Cairo — Egyptian farmer Khaled al-Shahat was working on his land when he came across something he hadn’t seen before. The unusual pink rock led archaeologists to unearth pieces of statues for King Ramses II, who ruled Egypt from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C. “I was working on my land on Friday when I came across an […]
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World’s oldest shipwreck found off Turkey, archaeologists say: “Time capsule at the bottom of the sea”
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Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest shipwreck off the coast of Turkey, dating it to between 4,400 and 4,700 years old. The structure of the ship has not survived the nearly five millennia underwater, but its contents of clay jars have been preserved surprisingly well, with some still containing traces of what they transported over […]
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Famed aviator Amelia Earhart vanished nearly 90 years ago on her quest to become the first woman to fly around the globe. A team of archaeologists are the latest to try to solve one of history’s greatest mysteries. What happened to Amelia Earhart? These archaeologists are on a mission to find out. #happened #Amelia #Earhart […]
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Skeletal remains believed to be person sacrificed during ritual unearthed by archaeologists in Peru
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Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled the skeletal remains of an adult they believe was buried as an offering near the base of Huaca Pucllana, an ancient adobe pyramid in Peru’s capital of Lima. The remains are believed to be those of a man who may have been sacrificed during a ritual in which a canal linked […]
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Archaeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old tomb near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, authorities said on Sunday, the latest in a series of discoveries that officials hope will boost tourism. The tomb, identified as belonging to a man named Paser, was found by a Dutch archaeological mission from Leiden University in the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna necropolis […]