have looked like. They were found either by thieves or archaeologists. And sometimes by accident, like when railway workers stumbled upon a jewelry treasure. The archaeologist suspected it already was a looter’s cache buried two millennia previously. Among the treasure was a pair of gold and lapis lazuli bangles bearing the name of Ramesses II. We do not know if he did wear them, but it offers a glimpse to the lost contents of his tomb.

05/23/2024

Tiye (also known as Tiy, 1398-1338 BCE) was a queen of Egypt of the 18th dynasty, wife of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of Akhenaten, and grandmother of both Tutankhamun and Ankhsenamun. She exerted an enormous influence at the courts of both her husband and son and is known to have communicated directly with rulers of foreign nations. The Amarna letters also show that she was highly regarded by these rulers, especially during the reign of her son. Although she believed in the traditional polytheistic religion of Egypt, she supported Akhenaten's monotheistic reforms, most likely because she recognized them as important political stratagems to increase the power of the throne at the expense of the priesthood of Amun. She died in her early sixties and was buried in the Valley of the Kings. Her mummy has positively been identified as that known as the 'Elder Lady', and a lock of her hair, possibly a keepsake of the young king's, was found in Tutankhamun's tomb

05/22/2024

Mummy of Merenptah, son of Ramses the Great, New Kingdom.

05/22/2024

The capstone of the Pyramid of Amenemhat III, 1860 BC-1814 BC

05/22/2024

Meet The Inca Ice Maiden, Perhaps The Best-Preserved Mummy In Human History ‎

05/21/2024

The Great Pyramids From Above.

05/21/2024

Ancient Skeleton Found Near Barcelona Cathedral: Archaeological Discovery Reveals Clues To Roman Era.

In a recent archaeological excavation near Barcelona Cathedral, a remarkable […]

05/21/2024

Thracian Bronze Head of Seuthes III, Late 4th-Early 3rd Century BC

Found in the Golyamata Kosmatka mound, a little over a half a mile south of the town of Shipka, Bulgaria.

05/21/2024

Discovering A Giant Skull: 2 Meters Long And Weighs 1 Ton ‎

05/20/2024

Roman mosaic discovered during the last excavations in Pompeii.

05/20/2024

Hair On 2,000-Year-Old Mummies Has Helped Reveal What Ancient People In Peru Ate In The Weeks Before Their Death

The discovery of hair oп 2,000-year-old mυmmies has provided valυable […]

05/20/2024

Skeletons Unearthed In Ancient City Shed Light On East Africa’s Hidden Historical Narratives ‎

05/20/2024

𝐍𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞
Nefertiti, great royal wife of Amenhotep IV (better known by the name he adopted later in life, Akhenaten), is one of history's most recognized mysterious figures. Glowing passages describe her radiance, like the one found engraved on a stela at Amarna, Egypt, that said: "The leading woman of all the nobles, great in the palace, perfect of appearance, beautiful in the double plume, the mistress of joy who is united with favor, whose voice people rejoice to hear, great wife of the king, his beloved, the great mistress of the two lands— Neferneferuaten, Nefertiti, granted life for ever, and for eternity!"
Her husband radically changed Egypt, transforming its polytheistic state religion to the worship of one deity, the solar disk Aten. He also moved the Egyptian capital to a new city he built named Akhetaten, meaning “horizon of the god Aten.” Akhenaten’s revolution was short-lived: Egypt would return to its old faith after his reign. His successors tried to erase his name and legacy. His capital was abandoned, and artworks featuring his likeness and name—and that of his family, including Nefertiti—were defaced. Their legacy would stay buried for millennia

05/20/2024

Ancient Discovery: Centaur Skaeleton Unearthed From 1980 ‎

05/19/2024

The Golden Throne of Tutankhamun
The Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt 🇪🇬

05/19/2024

Timeless Love Unearthed: Archaeologists Discover 2,500-Year-Old Siberian Grave Holding An Ancient Warrior Couple.

Archaeologists in Siberia have unearthed an extraordinary 2,500-year-old grave of […]

05/19/2024

Unearthing History: The Remarkable Discovery Of A 19th-Century Russian Soldier’s Grave In Turkey. ‎