Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...

Egyptian-style scarabs with additional cultural influences were found at the site. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority Another intriguing aspect of the discovery is the presence of red ochre on some ...

But starting in the eighth century B.C., Nubian pharaohs from a Kushite kingdom, now in northern Sudan, ruled Egypt. For more than a hundred years, they revived and adapted ancient Egyptian ...

4. The wooden strip was excavated in 2001 from a site thought to be the location of an "Emon-fu" guards' office that was part of the central government in Japan's ancient capital of Fujiwara-kyo.

Ptolemy I Soter depicted in the Hellenistic style (left) and Egyptian style (right). Credit: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons ... The Egyptians continued worshipping the same ancient gods, generally ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military ...

Many scholars who have studied the question have come up with theories about the location of Alexander the Great’s final resting place, which has made this one of the most hotly debated mysteries in a ...

Hundreds of Mayan artifacts have been found underwater in a Guatemalan lake, according to the Daily Mail. Among the trove of relics were weaponry, like a stone mace head and an obsidian blade, which ...

Each artifact in our collection has a story to tell. The Artifacts Unpacked video series takes you behind the scenes to learn about the objects the Museum protects and how they keep alive the memory ...

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