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The burial chamber — which was found in January and features many decorated rooms and mudbrick vaults — is the second major ...
"People would make devotional offerings in the form of animals as mummies. This would have more potency as a blood sacrifice, ...
Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.
The team has uncovered and photographed scenes that reveal how ancient Egyptians depicted and worshipped their gods and how they conceived of the universe through the astronomical objects and ...
Another mysterious Egyptian mummy has kept its secrets for a long time, but now, technology is helping us take a look inside.
Geologically speaking, it shouldn’t be there. Now, researchers may have answered how these artifacts made of obsidian ended up so far away from their point of origin, according to a March 14 study ...
and future through the combination of ancient craft and modern technologies in video and textile installations inspired by Egyptian khayamiya tent appliqué — a craft that has been passed down ...
The necropolis is situated at Abydos’ Anubis Mountain, a natural pyramid-shaped formation that was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians and served to conceal the tombs built beneath it.
Archaeologists say Nitzan picked up an ancient Canaanite scarab that ... The scarab is just one of the many Egyptian and Canaanite artifacts discovered at Tel Azekah, which attests to the ...
While on a hike with her family, a child stumbled across a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet ... Image Ziv, moments after finding the ancient artifact. She said she first picked it up because ...
During excavations at Megiddo, researchers uncovered broken pottery. These artifacts, mainly Egyptian vessels, date back to the late 7th century B.C. The site has over 30 layers of past settlements, ...
Ancient Egyptians saw some scarabs as representations of new life because the insects are known for rolling balls of dung and then laying their eggs in them, the Israel Antiquities Authority said.