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Archaeologists discovered a 5,000-year-old Egyptian funerary boat, measuring 60 feet (18 meters), that was so well preserved that it still had intact plant fibers attached to it, in 2016. Read more Section: News Premium Preview Read Later Source
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Rare, Giant-Sized Haniwa Funerary Statue Found in Japan
December 11th, 2022 
Awake Goy Archaeologists excavating a burial mound at the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Osaka Prefecture in southern Japan, have found the remains of a rare wooden haniwa statue. Haniwa statues are usually made of unglazed clay. Wooden examples are extremely uncommon. The recent find, at a height of 3.5 meters (11.5 feet), […]
16 Bizarre, Impressive and Hilarious Funerary Masks of the Ancient World
October 2nd, 2022 Awake Goy Throughout history, many cultures and civilizations created funerary masks as part of their burial customs. The masks were used to represent a deceased individual, to honor them, and to cover their faces at the time of burial. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News Read Later Source
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No Comments »New Study Reveals Ancient Arabian Peninsula Funerary Avenues Network
January 13th, 2022 Awake Goy The modern fascination with highways is not as modern as it seems. Throughout history, there have been examples of building and constructing routes, particularly along important trading routes linking far off settlements. All ancient empires had these “highways.” Now a new discovery has been made along these lines in Saudi Arabia’s Arabian Peninsula in which […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: ancient, arabian, avenues, funerary, peninsula, reveals, study No Comments »Ancient Indigenous Funerary Urns Unearthed in Ecuador [Images]
August 20th, 2021 Awake Goy This week an unassuming Ecuadorian hacienda became a site of archaeological interest. Workers accidentally discovered a mound containing multiple Pre-Hispanic ceramic funerary urns while using heavy machinery to remove soil on private property in the province of Los Ríos. The funerary mound discovered at the hacienda in Antonio Sotomayor, canton Vinces, Los Ríos, Ecuador. ( […]
Ancient Greek Funerary Sculpture
February 17th, 2018 Awake Goy It is a sad fact that most of the sculpture created in ancient Greece has vanished. Of that which has survived, a majority is funerary sculpture. These highly visible markers commemorating the dead were traditionally placed along roads near the entrances to cities, where they could be seen by all who entered and left the […]
