Archaeologists uncover 27 ancient wooden coffins buried for 2,500 years in Egypt in largest discovery of its kind Archaeologists discovered 13 earlier this month and have since found 14 more The ancient wooden sarcophagi have been buried for around 2,500 years The discovery was made at the ancient Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo By Sam Baker … Read more
A lonely OAP who put up a poster asking for friends after his wife died has been inundated with thousands of calls and emails from people who want to be his pal. Tony Williams, 75, has received so many emails they crashed his inbox and he has had 100s of phone calls from new friends … Read more
The Indus Valley civilisation was wiped out by climate change, a new study claims. What caused the demise of the once-great civilisation is a long-standing mystery, but researchers tracking historical monsoon patterns may have found an answer. It is thought the society, which existed at the same time as ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, thrived in … Read more
Entire leadership of Britain’s biggest Muslim charity QUITS in antisemitism row after it replaced disgraced trustee with director who branded terrorists ‘heroes’ and shared social media posts glorifying attacks on ‘Zionist enemy’ Israel Entire board of charity Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) are to resign today Trustee and director posts call terrorists ‘heroes’ and Israel the … Read more
Modern technology is ‘shining a light’ on what daily life was like in ancient Egypt by using lasers, X-rays, and infrared to examine the bones of mummies. A number of bone samples dating back between 2,000 and 4,000 years have been tested using the Advanced Light Source at Berkeley Labs in California. It works by … Read more