New research indicates that tomb of Egyptian king Tutankhamun had radiation effects causing death of excavators in 1922. Earlier, it was attributed to the powerful curse of the king which led to the death of those disturbing his tomb.
Ongoing discoveries, whether ancient texts, fossils, or weird medieval items, continue to broaden modern society's perspective on what life was like at a
Jericho's Tell es-Sultan has belatedly become a World Heritage Site after being proclaimed by UNESCO as the "oldest fortified city in the world". The "tell", or mound, contains evidence of prehistoric human life dating back to the ninth millennium BC. Neolithic (4,300-2,000 BC) and Bronze (2,000-700 BC) Age fortifications, towers, trenches, remains of palaces and of a
Jericho's Tell es-Sultan has belatedly become a World Heritage Site after being proclaimed by UNESCO as the "oldest fortified city in the world". The "tell", or mound, contains evidence of prehistoric human life dating back to the ninth millennium BC. Neolithic (4,300-2,000 BC) and Bronze (2,000-700 BC) Age fortifications, towers, trenches, remains of palaces and of a