The Egyptian government announced on Thursday that Japanese archaeologists working in Egypt have found four wooden sarcophaguses and associated grave goods that could date back 3,300 years, Reuters reported.The Supreme Council for Antiquities said in a statement that the researchers from Waseda University in Tokyo discovered the anthropomorphic sarcophaguses in a tomb in the Sakkara [...]

A second building was discovered and brought to light in 2008 South to the industrial area. This is a unique construction, consisting of two rooms arranged in a triangular area. As the nearby building it was probably destroyed by the earthquake and abandoned in 1800 BC circa. (Fig.1) The building seems destined for cult due to [...]

The tombs of the pharaohs that were buried at Saqqara, an Egyptian archaeological site that never seizes to amaze archaeologists, has recently revealed other surprises, when a team of Japanese investigators has found four wooden sarcophagi, which date back more than 3,300 years, Egyptian authorities have announced on Thursday. Along with the relics, the scientists [...]

Some newly recovered papyrus fragments may finally help solve a century-old puzzle, shedding new light on ancient Egyptian history.
Found stored between two sheets of glass in the basement of the Museo Egizio in Turin, the fragments belong to a 3,000-year-old unique document, known as the Turin Kinglist.
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This week, Taliban forces in the mountainous region of Swat in northwestern Pakistan, claimed a worrying victory. For more than two years now, these forces, led by a ruthless 28-year-old radical cleric, Maulana Fazllulah, have fought a bloody guerilla war. They have brutally kidnapped leading opponents, murdered police officials, and bombed girls’ schools. Desperate to [...]

Over 14,000 years ago during the last Pleistocene Ice Age, when a large part of the European continent was covered in ice and snow, Neanderthals in the region of Gibraltar in the south of the Iberian peninsula were able to survive because of the refugium of plant and animal biodiversity. Today, plant fossil remains discovered [...]

The seal impressions found include those of two high-ranking officials named Ahimelech ben Amadyahu and Yehohail ben Shahar, who served in the Judean kingdom’s government. Another Hebrew inscription, dating 600 years later than the seal impressions, was discovered on a jar fragment from the Hasmonean period in the second century BCE. The site also housed [...]

The Israel Antiquities Authority on Monday announced the discovery of a large building dating to the time of the First and Second Temples during an excavation in the village of Umm Tuba in southern Jerusalem. The excavation was conducted by Zubair Adawi on behalf of the antiquities authority, prior to the start of construction there [...]

Roman artefacts which are nearly two thousand years old with similarities to ancient remains found at Pompeii in Italy will be examined at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s ISIS neutron source this weekend. (21-22 February 2009). Researchers hope to learn more about our heritage by discovering whether the items were imported from southern Italy, [...]

A Saudi-German team of archeologists has discovered the 13 km-long remains of buildings during excavations at Tayma in the northwest of the Kingdom.The team from the German Archeological Institute (GAI), which has an agreement with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) to continue excavations in Tayma for five years, is researching the relationship [...]