The royal mummy of Seti I was buried in an elegant alabaster sarcophagus in his tomb (KV17) in the Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. The mummy of the king was later moved to the Deir el-Bahari Cachette (DB320). Although the mummy’s skull was separated from the body by tomb-robbers, the head is still well preserved; the body, however, is in poor condition.

Iron guntlet from a mass grave, battle of Visby.The Battle of Visby was fought in 1361 near the town of Visby on the island of Gotland, between the forces of the Danish king and the Gutnish country yeomen. The Danish force was victorious.Due to the heat, the dead had to be disposed of quickly, and many were buried in their armour. The archaeological excavation of one of the mass graves, in the 1930s, revealed over 1000 skeletons.

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Almost all the paintings created by the ancient Greeks and Romans are lost. After three millennia shrouding mummies with idealized faces, Egyptians covered them with the realistic Fayum Mummy Portraits.

Akhenaten or Amenhotep IV – among many other names – was the tenth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty who reigned Egypt between 1353 and 1334 BC. His elder brother Thutmose died prematurely, which made him occupy the throne after the death of his father Amenhotep III. His reign implied great changes in Egyptian culture that …

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Have you ever wondered why schools teach so little if anything about the world’s first advanced civilization? The Anunnaki Creation story is presented in the following video. Some 445,000 years …

In Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula lies a site which was once central to Maya sacrificial rituals—the sacred cenote of Chichen Itza.

Archaeologists have unveiled a spectacular find in Grove, Oxfordshire, England: an exceptionally adorned Roman villa complex discovered within the Brookside Meadows during excavations. The complex, boasting buildings dating back to the late first and second centuries, features four colossal columns

A major archaeological discovery has just been made at Cap d’Erquy, in the Côtes d’Armor. The remains of a circular Iron Age village have been unearthed using revolutionary satellite imaging technology.

In 1911 miners stumbled upon a cave containing the remains of giant humans, as well as worn out sandals measuring over 15 inches in length. But other historians are skeptical of the findings.

A new study, published in the journal Advances in Parasitology, has conducted a meta-analysis of mummies to reveal new insights into the disease landscape of Ancient Egypt.

It doesn’t look like much to the untrained eye, but experts say it could be a 130,000-year-old sculpture.

Archaeologists may have discovered some missing pieces of the city’s early history beneath the National Gallery in London

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a post-medieval township known as Brunell in Glen Brittle Forest on the Isle of Skye.

In the realm of archaeology, every discovery has the potential to rewrite the narratives of the past and challenge our understanding of human history. Recently, experts made a shocking revelation – the uncovering of a skull pierced by a massive spike. This archaeological find sent shivers through the spine of history, raising questions about the circumstances surrounding this gruesome demise and offering a glimpse into the darker aspects of ancient societies. Join us as we delve into the story behind this chilling discovery and its implications for our understanding of the past.

Neanderthals made weapons that were capable of killing at a distance, according to a new study by UCL Archaeologists.