2nd millennium BC

Archaeologists from Egypt and Germany have found a massive eight-meter statue submerged in ground water in a Cairo slum that they say probably depicts revered Pharaoh Ramses II, who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago.

The Antiquities Ministry announced on Thursday the discovery of parts from two statues of two kings belonging to the 19th Dynasty.
The discovery was made by a joint German-Egyptian archaeological mission operating in Matareya area at the site of King Ramses II Temple which he built at in Oan City in Ancient Egypt.

Hellenic Cosmos presents "Tutankhamun: A Journey to Eternity," an exhibition that takes visitors into the heart of the excavations conducted by English archaeologist Howard Carter at the Egyptian pharaoh's tomb in the 1920s. The show explores facts and fiction surrounding the legend of King Tut, with precise replicas of many of the key discoveries in the tomb and a wealth of information.

The Tunisian man suspected of carrying out the deadly Berlin truck attack was shot dead by police in Milan on Dec. 23, Italy's interior minister Marco Minniti said.
The minister told a press conference in Rome that Anis Amri had been fatally shot after firing at police who had stopped his car for a routine identity check around 3a.m. (0200 GMT).

BELGRADE - Spanish archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian mummy in "very good condition" near Luxor, Egypt's antiquities ministry has announced.

Resting inside a brightly colored wooden sarcophagus, the mummy had been bound with linen stuck together with plaster.

Archaeologists have been working to solve the mystery of five-ton lion sculptures recently found in a field in Sorgun, a town located in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat.

Researchers studying King Tutankhamun’s tomb said that there are two previously secret chambers hidden in King Tutankhamun’s tomb.

Radar scans of the tomb in the ancient necropolis of Luxor have revealed two possible rooms, and they’re likely to contain remains, Egypt’s antiquities minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said.

A group of explorers and archeologists have for weeks used radar and infrared devices in the hope of finding the secrets behind a wall in King Tutankhamen’s burial chamber. It is hoped that the long-sought tomb of Queen Nefertiti lies behind.

A tomb dating from the Mycenaean years that has not been plundered was found in eastern Lesvos on Thursday, during improvement works on a rural road.

The tomb of legendary boy pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt?s Valley of the Kings will close from October for restorations, the antiquities ministry said Sept. 20.