Ancient Egyptians drew the Milky Way on coffins and tombs, linking them to sky goddess, study finds
Images on the burial place of Ramesses VI portrays the goddess Nut. If you look above and behind it, you’ll see an undulating curve that might represent the Milky Way…
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Ancient DNA and modern genomes can reveal stories of past peoples, from the Iron Age to Chernobyl, geneticist says
Ingrida Domarkienė, envisioned above, and her group at Vilnius University in Lithuania conduct research study on ancient DNA. (Image credit: Photo by Indrė Mažeikienė, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine) Ingrida…
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‘Major’ ancient Egyptian town discovered — and it has a jug stamped with the name of Nefertiti’s daughter
Part of the freshly found Egyptian settlement, which dates to around 3,400 years earlier. ( Image credit: Sylvain Dhennin ) Archaeologists in Egypt have actually revealed the remains of a…
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Wine Drinking in Ancient Troy Was Not Restricted to Royal Elite, Archaeologists Say
Because its discovery throughout Heinrich Schliemann’s excavations at the famous fortress city of Troy, the depas amphikypellon — a round goblet with 2 curved deals with which is believed to…
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Ancient Egypt: History, dynasties, religion and writing
Here, among the numerous statues within the Karnak Temple complex, Luxor, Egypt. ( Image credit: Julian Kaesler/Getty Images ) Ancient Egypt in North Africa was among the most effective and…
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Ancient Egyptian pyramids, thought to contain only the elite, may also hold low-class laborers
The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan might not have actually been simply for the abundant, according to burials discovered at the historical site of Tombos in Sudan. “Our findings…
Read More »Ancient Egyptian soldiers and Greek mercenaries were at ‘Armageddon’ when biblical king was killed, study suggests
The great deals of pottery pieces from seventh century B.C. Egypt and Greece uncovered at the Megiddo historical site represent recommendations in the Bible. (Image credit: Megiddo Expedition ) New…
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Ancient Egyptian soldiers and Greek mercenaries were at ‘Armageddon’ when biblical king was killed, study suggests
The great deals of pottery pieces from seventh century B.C. Egypt and Greece uncovered at the Megiddo historical site represent recommendations in the Bible. (Image credit: Megiddo Expedition ) New…
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Most ancient Europeans had dark skin, eyes and hair up until 3,000 years ago, new research finds
New research study discovers that ancient Europeans tended to have dark skin, dark hair and dark eyes up till the Iron Age. The bones of Cheddar Man(whose restoration is imagined…
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Ancient seafloor spreading 15 million years ago caused sea levels to plummet
If the whole East Antarctic Ice Sheet– consisting of Denman Glacier, envisioned here– melted today, water level would increase by about 36 meters. In between 15 million and 6 million…
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