5,000-year-old clay tablet from one of the first cities could be the world’s first ‘payslip’

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“A Hurrian Cult Song from Ancient Ugarit” is the 3,400 years old sumerian hymn title

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One archeologist said: “It is quite thick and rather large, made of leather and filled with bristles… It was probably dropped by someone”

A 250-year-old sex toy has been found by archaeologists during a dig of an ancient toilet in Poland.

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Ancient Egyptian Mummy Has Sophisticated Pattern Woven Around Head

While visiting the Louvre, Redditor sbay captured and shared the astonishing intricacies of a mummy’s head wrapping. Continue reading The Mummy With The Weird Pyramidal Bandage On His Face →

People in the Middle Ages did keep pets – dogs, cats, birds, monkeys and many other kinds of animals. Although they often had particular duties – i.e. hunting or catching rats – there are many accounts that showed affection and love between these pets and their owners. Scattered in various texts and remains from the Middle Ages, and the research by Kathleen Walker-Meikle has uncovered several examples of medieval pet names: Continue reading Medieval Pet Names →

Hospital scans help British Museum discover the secrets Egyptians took to their grave, including one woman’s intimate tattoo

Wrapped in bandages and caricatured as figures of terror in Hollywood movies, Egypt’s mummies have long captivated and bewildered scientists and children alike.

Now an exhibition at the British Museum has disclosed the human side of the mummies of the Nile. Continue reading The 1,300 year-old mummy and her intimate tattoo →

An ancient Egyptian statue turns in its locked museum display case. A new investigation shows why.

An ancient statue in a British museum was caught on camera mysteriously turning in its locked display case in June. The footage mystified many and made international news. According to an article in the “Manchester Evening News”:
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5,000-Year-Old Chinese Beer Recipe Had Secret Ingredient

Barley might have been the “secret ingredient” in a 5,000-year-old beer recipe that has been reconstructed from residues on prehistoric pots from China, according to new archaeological research. Continue reading Neolithic Beer Recipe Reconstructed →

Decapitating Demons May Be the Oldest Fearsome Entities of Ancient Egypt

A Belgium-based Egyptologist has discovered the oldest depictions of ancient Egyptian demons, showing that demonic entities populated the ancient Egyptians’ imaginations as far back as 4,000 years ago. Continue reading Oldest Depiction of Ancient Egyptian Demons Found →

Egyptian artifact, exposed after heavy rains last winter, believed to have belonged to very senior figure in Thirteenth Pharaonic dynasty in 18th century BCE

Haifa University announced on Sunday the discovery of a rare 3,700-year-old scarab seal found at Tel Dor, an important ancient port on the coast south of Haifa.
The amulet was found by a birdwatcher, who gave it to university archaeologists on site. The object was exposed after heavy rains last winter. Continue reading 3,700-year-old scarab seal found by birdwatcher →