Ancient Wonders

In The Murder of King Tut, James Patterson and Martin Dugard discovered through masses of suggestions- X-rays, Carter’s files, and myths related during the ages- to appear at their own account of King Tut’s life and death. The result is an amazing true crime tale of intrigue, passion and treason, that casts fresh light on the oldest mystery of all.  The book The Murder of King Tut is told in three parts: Howard Carter’s long search and eventual discovery of the tomb in 1922; James Patterson’s...Read Full Story

Months after mummy claim, DNA still lagsCAIRO, Egypt - Months after Egypt boldly announced that archaeologists had identified a mummy as the most powerful queen of her time, scientists in a museum basement are still analyzing DNA from the bald, 3,500-year-old corpse to try to back up the claim aired on TVProgress is slow. So far, results indicate the linen-wrapped mummy is most likely, but not conclusively, the female pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled for 20 years in the 15th century B.C...Read Full Story

Tomb paintings from the Valley of the Kings We’ve all heard the story. The “Curse of the Pharaohs” is a strong belief that anyone who should disturb a mummy or a Pharaoh’s tomb will be cursed. This commonly known belief was  intended to preserve the sanctity of these tombs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, rather than to deter grave robbers. But in the past century, the curse has turned into a grave warning, particularly in the case of King Tut’s tomb. Some people choose to believe the curse is...Read Full Story

OBBeC Applied Biosystems, an Applera Corporation business, is collborating with the Discovery Channel and Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities to establish the first laboratory in Egypt dedicated to testing ancient DNA samples. The laboratory, which is located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, began testing samples from ancient royal mummies from the 18th Dynasty in April as part of a project to identify the mummy of Hatshepsut, Egypt’s most famous female pharaoh.The initial findings will...Read Full Story

A team of Egyptian and European archaeologists has discovered two large statues of an ancient pharaoh who ruled Egypt some 3,400 years ago, the country's archaeology chief said Thursday.The two statues of Amenhotep III were found while the excavation team was clearing out a temple dedicated to him on the west bank of the Nile in the southern city of Luxor, according to a statement by Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.Hawass said one statue is made of black granite and...Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES: From an ornate Egyptian sarcophagus to the striking preserved remains of a howler monkey wearing a feathered skirt, a new exhibition in Los Angeles is unraveling the mysteries of mummies. The "Mummies of the World" exhibit at the California Science Center is being billed as the largest single showing of mummies in history and aims to throw new light on ancient funeral rituals and the work of "mummyologists". The exhibition comprises dozens of mummified men, women, children and...Read Full Story

The inquiry had taken place first in the home of the former High priest Annas and then in the home of the current High Priest and son in law Caiaphas.  Both proceedings dragged leading Jewish citizens out of their Passover Seder celebrations to judge in a forum that was contrary to Jewish law.  No court proceeding was to take place after dark.  Since there was only religious darkness associated with the trumped up charges, it was fitting that this rule should be overlooked. In such a hastily...Read Full Story

Cairo, February 23 (ANI): The Supreme Council of Antiquities, part of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, has announced the discovery of an intact wooden and limestone sarcophagi housing dozens of mummies inside the Sixth-Dynasty tomb of Sennedjem in the Saqqara necropolis. Members of the public were given the first glimpse of the latest discovery of ancient Egyptian treasure to be found in Saqqara on Wednesday. SCA Secretary-General Zahi Hawass revealed that two weeks ago, during a routine...Read Full Story

One of the questions I am asked when people learn that I was an archaeologist in Israel is, “Does archaeology prove that the Bible is true”.  I prefer to say that the Bible proves that archaeology is a trustworthy science.  So many discoveries have shown us that we can use the Bible as a sourcebook for excavating.  But in real life, we can also use the Bible as a guidebook for successful living. In Hebrews 11:1 we read, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not...Read Full Story

By Ken Klein In countless encyclopedias and history books it is stated that the pyramids are tombs of pharaohs. The Great Pyramid was claimed to be the tomb of Khufu or Cheops. Is it possible that the historical record is false, and that it was built for a different reason? There is extensive proof that the pyramids were not tombs at all. In fact throughout all Egypt, in over 100 pyramids, there has never been found even one mummy in a pyramid. How is it that they have been called tombs when...Read Full Story