The Fedora Chronicles

11/27/2025

I’m always thankful for new archaeological discoveries every day!

“Discovery of ancient statues rewrites prehistoric human history - Experts say the find sheds light on death rituals in the Neolithic age!”

•A significant collection of new archaeological discoveries has been unveiled in southeast Turkey, offering fresh insights into a pivotal period over 11,000 years ago when humanity transitioned from nomadic hunter-gatherers to settled societies.•



Original Article:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/turkey-statues-neolithic-stone-mounds-b2873099.html

11/24/2025

I include astronomy stories like this because it perfectly encapsulates the spirit of scientific exploration, which is what I think we should all be about. It’s just as important to look forward as it is to look into the past for inspiration.

•••It’s like 54,500 earths exploding at the same time — “Galactic-scale event” captured for the first time in history!•••

11/24/2025

I can’t imagine being an archaeologist and waking up every morning going to work on a dig in Tanis.

“The archaeologists excavating in the royal necropolis of Tanis have made a discovery that rewrites the history of Egypt’s 22nd Dynasty, long recognized for yielding some of the most remarkable treasures of the Third Intermediate Period. A French mission working with Egyptian authorities has unearthed 225 ushabti figurines that once belonged to King Sheshonq III, offering fresh clues to royal burial traditions and solving a decades-old mystery surrounding an uninscribed granite sarcophagus.”

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/ushabti-and-pharaoh-sheshonq-iii-sarcophagus-in-tanis/

11/23/2025

•••The world is home to approximately 7,111 known languages. New ones get discovered on occasion. Nevertheless, researchers in Georgia have been unable to attribute the script on a recently surfaced rock tablet to any of them. Even after intense analysis, the ancient language on the so-called Bashplemi tablet still evades researchers.•••

11/21/2025

Whenever I read about burial techniques that are sealed to such an extreme, I always wonder if there is something that they’re trying to keep locked away.

Whenever I read about burial techniques that are sealed to such an extreme, I always wonder if there is something that they’re trying to keep locked away.



Original story: https://www.wionews.com/trending/500-year-old-crypt-under-polish-church-reveals-coffins-covered-in-tar-triggering-a-hunt-for-answers-1763381820212



Original story: https://www.wionews.com/trending/500-year-old-crypt-under-polish-church-reveals-coffins-covered-in-tar-triggering-a-hunt-for-answers-1763381820212

11/20/2025

11/19/2025

From SCIENCE ALERT: •Scans of the third-largest pyramid at Giza, the Menkaure pyramid, have revealed two anomalous pockets of nothing but air hiding behind its sloping stone walls. - The discovery follows earlier findings inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu, including a huge internal void and a corridor near its northern entrance. But the Menkaure cavities are dramatically different in shape, size, and layout – hinting at a very different construction history and purpose.•



Original article: https://www.sciencealert.com/voids-detected-inside-giza-pyramid-may-be-signs-of-a-hidden-entrance

11/17/2025

Fascinating article, but the Map of the Cosmos leaves a lot to be desired.

SMITHSONIAN: “Archaeologists Say They’ve Found a 3,000-Year-Old Map of the Cosmos at an Ancient Maya Site in Mexico - New research sheds light on a cross-shaped pit found at Aguada Fénix, a monumental complex discovered several years ago.”

Original article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-theyve-found-a-3000-year-old-map-of-the-cosmos-at-an-ancient-maya-site-in-mexico-180987656/

11/10/2025

From “Live Science” - •Archaeologists made the finding after analyzing the thousands of holes with drone technology, which enabled the team to detect “mathematical patterning in the layout of the holes” — meaning they were organized into sections and blocks reminiscent of accounting and record-keeping methods of the time.•

11/10/2025

The Fedora Chronicles Strange New Worlds: the only thing that is certain about this comment is that it has behaved in ways that defy our current beliefs on interstellar coments  as it continues to behave in ways that we have never seen before. Just when you thought the story couldn’t get any stranger, these new pictures have just been released….

“Recent images captured by astro-photographers M Jager, G Rhemann and E Prosperi show at least seven distinct jets, including anti-tails in the sunward direction. The images were taken on November 8, 2025, at 4:10 Universal Time (UT). - The complex jet structure has led Dr Loeb to speculate that they could be either natural, linked to pockets of ice on the surface of a cometary nucleus, or technological, probably used for navigation of a spacecraft. However, there’s no certainty…”

11/03/2025

The next time we yell, “THAT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!” in reference to Egyptian artifacts, this is where those should go.

•Never-Before-Seen King Tut Treasures Go On View at Grand Egyptian Museum - Our guide to the trove of unseen ancient artifacts going on view for the first time at Egypt's new $1 billion mega-museum.”•

•The long anticipated opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), originally slated for July, is finally going ahead this weekend. The $1 billion, 120-acre complex just outside Cairo promises to take visitors on an epic journey through 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian history with over 50,000 artifacts and a fleet of new digital experiences. It is the world’s largest archaeological museum, and the largest ever dedicated to just one civilization.•

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/grand-egyptian-museum-king-tut-highlights-2706526