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Archaeologists Say They’ve Discovered the First Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh’s Tomb Since Tutankhamun’s in 1922
Researchers initially thought the tomb belonged to a royal wife. Then they unearthed fragments of alabaster jars that identified it as Thutmose II's ...
History-making tomb and first-of-its kind fortune-telling spoon: See recent discoveries
In a Polish forest, metal detectorists discovered a Roman spatha sword, dating back over 1,700 years, near Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The sword, broken in two, might have been used by Vandal warriors ...
Is the Grand Egyptian Museum worth visiting? What you can see – and what’s missing – before it fully opens
The Hetepheres collection now sits among the thousands of incredible artefacts at the newly-opened Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM ...
From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...
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The Ancient Egyptian Treasures of a German Sailor Who May Not Have Existed
For years, major artifacts sold to collectors and museums have been attributed to a Bremen-born naval officer who apparently bought them in the early 20th century and passed them to his heirs. But the ...
Archaeologists Find a Pharaoh’s Tomb, the First Since King Tut’s, Egypt Says
The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his ...
It’s the biggest Egyptian tomb discovery in a century. Who was Thutmose II?
An empty tomb, yet a groundbreaking find – archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the tomb of Thutmose II, a ruler ...
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The Long-Lost Original Tomb Of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose II Has Been Discovered Near Luxor
Archaeologists in Egypt have just uncovered the tomb of an ancient pharaoh for the first time since the discovery of King Tut ...