Ancient Egyptians believed strongly in the afterlife. Wall painting depicting Osiris (sitting) at Seti I Chapel, the temple at Abydos. Credit: Amice M.Calverley, Alan Gardiner, 1935 CC BY-SA 3.0 The ...

The ancient Egyptians believed that gold tongues could help the deceased speak in the afterlife. A bronze sword inscribed with the name of pharaoh Ramesses II (ruled circa 1279 to 1213 B.C.) was ...

A sixth-century sword described as "astonishing" has been discovered at an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in rural England. Lead archaeologist Duncan Sayer of the University of Central Lancashire ...

Officials have announced a number of discoveries during excavations around the valley temple of the powerful Egyptian queen, who reigned during the 15th century B.C.E. Sarah Kuta The chamber holds ...

Many of the tombs featured a range of artifacts that could redefine what scholars know about ancient Egypt ... could link the tomb’s owners to the Egyptian military. Inside pieces of Queen ...

Credit: Paleotechnic of Paris, France. Engineers might have cracked the code for how the ancient Egyptians built their first pyramids. A new study suggests that water power, not just brute force ...

Experts think the well-preserved bronze artifact was made between 500 and 450 B.C.E. It will be sold at auction on January 25 Sonja Anderson The ancient artwork was uncovered during excavations at ...

Samples of the Black Death, which wiped out as many as 50 million people in medieval Europe, have been found in an ancient Egyptian mummy. The pandemic, also known as bubonic plague, spread ...

Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and Emo, revealing that ancient molluscs ...