Archaeologists digging on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives have discovered a nearly 3,000-year-old jar handle bearing ancient Hebrew script, a find significantly older than most inscribed artifacts unearthed in the ancient city, an archaeologist said.The Iron Age handle is inscribed with the Hebrew name Menachem, which was the name of an Israelite king and is still [...]

Une statuette vieille d’environ 35.000 ans, découverte en Allemagne, est la plus vieille représentation connue du corps féminin et redéfinit les origines de l’art figuratif, rapporte mercredi un archéologue dans la revue britannique Nature.Six fragments de cette Vénus sculptée dans de l’ivoire de mammouth ont été exhumés entre le 8 et le 15 septembre 2008 [...]

Romanian archaeologists has discovered, in southeastern county of Caras-Severin, a complex structure estimated to be 2,000 years old belonging to the Roman culture, local media reported on Thursday. The archaeological discovery has a special importance because it was built very early, probably in the autumn of 101 during the first Dacian-Roman War of 101-102, before [...]

Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said that the researches conducted via satellites have confirmed the existence of 132 archaeological sites in Egypt that witnessed no excavations until now. Farouk Hosni said Egypt’s shows full cooperation with the research teams to explore the archaeological sites, and has recently issued a number of laws seeking to stop the illegal [...]

An ancient temple in Turkey has been found filled with broken metal, ivory carvings, and stone slabs engraved with a dead language.The find is casting new light on the “dark age” that was thought to have engulfed the region from 1200 to 900 B.C . Written sources from the era—including the Old Testament of the Bible, Greek [...]

Des archéologues égyptiens ont dévoilé dimanche des momies, des sarcophages peints aux couleurs vives et des dizaines d’anciennes tombes creusées à même une colline rocheuse dans une oasis au sud du Caire.Les 53 tombes, dont certaines datent de plus de 4000 ans, ont été mises au jour récemment sur un plateau sableux surplombant des champs [...]

Sommes-nous à la veille d’une découverte historique majeure ? Le lieu où ont été inhumés les restes de Cléopâtre et de son amant Marc-Antoine semble bien avoir été localisé près d’un temple situé à l’ouest d’Alexandrie.Dirigée par le directeur du service des Antiquités égyptiennes Zahi Hawasset Kathleen Martinez, une égyptologue de République dominicaine, une équipe d’archéologues [...]

A rare Roman millefiori dish has been unearthed by archaeologists from the grave of a wealthy Londoner.The dish, which has gone on display at the Museum of London in Docklands, was found during excavations in Prescot Street, in Aldgate, east London…
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What motivated Hatshepsut to rule ancient Egypt as a man while her stepson stood in the shadows? Her mummy, and her true story, have come to light.There was something strangely touching about her fingertips. Everywhere else about her person all human grace had vanished. The raveled linen around her neck looked like a fashion statement [...]