An incredibly well-preserved limestone sarcophagus and numerous funeral statuettes known as ushabti have been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists. The find at the Gharaifa site in Tuna al-Jabal near the city of Minya, located in Upper Egypt, was announced by officials on Monday, 21st September. The white limestone sarcophagus is decorated…
These are the remains archaeologists have found after discovering a chapel that was built by the former Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. Cortes was a Spanish conquest to door whose expedition led to the collapse of the Aztec Empire bringing much of what is now modern day Mexico under the rule…
Archaeologists have found ancient tools which they say for the first time in history prove human beings and their ancestors have had a continuous presence in Europe going back 1.2 million years. The tools were discovered at the Gran Dolina dig site, within the important archaeological area of Atapuerca, located…
Mexican researchers have identified 14 leaders who ruled the ancient Mayan city of Coba during its golden era between 500 and 780 AD. The Coba archaeological site is located in the south-eastern Mexican state of Quintana Roo and is located around four lagoons. Experts of the Coba Project, led by…
An archaeological study inside a cave in Mexico suggests that humans inhabited North America during the Last Glacial Maximum, up to 15,000 years earlier than previously believed. The discovery was made in a cave christened Chiquihuite by researchers, in the central-northern Mexican state of Zacatecas. The findings of the scientific…
