Greek Reporter8h
Mysterious Greek Inscription on Ancient Sphinx Deciphered
A mysterious inscription on an ancient Sphinx that puzzled scientists for decades has finally been deciphered as written in ...
Artnet1d
The Ancient Cretan Puzzle That’s Left Historians Scratching Their Heads
The Phaistos disk is covered in indecipherable symbols.
Artnet2d
The Math—and Mystery—Behind an Ancient Counting Device
The quipu is a traditional Andean counting device that uses colored strings and knots in lieu of paper and numbers.
Ancient Egyptians revered dogs—can this street dog return to that former glory?
With a population over 15 million, Baladi dogs are everywhere—and often mistreated or killed. But that’s starting to change.
Greek Reporter4d
Beauty Secrets of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, Unveiled
Owing to her purported beauty and allure, even today, many wonder how Cleopatra VII dressed, styled her hair, and wore her ...
Mummies with gold tongues and fingernails uncovered in Egyptian tomb where they ‘spoke to God of the underworld’
MORE than a dozen Egyptian mummies embellished with gold tongues and fingernails have been uncovered by archaeologists. Surrounded by ancient amulets, the colourful 2,000-year-old tombs were found ...
The Times of Israel9d
A claim that the earliest alphabet was found in Syria sparks a media maelstrom – finally
A Johns Hopkins archaeologist recycles a 20-year-old hypothesis that small clay cylinders found in an ancient tomb reset the ...
Nature14d
The Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man, being an Explanation of the Religious Doctrines from the Eschatology of the Ancient Egyptians
The Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man, being an Explanation of the Religious Doctrines from the Eschatology of the Ancient Egyptians. Dr. Albert Churchward. Pp. xxiii + 449. (London: Swan ...
Newsweek14d
'Remarkable' Collection of Artifacts Unearthed in Ancient Egyptian Temple
Archaeologists have uncovered a "remarkable" collection of artifacts at the ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple. An Egyptian-Dominican research mission made the finds in the ancient city of ...
Yahoo16d
13 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses With Intense Backstories
Ra dies every night in the western horizon (which was why most Egyptian necropolises were built on the western bank of the ...
The Independent16d
Ancient statue discovered at Egyptian temple may be rare Roman bust of Cleopatra
Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...