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Tomb discovered of a fifth dynasty Egyptian queen

Czech archaeologists have discovered the tomb in Egypt of an unknown queen: Chentkaus III. She was probably the wife of a pharaoh who belonged to the fifth dynasty, about 4,500 years ago, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. “It’s the first time we discover the name of the queen,… Read full history →

04 January 2015 by Jan Huisman in Antiquity, Archaeology, News / No Comments
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Golden jewellery found on a New Kingdom mummy

Archaeologists found a mummy while cleaning a Middle Kingdom (2000 BC – 17000 BC) burial site on Luxor’s west bank. The spanish archaeological mission led by Myriam Seco unearthed the mummy within the ruins of a temple of King Thutmose III. The mummy itself is in a poor state, but… Read full history →

03 December 2014 by Jan Huisman in Antiquity, Archaeology, News / No Comments
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Archaeologists unearth an unknown Roman god

Unknown Roman god (photo: Peter Jülich) A Roman sanctuary is found in an ancient temple in the southeast of Turkey with a depiction of a mysterious and unknown Roman god in it. On it, the god rises up from a plant and may be a fusion of Near Eastern and… Read full history →

26 November 2014 by Jan Huisman in Antiquity, Archaeology, News / No Comments
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17th-century Dutch shipwreck discovered

March 3, 1677: The Dutch ship Huis de Kreuningen sunk in the southern Caribbean,during the Battle of Scarborough Harbour. The Dutch, who controlled the island of Tobago at the time, were attacked by the French. The battle was  significant, both in terms of the number of lives lost and the… Read full history →

31 October 2014 by Jan Huisman in Archaeology, Early Modern, News / No Comments
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Mosaic of Persephone discovered in ancient tomb

Persephone abducted

A stunning mosaic of Persephone is discovered at the site of the newly excavated Amphipolis tomb. Earlier this week (DisputedPast reported) images from the other part of the mosaic were released by the Greek ministry of Culture. The mosaic is now fully uncovered and it can be interpret as a whole…. Read full history →

17 October 2014 by Jan Huisman in Archaeology, News, Pre-history / No Comments
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Aegean civilization ended 100 years earlier as presumed

Conventional estimates for the collapse of the Aegean civilization are around 1025 BC. Recent radiocarbon analyses of artifacts and plants suggests that the Greek Bronze Age probably ended 100 years earlier.  The traditional dating was entirely based on historical dates, derived from Egypt and the Near East. These written records… Read full history →

16 October 2014 by Jan Huisman in Archaeology, News, Pre-history / No Comments
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Celtic chariot (300 BC) discovered near Leicestershire

Archaeologists from the University of Leicester dug up the remains of a decorated Iron Age chariot. The Celtic vehicle, dating from the 2nd or 3rd century BC, seems to have been buried as a religious offering. Archaeologists found the remains during their ongoing excavation of the Burrough Hill Iron Age hillfort,… Read full history →

15 October 2014 by Jan Huisman in Antiquity, Archaeology, News / No Comments
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