Ancient Archaeology News and Stories - Treasure Lost, Treasure Found

The Treasures of Queen Hetepheres I   Gold Chair found in Hetepheres's Tomb. Image Copyright Wikipedia The view the greeted the team after they broke the masonry wall down. Image Copyright Wikipedia Original Photo of the Tomb taken in 1925 by Reisner. Image Copyright Wikipedia The date is the 9th of February 1925. It has been three long years since the discovery of the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun. All the attention of the media has moved down to upper Egypt for any news on new discoveries. The Giza Plateau is its normal busy self. Tourist coming to visit the pyramids, Giza locals trying to sell souvenirs, the odd excavation site worker meandering through the crowds. There is absolutely no anticipation that there are any secrets in this part of Egypt to be dicovered. This day proved all the doubters wrong ...  What a surprise it must have been for the photographer of the 23 year running Giza expedition of the combined Harvard and Boston Museum ...

Phaistos Disc - Discovered on Crete by 1908 by the Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier . Image copyright PRA .     I am a very big Archaeology fan and decided to put this blog together to give myself the opportunity to write about this subject matter and discuss my ideas with the wider world. I am a fan of classical Archaeology with an emphasis on Hellenistic , Egyptian, Roman and the periods that preceded these cultures. I am also interested in the great questions that are still out there in the world of Archaeology. Should we be reading more into Ancient literature, than merely accepting it as fiction in many cases? Please join me in this journey into the wonderful world of discovery!