Tutankhamun’s death mask, fashioned from gold and semi-precious stones Rosemary Calvert/Getty Images A century ago this October, Egyptologist Howard Carter…
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Archaeologists have discovered an eighth-century-B.C. royal tomb of a relative of King Midas in the ancient city of Gordion, southwest…
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Read More »An Egyptologist believes he has identified evidence that a rite known as the “Awakening of Osiris” was performed in Tutankhamun’s…
Read More »Five millennia ago, Bronze Age people in Mesopotamia built elaborate stone tombs full of spectacular grave goods and human sacrifices.…
Read More »Half a century ago, Chinese farmers stumbled upon an enormous underground mausoleum full of life-size clay people, animals and military…
Read More »Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the 3,200-year-old tomb of a possible military commander who may have served during the reign…
Read More »The inner sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun, who ruled during the 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt Buddy Mays / Alamy A…
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