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Archaeologists uncover trove of ancient Egyptian mummies

May 30, 2022411 Views

Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities. The discovery at a cemetery in Saqqara contained statues of the gods Anubis, Amun, Min, Osiris, Isis, Nefertum, Bastet and Hathor along with a headless statue of the architect Imhotep, who built the Saqqara pyramid, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said on Monday. Sarcophaguses that are around 2500 years old, from the newly discovered burial site near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, are displayed during a presentation in Giza, Egypt May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany The 250 coffins, 150 bronze statues and other objects dated to the Late Period, about 500 BC, the ministry said. They were accompanied by a musical instrument known as a sistrum and a...

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‘Mysterious’ giant sandstone jars found in Assam

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April 4, 2022698 Views

Researchers have unearthed 65 giant "mysterious" jars in Assam that may have been used for ancient burial practices. The sandstone jars uncovered by a team led by Tilok Thakuria, from North Eastern Hill University in Meghalaya, and Uttam Bathari, from Gauhati University in Assam vary in shape and decoration. Some of the jars are tall and cylindrical, while others are partly or fully buried in the ground, according to the study published in the Journal of Asian Archaeology. Similar jars, some of which span up to three metres high and two metres wide, have previously been uncovered in Laos and Indonesia, researchers said. "We still don't know who made the giant jars or where they lived. It's all a bit of a mystery," said Nicholas Skopal, a PhD student at The Australian Natio...

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Migrants from south carrying maize were early Maya ancestors

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March 25, 2022303 Views

New research published this week by University of New Mexico archaeologist Keith Prufer shows that a site in Belize was critical in studying the origins of the ancient Maya people and the spread of maize as a staple food. According to the paper South-to-north migration preceded the advent of intensive farming in the Maya region, published this week in Nature Communications and co-led by Prufer, excavations in Belize, along with ancient DNA analysis, indicate a previously unknown migration of people–carrying maize–from an area of South America northward to the Maya region. Scientists excavate findings at the Belize Rock Shelter Site. Prufer and his colleagues excavated 25 burials dating from 10,000 to 3,700 years ago from two cave or rock shelter sites located in the rem...

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Archaeologists discover innovative 40,000-year-old culture

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March 4, 2022728 Views

Well-preserved Palaeolithic site in northern China reveals a new and previously unidentified set of cultural innovations The discovery of a new culture suggests processes of innovation and cultural diversification occurring in Eastern Asia during a period of genetic and cultural hybridization. Although previous studies have established that Homo sapiens arrived in northern Asia by about 40,000 years ago, much about the lives and cultural adaptations of these early peoples, and their possible interactions with archaic groups, remains unknown. In the search for answers, the Nihewan Basin in northern China, with a wealth of archaeological sites ranging in age from 2 million to 10,000 years ago, provides one of the best opportunities for understanding the evolution of cultural behavior in ...

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What was the life like 50,000 years ago!

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February 24, 2022864 Views

New genetic analysis of ancient Africans creates a clearer picture Ancient DNA from the remains of nearly three dozen African foragers—groups associated with hunting, gathering, and fishing—sheds new light on how groups across sub-Saharan Africa lived, traveled and settled prior to the spread of herding and farming. The study involved an international team of 44 researchers including experts from Stony Brook University. The findings, to be published in Nature, produced the earliest DNA of humans on the continent, at some 5,000 to 18,000 years old. The new genetic findings add weight to archaeological, skeletal and linguistic evidence for changes in how people were moving and interacting across Africa toward the end of the Ice Ages. Around 50,000 years ago, distinct groups of forager...

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Archaeologists find 7,000-year-old ritual hunt site in Jordanian desert

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February 23, 2022800 Views

Archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old stone age site in a remote desert in Jordan, with structures which show humans were rounding up and hunting gazelles much earlier than previously thought. The team of French and Jordanian experts also found over 250 artifacts at the site, including exquisite animal figurines which they believe were used in rituals to invoke supernatural forces for successful hunts. One of the two statues uncovered by archaeologists in the southeastern Jordanian desert is pictured during a news conference in Amman, Jordan February 22, 2022. REUTERS/Muath Freij The objects, which include two stone statues with carvings of human faces, are among some of the oldest artistic pieces ever found in the Middle East. "This is a unique site where large quan...

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Ice-age remains near Sea of Galilee show ancient residents thrived as ice melted

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January 30, 2022895 Views

Hebrew University analysis of animal remains at 23,000 year old fisher-hunter-gatherer camp prove these ancient inhabitants thrived where many starved A new article published today in PLOS ONE by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s Institute of Archaeology team and colleagues focused on the remains of a previously submerged fisher-hunter-gatherer camp on the shores of the Sea of Galilee from around 23,000 years ago. Through a close analysis of the abundance, variety and through use of animal remains, the team concluded that these survivors of the latest Ice Age thrived whereas most of their contemporaries, in other parts of the world, were nearly starved, due to the Earth’s extremely cold temperatures. The Israeli site, known as Ohalo II, was occupied at the end of the las...

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Ancient Peruvian mummy goes on show at Lima museum

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December 8, 2021804 Views

A pre-Incan mummy found in Peru and thought to be between 800 and 1,200 years old, went on display on Tuesday at the San Marcos University in Lima after archaeologists reported finding the remains in an underground tomb in November. The mummified remains, which were bound by ropes and had the hands covering the face, were found inside an underground structure outside Lima along with offerings including ceramics, vegetable remains and stone tools. Members of the media take pictures of the pre-Inca Mummy of Cajamarquilla, which is presumed to be between 800 and 1200 years old, in Lima, Peru December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda The university is now housing the mummy, as well as remains from at least two infants and the objects found in the ancient tomb while its researcher...

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Archaeologists find 800-year old mummy in Peru

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November 27, 2021875 Views

A team of experts has found a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on Peru's central coast, one of the archaeologists who participated in the excavation said on Friday. The mummified remains were of a person from the culture that developed between the coast and mountains of the South American country. The mummy, whose gender was not identified, was discovered in the Lima region, said archaeologist Pieter Van Dalen Luna. "The main characteristic of the mummy is that the whole body was tied up by ropes and with the hands covering the face, which would be part of the local funeral pattern," said Van Dalen Luna, from the State University of San Marcos. The remains are of a person who lived in the high Andean region of the country, he said. "Radiocarbon dating will give a ...

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Roman tomb reveals secrets of ancient concrete resilience

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October 9, 20211465 Views

Study shows how changing chemistry in Roman mortar strengthens the tomb over time Over time, concrete cracks and crumbles. Well, most concrete cracks and crumbles. Structures built in ancient Rome are still standing, exhibiting remarkable durability despite conditions that would devastate modern concrete. One of these structures is the large cylindrical tomb of first-century noblewoman Caecilia Metella. New research shows that the quality of the concrete of her tomb may exceed that of her male contemporaries’ monuments because of the volcanic aggregate the builders chose and the unusual chemical interactions with rain and groundwater with that aggregate over two millennia. “The construction of this very innovative and robust monument and landmark on the Via Appia Antica indic...