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It took Andrew Carol 30 days to build a working model of the Antikythera Mechanism—the ancient Greek world's most ...
On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...
The discovery of a tomb belonging to a high-profile figure known for his multiple talents has intrigued archaeologists.
We immediately reported this to the Israel Antiquities ... with their Sun god rolling the “Sun disk” across the celestial sphere. In fact, even the insect’s name in Egyptian derives from ...
The small bronze statue had been unearthed ... was surprised to hear the origin of how the statue was found. He revealed it depicted the Egyptian god Osiris, god of the underworld and agriculture ...
An Antiques Roadshow expert got a surprise when an item dug up in a garden in St Albans turned out to be 2,500 years old. The small bronze statue had been unearthed by the guest's father when he was ...
hand-held imitation of a larger cult statue in Bronze Age Cyprus. The Plank allegedly was smuggled out of Cyprus and eventually passed to a New York-based antiquities dealer, who consulted with Symes ...
The evacuation was a joint mission between the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA ... mystery,” the directors said in the release. Bronze coins related to Ptolemies and of Antiochus IV, weapons ...
First Royal Tomb Since King Tut Discovered Mohamed Abdel Badie—head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities—noted that the pharaoh’s tomb is much larger than ...
Archaeologists uncover an ancient burial site with Egyptian ... The artifacts found within the tomb provide a glimpse into the commander’s high status and close ties to the royal court. Among the most ...