The Orionid meteors pass the night sky in a flash of light every year, peaking this year on October 21. They pass through debris from Halley’s Comet, perhaps the most famous of them all. Halley’s has passed the Earth for at least
Petra was the beating heart of the Middle East. The region’s political, commercial, and cultural hub, it was initially established as a trading post but soon grew into something much more. A people known as the Nabateans were the natives of the
Archaeologists have uncovered a simple structure from the Stone Age that may be the oldest evidence yet of early humans building with wood. The construction is basic: a pair of overlapping logs, fitted together with a notch. The discovery may sound humdrum
Archaeologists stunned by ‘ancient computer’ Archaeologists working in Greece have found countless relics over the years. The country was once home to the Ancient Greek civilisation, a society that thrived thousands of years ago and who made hugely significant contributions to philosophy,
Archaeologist working in the northern highlands of Peru at a site called Pacopampa unearthed a tomb estimated to be 3,000 years old and believed to have honored an elite religious leader. Reuters reported that the archeologists called the discovery, “Priest of Pacopampa,”
Egypt has banned Dutch archaeologists from the country amid a dispute over the portrayal of black American entertainers as rulers of Ancient Egypt. Officials in the North African country have reportedly grown tired of comparisons between Queen Nefertiti – the wife of pharaoh Akhenaten – and
Millions of Christians across the UK will be gathering to worship on Easter Sunday, known as Resurrection Sunday, the day Jesus Christ had prophesied that he would rise from the dead, according to the Old Testament, and draws the week-long celebration of
Archaeologists unearthed a Sphinx-like statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt, antiquities authorities said Monday. The artifacts were found in the temple of Dendera in Qena Province, 280 miles south of the capital of Cairo,
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered four new tombs — including one belonging to a pharaoh’s “secret keeper” — in the Saqqara necropolis, just south of Cairo. Former antiquities minister and egyptologist Dr Zahi Hawass announced the finds, which date back to the
Archaeologists have been left stunned after excavating the site of Coleshill Manor in Warwickshire to discover evidence of what could be one of the first battles of the English Civil War in the 17th century. The team from Wessex Archaeology were astonished at the