American archaeologists are excavating a graveyard in Egypt that could enclose over a million mummified bodies. The leftovers of more than 1,700 people have already been unearthed in the graveyard, which is known as Fag el-Gamous and is located about 96 kilometers south of Cairo in the Faiyum region. Judging by the density of the […]

A multinational group of scientists led by Prof Wil Roebroeks of Leiden University in the Netherlands has uncovered the earliest known etching on a fossilized shell from the famous Homo erectus site of Trinil, on the Indonesian island of Java. While cataloging hundreds of freshwater mussel shells composed at the end of the 19th century […]

Ancient bones exposed under a parking lot have been confirmed as those of the medieval king Richard III, through a DNA test that also raises questions about the legitimacy of Henry VIII and other well-known English royals. The team of genetics detectives reported Tuesday that DNA from the skeleton shows that the bones were Richard […]

German archaeologists working at the Baalbek site in Lebanon have exposed the largest known ancient block. The fully uncovered block, which dates back to around 27 B.C., is the well known Hajjar al-Hibla. It’s placed in a stone quarry at Baalbek, site of the first Heliopolis in Lebanon. Similar stone blocks measuring up to 20 […]

Archaeologists in Greece have exposed a skeleton from a tomb dating back to the age of Alexander the Great. The excavation has refueled rumors about the Greek conqueror, whose final resting place leftovers a secrecy. Greece’s Culture Ministry established that an excavation site in the country’s north had once again produced thrilling results, namely, that […]