Archaeologists were able to unearth unique tombs and artifacts in Saqqara, with the findings including mummy masks and a statue of a childlike Greek deity. Read to learn more.
Curators at the National Museum of Scotland have made an exceptional discovery inside a World War II service envelope with a hand-written note. The writing distinguishes the contents, a remarkably preserved mummy shroud, as being from an ancient Egyptian tomb originally built around 1290 BC.
Israeli archeologists have unearthed a rare and mysterious Bronze Age dolmen in the Galilee hills, the Israel Antiquities Authority said.This is the first art ever documented in a dolmen in the Middle East, was recently discovered next to Kibbutz Shamir in the Upper Galilee.
Scientists have discovered tombs filled with up to 40 mummies, each around a 1,200 year old ceremonial site in Peru's Cotahuasi Valley. Thus far, archaeologists have excavated seven tombs containing at least 171 mummies in an area now called Tenahaha.