The ethnological museum in Berlin has returned two mummified Maori heads to New Zealand on Monday, as “a sign of reconciliation for societies affected by colonialism.” The …

National Archeology Museum and hospital join forces to produce reconstruction of the bodies in 3D Of all the sick people undergoing a CT scan in …

Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Apart from being a relatively unusual and gorgeous find, this piece poses a riddle: the king Ḥeqakheperrēʿ-setepenrēʿ Šōšenq-meryamūn, whose names are engraved …

During the early twentieth century, Howard Carter, a British Egyptologist, excavated for many years in the Valley of the Kings—a royal burial ground located on …

Senusret II, means “Man of Goddess Wasret”, meaning “the mighty one”. His name seems to enter the royal linage because of this king’s non-royal, great, …

THE SPHINX contains a hidden door that could lead to a secret underground lair, according to a historian. The pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx …

Sumer was humanity’s first great civilization. Even in today’s society you can still find traces of Sumerian inventions in agriculture, language, mathematics, religion and astronomy. …

Archaeologists have confirmed the existence of a secret tunnel and chamber under the Pyramid of the Moon in the ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico. …

There іѕ а 3,000 Yeаr Old Egyрtіаn Stаtue Thаt Lookѕ Lіke Mісhаel Jасkѕon. The buѕt wаѕ bought іn Cаіro іn 1889 аnd hаѕ been on …

In 𝚊 ѕtагtɩіпɡ 𝚛𝚎ʋ𝚎l𝚊ti𝚘n, 𝚊 𝚏𝚊мil𝚢 ѕtᴜмЬɩ𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙𝚘n th𝚎 𝚛𝚎м𝚊ins 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 60,000-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘l𝚍 м𝚊мм𝚘th within th𝚎i𝚛 c𝚘м𝚙𝚊n𝚢’s 𝚐𝚛𝚊ʋ𝚎l 𝚙it. Th𝚎 𝚊st𝚘nishin𝚐 𝚍isc𝚘ʋ𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘cc𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 in M𝚊𝚢 …

ANCIENT Roman used amulets shaped like flying penises to ward off bad luck and illness. Evidence of the bizarre trinkets, which were hung up in …

he gun is intricately concealed, making it challenging to detect or extract once the book is shut, yet it can be readily activated by tugging …

Exemplary armor exhibition shows the splendor of Emperor Maximilian I NEW YORK—Those who remain enchanted by the notion of chivalry and the medieval rules of …

This colossal statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye is a group statue and three of their daughters. It is the largest known Ancient Egyptian family …

From locations in Lebanon (top) to Peru (bottom), we find megalithic stone blocks that we would find incredibly difficult to accurately cut, move and place, …

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Archaeologists in Taiwan have found a 4,800-year-old human fossil of a mother holding an infant child in her arms, museum officials said …

100 years after its discovery, King Tutankhamun’s tomb is still very famous. Next to it is a mystery that captured the public’s imagination: nine people …

Aѕwan, Egyрt – Neѕtled wіthіn the ѕtone quаrries of аncient Egyрt, іn the northern regіon of Aѕwan, ѕtandѕ а remаrkаble teѕtament to the іngenuіty аnd …

When in Luxor, be sure to visit Medinet Habu, an often-overlooked temple The temple wasn’t even on our itinerary, but it ended up being one …

The pieces are tiny, about the size of a fingernail. They are flat and thin as paper, often square, and stamped with a motif. Usually, …