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Deep in the heart of the hotly contested Palestinian strip of Gaza, a 2,000-year-old lead sarcophagus has been unearthed, believed to hail from the illustrious Roman era. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Source
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16-Meter-Long Papyrus Discovered Within Saqqara Sarcophagus
January 21st, 2023 
Awake Goy An exciting discovery has been made in Egypt’s Saqqara region, where a team of archaeologists have uncovered a 16-meter-long (52.5 ft) ancient papyrus – a true historical treasure that hasn’t been seen in over a century! The Saqqara site, a vast necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital Memphis, is a UNESCO World Heritage site that’s […]
Notre Dame Sarcophagus Opened Revealing Knight with Elongated Skull!
December 12th, 2022 Awake Goy Finding the remains of a high priest buried at the most sacred spot in Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral, and all of medieval France, seems a predictable discovery. However, unearthing a knight with an elongated skull came as something of a shock. The foundation stone of Notre Dame Cathedral was laid by Pope Alexander III in […]
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No Comments »The Etruscan Sarcophagus of the Spouses: A Feast for the Dead
November 17th, 2022 Awake Goy The Sarcophagus of the Spouses is considered to be one of the greatest masterpieces of Etruscan art. The Etruscans, who originated in Italy between the Arno and Tiber rivers, are well known for their terracotta sculptures and funerary art in the art history world. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News Read Later Source
Did a Sultan Find Medusa’s Sarcophagus in the Basilica Cistern?
September 26th, 2022 Awake Goy Nestled beneath the winding streets of Istanbul, just 490 feet (149 meters) from the Hagia Sophia, lies an ancient cistern that may have been the final resting place of Medusa! Read more Section: News Myths & Legends Europe Ancient Places Europe Read Later Source
Red-Pink Granite Sarcophagus of Ramses II’s Secretary Found at Saqqara
September 21st, 2022 Awake Goy The pink-red granite sarcophagus of Ptahmweia, a royal secretary during the reign of Ramses II (1279-1213 BC) of the Nineteenth Dynasty, has been discovered at the Saqqara necropolis. This is the latest in a series of spectacular discoveries at the Saqqara site, a vast necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. This 3,200 year […]
Emperor’s Protector Sarcophagus Is A First For Anatolia!
May 5th, 2022 Awake Goy Representing a national first, an ancient sarcophagus bearing the title “Emperor’s Protector” has been unearthed in western Turkey (ancient Anatolia). Furthermore, it’s also the first time the remains of an individual Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later
Mysterious Notre Dame Lead Sarcophagus Will be Opened!
April 18th, 2022 Awake Goy In April 2019, a devastating fire engulfed the historical Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris, built at a time when France was moving towards its identity as a nation, all the way back in the 12th and 13th centuries. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Europe Read Later
Kim Kardashian Unwittingly Helped Find Stolen Nedjemankh Sarcophagus
October 20th, 2021 Awake Goy A ring of illegal antiquities dealers was exposed and their shocking relationship with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City revealed, thanks to an apparently innocent picture taken of a famous celebrity influencer at an annual charity event posing next to the ancient golden Nedjemankh sarcophagus. How THIS 2018 Met Gala photo of […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: helped, Kardashian, nedjemankh, sarcophagus, stolen, unwittingly No Comments »1,500-year-old Visigoth Sarcophagus Found at Roman Villa Site
July 20th, 2021 Awake Goy The Visigoths, the so-called barbaric tribe that would ultimately defeat the Romans and bring down the Roman Empire, were an early Germanic warring people. The course of their wars would ultimately lead them to settle in southern Gaul and then Hispania, from the 5th to the 8th century AD. And now, a Visigoth sarcophagus with […]
Roman Sarcophagus Containing Two Skeletons Unearthed in Bath
July 5th, 2021 Awake Goy Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset and, as the name suggests, it is renowned for its Roman-built baths which were used until the end of Roman rule in Britain in the 5th century AD. The Romans dedicated the Aquae Sulis geo-thermal springs located in Bath to the goddess Sulis, identified as […]
The Fake Hercules Sarcophagus of Tarragona Spain – And The Real Ones
November 10th, 2020 Awake Goy Some artifacts, even when they were discovered a long time ago are hard to authenticate and some certainly are fakes. The Hercules Sarcophagus is one such artifact, widely regarded to be a hoax. This object was discovered in Tarragona, Spain, during the 19 th century. It was used as evidence for the Egyptian colonization of […]
Parasitologists discover new form of tick-borne bacterium that may be transmittable to humans
November 28th, 2015 Awake Goy Ticks can transmit various diseases to people and animals. Some well-known diseases spread by ticks include tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Lyme disease. Researchers at the Vetmeduni Vienna are hot on the trail of pathogens carried by ticks. The parasitologists recently discovered a new form of the bacterium Candidatus Neoehrlichia in a red fox from […]
Israel unveils 1,800-year-old sarcophagus
September 3rd, 2015 Awake Goy Spanish archeologists have unearthed a 3,600-year-old mummy in the ancient city of Luxor, Egypt’s Antiquities Minister said Thursday. Prosecutors accused nine people including three Germans of smuggling stone samples from … Source Article from http://phys.org/news/2015-09-israel-unveils-year-old-sarcophagus.html
