A 2,000-year-old lamp that looks just like the one that would have been used by Aladdin to summon the genie has been found by a group of school friends in Israel. Picture shows the children who discovered a 2,000-year-old lamp in the ground in Kibbutz Parod in Israel, undated. They…
Astonished scientists have unearthed a bizarre 150-kilo Mayan penis statue carved from stone during an archaeological dig in Mexico. Picture shows the back of the statue, found at the Oxkintok Archaeological Zone, Mexico. The statue has two representations: that of a body of a naked man, with disproportionate anatomical features…
A new collection of extremely rare colour portraits of ancient Egyptian mummies have been discovered painted on the newly discovered 2,000-year-old caskets of their owners. Photo shows a coloured portrait of a mummy, undated photo. It was discovered by Egyptian archaeologists in Girza, near Cairo, Egypt. (Mohamed Samah, @tourismandantiq/Newsflash) The…
Egypt has returned nearly 200 ancient coins to their modern homelands after they were seized by officials being trafficked into the country. Photo shows a jewellery of the Queen Ahhotep, which was displayed at the Egyptian Museum of Liberation in Cairo, Egypt, undated photo. Sabah Abdel Razek, director general of…
These devilish-looking horned skulls spotted by climbers in the Italian Alps have been identified by UK scientists as belonging to prehistoric wild goats that died more than 7,000 years ago. Image shows an ibex skull which is over 7,000 years old, undated photo. Four climbers found remains of at least…
