A project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is using mummy labels to help reconstruct the climate of Roman Egypt.
Mummy labels are small labels made of wood, faience, or ivory, that were attached to mummies during the…
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Shipwrecks reveal origins of metal used to cast the Benin Bronzes
The Benin Bronzes consist of thousands of metal sculptures and plaques which adorned the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin, presently located in Edo State, Nigeria.
The objects collectively represent the finest examples of Benin art crafted by…
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The Cave of Crystals
The Cave of Crystals is a large chamber containing giant crystals in the Naica Mine, located in Mexico’s State of Chihuahua.
The chamber was discovered in April 2000 during mining operations to excavate a new tunnel in search of deposits of…
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New Eyes on the Sky – Space & Physics | Weizmann Wonder Wander
The Weizmann Institute of Science is building a new observatory in the Negev, near kibbutz Neot Smadar. It will consist of 48 telescopes – each featuring a 28-cm mirror – with an extremely wide field of view. The new array will be equivalent…
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Meteorite crater found in Southern France
Researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt have found a meteorite crater in the grounds of a winery near the town of Béziers in Southern France.
The crater is a round 200-metre-wide depression with a depth of 30 metres, which was formed by the…
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500-year-old medicine container has been revealed to contain herbal mixtures
A study of a cattle-horn used a medicine container, has been revealed to contain herbal mixtures used by the Khoi or San people 500 years ago.
The container was discovered in the La vie D’Antan rock shelter, located in the Langkloof mountains of…
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The Eye of the Sahara
The Eye of the Sahara, also known as the Richat Structure and the Eye of Africa, is a geological feature in the Sahara Desert’s Adrar Plateau, located in west–central Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
The structure is an eroded elliptical dome…
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Secrets of Ancient Egyptian mummification materials revealed
A new study, published in the journal Nature, has revealed the types of materials used in Ancient Egyptian mummification.
Back in 2016, archaeologists discovered an embalming workshop at the Saqqara Necropolis, located in the Giza Governorate,…
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Lasers are mapping Scotland’s subterranean Iron Age structures
Archaeologists from AOC Archaeology have been using lasers to map subterranean Iron Age structures, such as the Cracknie Souterrain, an Iron Age passageway in the Borgie Forest, Scotland.
A souterrain, from the French name sous terrain, meaning…
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Researchers discover earth sized planet
Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a…
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