These booties were designed for a child. Their colors are remarkably well preserved, given that more than 1,000 years have passed since they were created.
Credit: Professor Kerry Muhlestein
TORONTO — She’s literally one in a million.
The remains of a child, laid to rest more than 1,500 years ago when the Roman Empire controlled Egypt, was found in an ancient cemetery that contains more than 1 million mummies, according to a team of archaeologists from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
The cemetery is now called Fag el-Gamous, which means “Way of the Water Buffalo,” a title that comes from the name of a nearby road. Archaeologists from Brigham Young University have been excavating Fag el-Gamous, along with a nearby pyramid, for about 30 years. Many of the mummies date to the time when the Roman or Byzantine Empire ruled Egypt, from the 1st century to […]
The deepest mystery I love to see is how history keeps changing, not as fast as the future will change with global warming, but still changing with every new discovery.