Sphinx's Fortune

Ooo! Shiny artifacts dedicated to Amun and Aphrodite.

Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt found brimming with 'treasures and secrets' Archaeologists discovered a cache of treasure inside a sunken underwater temple and sanctuary in Egypt.

They're completing revamping the process of looking at tomb paintings through technology, which helps uncover the artist's corrections and former works underneath the surface layer - including walls that are so degraded that it's not really visible to the naked eye.

These ancient Egyptian paintings were hiding a secret | CNN Researchers using a cutting-edge technique have discovered hidden details in Egyptian paintings that date back more than 3,000 years.

Gorgeous artwork in this ancient tomb!

https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/archaeologists-in-egypt-uncovered-a-4400-year-old-tomb-complete-with-perfectly-preserved-paintings?format=amp

What the what?!

A Man Broke Into the Dallas Museum of Art and Smashed Ancient Greek Artifacts Because He Was 'Mad at His Girl' | Artnet News Police have captured a man who broke into the Dallas museum and smashed several ancient Greek artifacts worth millions.

Blue boucle baby blanket

Interesting find in Cyprus showing extensive trade 3500 years ago.

Gold jewellery from the time of Nefertiti found in Bronze Age tombs Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg have concluded an excavation of two tombs in the Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus. The finds include over 150 human skeletons and close to 500 objects – including gold jewellery, gemstones and ceramics – from around 1350 BC. - Herita...

Oh my goodness, this painting is gorgeous!

Ancient Egypt: detail head of goddess Isis, a decorative art above the grand staircase in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918).

I've started getting involved with Save Ancient Studies Alliance - SASA and really hope I can help promote studying the ancient world in professional and nonprofessional capacities. Check them out if you're interested!

Edible ancient bread!

Interesting article on several ancient Greek figures of women that men feared. I'll have to check out the book the article references: "Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology," by Jess Zimmerman.

Men Have Feared Women for Millennia. Just Look at the Monsters of Greek Mythology A new collection of essays considers how the villainous women of classical antiquity, from Medusa to the Sphinx, resonate in contemporary Western society

The sunken Egyptian port city had intact baskets of fruit still sitting there. Other amazing finds from it over the last 20 years of uncovering it.

2,400-Year-Old Baskets Still Filled With Fruit Found in Submerged Egyptian City Wicker vessels recovered from the ruins of Thônis-Heracleion contain doum nuts and grape seeds