The screaming mummy, protagonist of a plot that led to the death of Pharaoh Ramses III during Antiquity, is exhibited for the first time at the Cairo Museum, in Egypt. The Screaming Mummy, or the Unknown E, presumed mummy of Prince Pentaour, Egypt (XXth dynasty). One of the victims of the famous
Discovered in Serbia, two burial mounds dating back 5,000 years house four burial chambers typical of the Yamnaya culture, originating from the Eurasian steppe. These are the most western traces testifying to the expansion of this nomadic population. Reconstruction of the burial of a man belonging
Mysterious giant jars have been unearthed at four new sites in Assam, India, that could have been used in funerary rituals. The discovery is the result of a collaboration involving researchers from the Australian National University (ANU). The 65 newly discovered sandstone jars vary in shape and d
It was the year 1911 when a scandal shook Jerusalem and, by extension, the entire Palestinian region, leading the Ottoman Empire to have a friction with the United Kingdom. Members of the Parker Expedition, an archaeological mission excavating in the city, were caught working at night and disguised