Left: Sword of Goujian, King of Yue of China’s Spring and Autumn period (771 to 403 BCE), unearthed in 1965 with untarnished condition. Experts believe that the chemical composition, along with the almost air-tight scabbard, explains the exceptional state of preservation.
Right: Spear of Fuchai, King of Wu (archrival of Guojian), unearthed in 1983.
King Tut Mask on Display, Cairo Museum
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic
Icon of ancient Egypt, the teenage pharaoh’s funerary mask immortalizes his features in gold, glass, and semiprecious stones. This and other treasures from his tomb, now in Cairo’s Egyptian Museum, attract a constant swirl of visitors.
I read this article on the library (English edition NatGeo FTW!).
The quest for King Tut’s identity is interesting.
(Source: angiehilll, via petit-four)
The enormous 4,000 year old Marden Henge, in Wiltshire, is Britain’s largest prehistoric structure stretching for 10.5 hectares, the equivalent of 10 football pitches.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1290843/Archaeologists-begin-dig-buried-stone-circle-TEN-times-bigger-Stonehenge.html#ixzz0sOd8c3ES
The scientific study of teeth and bones is transforming our knowledge of our historic past.
The analysis of teeth supports neither extreme of migration or isolation, but rather a pattern where small groups or individuals travelled frequently across cultural and geographical divides. This is about residence and mobility, not ethnicity.
