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A genetic analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Qumran Scrolls contain some of the oldest versions of the Bible and are of great interest to Christians, Muslims and Jews Scientists have applied genetic analysis to the Dead Sea Scrolls to determine whether...

DNA expertise has established that there was a woman on board a famous sunken Swedish warship

The wreck of the royal ship Vasa was recovered in 1961 and is remarkably well preserved after more than 300 years underwater in Stockholm harbor An American military laboratory has helped the Swedes confirm what...

Tomography of ancient Egyptian mummy reveals signs of deadly disease

Scientists have performed a CT scan of the mummy of Jed-Hor from Heidelberg, Germany, which represents an elderly man who lived in Egypt, apparently in the 4th-1st century BC. Examination of his skull showed...

Archaeologists have come across a smiling sphinx near the temple of Hathor

An Egyptian archaeological expedition from Ain Shams University discovered a smiling sphinx during excavations near the Temple of Hathor in Dendera

Archaeologists have discovered a “female vampire” with a sickle around her neck and a padlock on her leg in Poland

Archaeologists have discovered a grave of a "female vampire" from the 17th century in Poland. An iron sickle lay around the neck of the deceased, and a padlock was on the big toe of...

A US court has rejected a Guelph Treasure claim brought by heirs of Jewish merchants

The treasure of the Guelphs is on display in the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts A US court has awarded victory to a major German cultural institution in a long-running battle with the heirs of...

An American museum returned to Greece a precious exhibit stolen by the WWI Bulgarian army

Washington, USA 30 Aug 2022, 03:53 Author: BLITZ It was seized from a Greek monastery during the First World War The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., which is working to restore trust by returning...

Code [Collection of Laws] of Lipit-Ishtar

Legal code from about 1870 B.C. written in the Sumerian language. It predates the long-known Hamurabi law code, now in the Louvre, by more than a century, and for its interest in the history...

Scientists have revealed the composition of ancient Roman wine

Scientists from Italy and France examined the wall coverings of three amphorae in July and found that ancient Roman winemakers used local grapes and their flowers while importing resin and spices from other regions...

Sacrificed bronze human organs have been found in a Roman sanctuary

Archaeologists have excavated an ancient sanctuary located near geothermal springs in the Italian municipality of San Casciano dei Bani. Researchers managed to find more than three thousand coins, as well as sacrificial bronze artifacts...

A unique tomb of an Egyptian general discovered

During archaeological excavations, scientists unearthed the secret tomb of an ancient Egyptian general who led an army of foreign mercenaries. Archaeologists were disappointed to find that the sarcophagus had been opened and the Wahbire-merry-Neith mummy...

Scientists have finally deciphered a mysterious ancient script

A team of European scientists, led by French archaeologist François Desset, has managed to decipher one of the great mysteries: linear Elamite script - a little-known writing system used in present-day Iran, writes Smithsonian...

The most visited brothel is in Pompeii

Over 2 million visitors a year pass through the dark rooms of one of Pompeii's brothels. No, this is not a joke, but reality. Although in this case it is not at all a...

Stone statue found in Transnistria, which is 500 years older than the pyramids

Archaeologists of the Pridnestrovian State University discovered the oldest stone sculpture in the Northern Black Sea region in the Slobodzeya region. According to preliminary data, it is from 4.5 to 5 thousand years old. In...

Prolonged drought led to social tensions and the collapse of Mayapan

Scientists conducted an interdisciplinary study of materials from the city of Mayapan, the largest political capital of the Maya of the postclassic period. They found that as long as rainfall in the region remained...

Queens of Egyptology

We have all heard the name Howard Carter and know that he is the discoverer of the famous tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt. However, history knows no less colorful ladies who left an important...

The Vanished Tomb of Alexander the Great

One of the unsolved mysteries of antiquity is the time-worn tomb of Alexander the Great. His biographer Arrian / Arrian of Nicomedia, or Flavius ​​Arrian, is a Greek who lived in the Roman Empire,...

Tomb of a Mongol warrior with a horse, saber and arrows found in Transnistria

In the vicinity of the village of Glinoe, Slobodzeya region, Pridnestrovian archaeologists discovered the burial place of a noble Mongol warrior. His belonging to the highest military aristocracy is evidenced by a set of weapons...

A mysterious “Master of the Universe” from ancient Palmyra has finally been identified

An unknown god described in inscriptions from the ancient city of Palmyra, located in modern Syria, has long puzzled scientists. But now a researcher says she's cracked the case, Live Science reports. Palmyra has...

Treasure of gold Roman aureus buried in Britain before the Roman conquest

British archaeologist Adrian Marsden reported on the results of a study of a treasure found several years ago in Norfolk County. The most valuable finds were ten Roman gold coins - aureus, minted during...

Mythical treasures of the ship “San Jose” turned out to be real

Colombia, Spain and a Bolivian tribe dispute whose galleon and its riches sunk in the Caribbean sea At the end of May 1708, the Spanish galleon "San Jose" set sail from Panama for the homeland....

Archaeologists thaw a block of ice containing the remains of a warrior boy who lived 1,300 years ago

In the laboratory of the Bavarian Monuments Authority in Bamberg, scientists have begun thawing a block of ice containing remains from an elite 6th-century burial. The block was specially created by archaeologists using liquid...

Buried in three coffins made of gold, silver and steel: scientists continue the search for the tomb of Attila

The famous ancient military leader died at the age of 58 on his wedding night, after marrying his new wife. The leader of the ancient tribe of the Huns, Attila, terrified the inhabitants of both...

Lying in a mound with a naked concubine: scientists showed a mummy that is 2.5 thousand years old

The mummy, which is more than two and a half thousand years old, has been kept in Novosibirsk for 30 years, reports  Alina Guritzkaya for Sibkray.ru. The body of a man was found by scientists...

1,600-year-old depictions of Old Testament heroines discovered in Israel

The earliest known depictions of two biblical heroines were recently discovered by a team of archaeologists at the ancient synagogue of Hukok in the Lower Galilee. The Huqoq Excavation Project is entering its 10th season....
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