Author: Mary JL

Scientists have examined the mummified body of Pharaoh Seqenenre Taa II and can now reveal more information about his violent death. The Hyksos invasion of ancient Egypt changed history, but Pharaoh Seqenenre Taa II’s wounds show the conquest was violent. The Hyksos people were mixed, West Asian people. The Hyksos established a powerful empire in…

Ola El Aguizy is an Egyptian Egyptologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Cairo. She is an expert in Demotic with several publications to her name. Since 2005 she has led excavations at Saqqara, uncovering the tombs of several notable figures connected to Ramesses II. Since 2005, she has led Cairo University’s excavations at…

Archaeologists excavating in Egypt are used to finding ancient mummies, but this discovery is different. An odd, half-mummy unearthed in the necropolis in the Al-Asasif area in Luxor has confused scientists. The half-mummy was found in the tomb of Karabasken (TT 391) where scientists also came across four canopic jars dating to the 26th Dynasty…

The discovery of lost ancient underground city of Samen is proof of how rewarding painstaking archaeology can be. Archaeologists have been excavating at this site for 12 years and now they can finally announce the have found a 2,000-year-old huge lost subterranean city with plenty of artifacts, skeletons, and 50 rooms in different sizes connected…

Archaeologists excavating in Arene Candide Cave have discovered evidence humans may have ritualistically “killed” pebbles to remove their symbolic power about 12,000 years ago. Skeleton of a man discovered at Arene Candide. The man’s head head was surrounded by hundreds of perforated shells This discovery sheds new light on ancient burial practices and offers evidence…

A small piece of the skull of the 8200-year-old “Viste Boy” has been sent to a Swedish laboratory for DNA analysis. Scientists hope to learn more about early migration into Norway as well as clarify the skeleton’s actual sex. Even though the remains are referred to as the “Viste Boy”, it is not certain that this…

Windover Pond is one of the most significant archaeological finds ever made in North America. It is a remarkable underwater cemetery created by ancient people about 8,000 years ago. Windover Pond was discovered strictly by chance in 1982. Scientists remain excited about what they found at the site because they can continue to study its…

A group of scientists excavating on the edge of the Siberian Arctic have made a very intriguing discovery unearthing unopened human remains wrapped in birch bark belonging to a mysterious lost medieval civilization. Several of the ancient bodies were overlain with copper sheets, parts of copper kettles and together with the permafrost. This mummification process…

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the tomb of Lady K’abel, a seventh-century Maya Holy Snake Lord considered one of the great queens of Classic Maya civilization. The tomb was discovered during excavations of the royal Maya city of El Perú-Waka’ in northwestern Petén, Guatemala, by a team of archaeologists led by Washington University in St.…

Baiae was one of the most important cities of ancient Rome and the Roman seaside resort, overlooking the Bay of Naples. It was a place where rich Romans and emperors spent their leisure time in their luxurious villas clustered in terraces all around the bay near Naples. A city of Baiae – named after Baios,…