Gold rush! Mick Brown discovered a 2.7kg gold nugget in Wedderburn, Victoria, valued at $135,000.
An Aussie prospector struck it rich when his metal detector pinpointed the location of an 87-ounce gold nugget that was buried barely six inches under the surface near the famous…
CT Scans Reveal Ancient Egyptian Teenager’s Intact Mummy
The perfectly wrapped mummified body of Pharaoh Amenhotep I has been seen for the first time in centuries after being digitally “unwrapped” with high-tech scanners The body…
The Macabre Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo
If your stomach can take it, a visit to the Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo is definitely something you should consider. Hundreds of more or less mummified corpses are…
Mummy of Queen Nodjmetca. 1069-945 BCE. Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty.Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt
The mummy of Queen Nodjmet was found in the Deir el-Bahari Royal Cachette (DB320). The mummy had been given artificial eyes, made of white and black stones. The…
“Royal Resettlement: The Rediscovery of Thutmose IV’s Mummy in the Mummy Cache of KV35 and the Revelation of His Original Burial in KV43”
King Thutmose IV died young and was buried in the Valley of the Kings, later, the mummy was moved to the Deir el-Bahari Cachette (DB320) with other royal…
The mouth of a 16th century skeleton stuffed with bricks is a vampire?
The remains of a dead man with a brick stuffed into his mouth, believed to be a spell to defeat an immortal vampire found in Venice, Italy, still…
A life-sized ancient statue of an individual in the guise of Hercules, wearing his lion skin and carrying a club, was discovered in Rome’s Appia Antica Archaeological Park
A life size marble statue of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Hercules was unearthed during excavations in the Parco Scott at the Via Appia in Rome. See the post by the Parco Archeologico dell’Appia Antica (Appia…
Ancient Roman Coins Worth ‘Millions’ Found by Construction Workers
Workers laying pipes in a southern Spanish park have unearthed a 600-kilogram (1,300-pound) trove of Roman coins in what culture officials say is a unique historic discovery. The…
“Oldest Gold of Humankind” Found in Varna Necropolis Was Buried 6,500 Years Ago
The oldest known gold artifacts were found in the Varna Necropolis, a burial site dating back to 4,560-4,450 BC, on the Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea. Internationally…
“Well preserved mummy of an infant (one of about 200 corpses with European features that were excavated from the Tarim Basin)
Tales of the Dead Deciphering the Tarim Basin Mummies The Tarim Basin is China’s largest inland basin covering an area of 530,000 square kilometers at an altitude of…