See King Tut’s crack up close and personal
YOU’VE heard the reports, now see the pictures of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s crusty crack after the 3300-year-old relic was hastily glued back together.
Archaeology
Has the oldest gospel been found?
THE oldest known fragment of a Christian gospel may have been found glued inside an Egyptian mummy’s mask. Experts believe it dates from just 60 years after Christ’s death.
Murder mystery solved … 700 years on
THE mysterious death of the ruler of Verona hundreds of years ago may have finally been solved — and let’s just say the scientists got the scoop in a rather unusual way …
Ancient ‘magical’ amulet baffles
THIS intriguing amulet dating back about 1500 years bears a 59-letter inscription that reads the same way backward and forward. So why does it have archaeologists buzzing?
Amateurs unearth buried treasure worth millions
ANCIENT coins worth almost $2 million have been found by a group of amateur treasure hunters armed with just metal detectors.
Mystery tomb revealing its secrets
BOLD sphinxes. Enticing nymphs. A menacing rape-scene mosaic. The evidence is mounting: We may soon know who lies beneath the mysterious Amphipolis mound.
Uncovering a country’s mass graves
THIS skull belongs to a 19-year-old who went missing in 1950. The story of his murder is all too familiar. All over Spain, mass graves are finally being uncovered.
Stonehenge find derails tunnel plan
THE most ancient discovery at Stonehenge may turn our understanding of the monument on its head — and halt a multi-billion dollar tourist tunnel project.
Is this mystery skeleton a sporting legend?
THE secret grave of one of the most famous sporting heros in history may have been unearthed by archaeologists in the backyard of a king.
Ancient sands reveal million mummies
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered an ancient cemetery with more than a million mummies buried around 1500 years ago – but where did they come from?
Hunt on for ‘magic’ medieval swords
KING Arthur had one: A medieval sword so strong it was deemed magical. Some have survived to this day. Now we have any inkling of how and where they were forged.
New link to King Tut’s death mask
BEADS discovered on the other side of the world from Egypt have been linked to King Tut’s death mask. The revelation has historians very intrigued.
Rare, mystical treasure unearthed
IT was an incredible find: 70,000 ancient Celtic coins unearthed on an island off the coast of Britain. But now the loot is revealing even greater treasures.
The mummy of Minirdis
THE lid has been opened on a coffin holding the 2500-year-old mummified remains of an Egyptian boy. So what’s his story?
Daring mission to steal ancient secrets
THEY scaled the side of a Dead Sea cliff to slip inside the Cave of Skulls and steal the biblical scrolls. But all did not go as planned.
Simple find ‘rewrites history’
AN AUSSIE researcher has stumbled across a shell that could ‘rewrite human history’, as it changes everything we thought we knew about our ancestors.
Royal mystery: Queen may not be queen after all
REMEMBER when they found the body of King Richard III buried under a car park? His DNA has big implications for the royal family.
Poland’s vampire graves explained
IT’S a gruesome sight: Medieval skeletons with iron scythes and rocks cutting into their throats. Now archaeologists know who, and why.
Ancient coins found in mystery tomb
COINS featuring the face of Alexander the Great have been found at the largest tomb ever unearthed in Greece. The hunt is on for clues to determine who lies buried there.
Ancient computer tells us its age
THE world’s oldest computer — the Antikythera Mechanism — has been found to be older than we thought, placing it squarely in the age of history’s greatest minds.
Ancient settlement found underwater
RESEARCHERS knew there were ruins of some sort in the shallow waters near a Greek island. But little did they realise the extent of what they would find below.
Museum bones ‘are new dino species’
SCIENTISTS have found the bones of a new species of dinosaur, a horned plant-eater the size of a buffalo that roamed Earth 75 million years ago.
Ancient book of spells unlocked
WANT to win a heart? Got a ghost to get rid of? What about a persistent infection? A recently deciphered ancient Egyptian codex has a spell for that.
Is skeleton Alexander the Great’s mum?
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are hoping that a skeleton found in ancient Greece’s biggest burial mound will reveal the mystery of who is buried there.
Skull belongs to a prehistoric freak
SCIENTISTS were looking for something else when they peered into a slab of sandstone. What they found was an enormous freak that walked with dinosaurs.
Mystery code hidden in ancient idol
IT’S older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids combined, and its hidden message could shake the world. So what exactly is the Shigir Idol?
Ancient code gives up its secrets
IT’S one of history’s greatest mysteries: A 4000-year-old clay disc covered in spirals of enigmatic writing. Now scientists think they have extracted key words.
Ancient tunnel’s hidden secrets
IT was sealed 2000 years ago, but researchers have finally reached the end of this tunnel. What they’ve found will unlock sacred secrets buried long ago.
Mosaic key to tomb mystery
A CHILLING tale of lost love is echoing through the millennia as archaeologists delve into the mysteries of an immense 2300-year-old Greek burial mound.
‘Indiana Jones’ finds vampire grave
A SKELETON with a stake through its chest has been found in Europe by ‘Bulgaria’s Indiana Jones’ in an area being referred to as a ‘vampire grave’.
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