By analyzing, in situ , the chemical composition of Egyptian colours, researchers are renewing understanding of the artists technique and the symbolism of these spellbinding images. Copy of a fresco from the Temple of Memnon at El Kab in Egypt. This article is from the Special Issue of Sciences e
Two lower limbs are all that would remain of Queen Nefertaris mummy. A scenario that seems to be confirmed by the recent work of a team of researchers. The mummified remains of Queen Nefertaris legs, housed in the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy. They say I have beautiful legs... », sang Mistingu
A late 2nd-century skeleton has been discovered with a nail driven through the heel bone at the archaeological site of Fenstaton in the county of Cambridge in eastern England. The first case of crucifixion described in Northern Europe. Talon of the Crucified of Fenstanton Extremely rare! A nearly
2,100 years old, hundreds of clay figurines - soldiers, chariots and horses - have been unearthed in eastern China. This discovery, which dates from 2007, has just been revealed in a publication. A 2,100-year-old burial pit containing a mini terracotta army has been unearthed in China. Horsemen,