Sphinx-like statue and shrine discovered in southern Egypt
It is thought the Roman emperor Claudius could have inspired work found in the temple of Dendera Archaeologists have unearthed a sphinx-like statue and the...
Category : Archaeology
Archaeologist hails possibly oldest mummy yet found in Egypt
The 4,300-year-old mummy was found at the bottom of a 15-metre shaft near the Step Pyramid at Saqqara Egyptologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb near...
‘A search for ourselves’: shipwreck becomes focus of slavery debate
Vessel that sank with more than 200 transported people onboard is being used to humanise the story of slavery In 2015, a delegation from the...
Young Sudanese archaeologists dig up history as ‘west knows best’ era ends
On a continent that has long attracted western expeditions, a wave of young people are now exploring sites A late morning in Khartoum. Inside a...
Forgotten photos show how Kenyan archaeologists unearthed secrets of their own country
Exhibitions in UK and Africa rewrite history by celebrating discoveries of overlooked black excavators in colonial era The photographs are rare, the subject choice unusual,...
Long-lost ancient mural rediscovered in northern Peru after more than a century
Student archaeologists unearth Huaca Pintada, described as ‘the most exciting and important find of recent years’ A team of student archaeologists has rediscovered a 1,000-year-old...
Peru wildfire threatens Machu Picchu as remote location hampers efforts to control blaze
Twenty hectares near Inca ruins affected in blaze started by farmers burning grass before sowing crops Peruvian firefighters were fighting to contain a forest fire...
Early human ancestors one million years older than earlier thought
Fossils from South African cave are 3.4 to 3.6m years old and walked the Earth at same time as east African relatives The fossils of...
Trove of ancient Egyptian coffins and statues found at cemetery near Cairo
Painted wooden coffins and bronze statues of deities dating to 500BC found by archaeologists in Saqqara Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient...
New clues shed light on ‘pivotal’ moment in the great Pacific migration
Archaeologists say find of tools and bones changes our understanding of the Lapita people, the first to make landfall in Remote Oceania Get our free...
