Archaeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon have
discovered dozens of glass jars filled with fruit preserves in
the cellar of the historic Northern Virginia home that "likely
haven’t seen the light of day since before the American
Revolution."
A press release Friday said Twenty-nine of the 35 bottles
remain intact, and all contain either cherries, gooseberries
or currants.
Laborers in Central Asia came across the bones of an ancient
mammoth while quarrying on June 2. In a press release,
Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Culture explained that the remains
were found in "the sandy areas of the ancient floodplain of
the Jyrgalang River."
Kyrgyzstan is a country surrounded by Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and China. The discovery was found in the Issyk-
Kul Region, which borders the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region of China.
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The discovered remains of the mammoth included its jaw
and teeth.
In Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, British archaeologists Howard
Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people to enter
King Tutankhamen’s tomb in more than 3,000 years.
Tutankhamen’s sealed burial chambers were miraculously
intact, and inside was a collection of several thousand
priceless objects, including a gold coffin containing the
mummy of the teenage king.
Discovery of King Tut’s Tomb, Archaeologists Pose at
Tomb Entrance.
This is a colorized version of one of only two images
showing Howard Carter (on the left) and Lord
Carnarvon together in Tutankhamun’s tomb.
After 3,300 years, King Tut’s coffin leaves his tomb for the
first time.
Scientists have discovered sealed jars of wine from 5,000 years
ago in an Egyptian queen’s tomb.
According to SWNS, the British news, the find, one of the oldest
ever, was among the "grave goods" for Queen Meret-Neith in
Abydos, from 3,000 BC.
The University of Vienna researchers say she was the most
powerful woman in the period and possibly the first female
pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
(FOX NEWS) – 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," named after the archeological zone where the tomb
was uncovered.
The tomb was covered with six layers of ash mixed with black earth,
and was decorated with ceramic bowls.
