The hieroglyphics of Imsety depict a man with the head of a baboon, accompanied by symbols of life, health and strength, signifying his protective role in the afterlife.
For the first time, 2,600-year-old scarab mummies have been discovered in addition to cats, and snakes, in the necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt. Offerings of mummified cats discovered in a tomb in the Saqqara necropolis, near Cairo, Egypt. ANIMAL MUMMIES. Seven tombs, including four dating back more
The MAN discovers the Roman Lusitania in Madrid For the first time, the great monolithic sculpture of the Lusitanian warrior is exhibited outside Lisbon, a unique piece The exhibition exhibits more than 200 collections, including 16 National Treasures of Portugal The museum offers a pioneering vis
“Soldiers! From the top of those pyramids, forty centuries watch you!” Napoléons famous harangue to his troops before the battle in which he defeated the Mamluks almost became mere testimony to a vanished memory just four decades later, when the Ottoman wali (governor) of Egypt suggested using the s
The find was made in Austria, in the tomb of a man who lived in the 6th century and who had had his left foot and ankle amputated. Undated photo provided by the Austrian Institute of Archeology showing the grave of a man with an amputated left foot and ankle, buried in Hemmaberg, southern Austria