Credit: The Fitzwilliam Museum
1. 3,000-Year-Old Fingerprints Found on Coffin
Researchers at the The Fitzwilliam Museum in the UK have found 3,000-year-old fingerprints on the lid of the Egyptian coffin. The fingerprints were on an inner coffin lid believed to have belonged to a priest. Learn more at CNN.
2. George Washington Was a Whiskey Tycoon
This Founding Father spent his post-presidency years selling whiskey. Read more at Smithsonian Magazine.
3. Boy Finds 3,400-Year-Old Figurine in Israel
A seven-year-old boy discovered an ancient statuette of a naked woman during a day trip to an archaeological site in Israel. The 3,400-year-old figurine was made by pressing soft clay into a mold and is typical of the Canaanite culture of the 15th to 13th centuries B.C. Learn more at NBC News.
4. Spanish Leak Reveals Hidden Chamber in King Tut’s Tomb Is Full of Treasures
Hisham Zaazou, Tourism Minister of Egypt, may have slipped up during a recent visit to Spain when he revealed that the hidden chamber was found full of treasures, and will be the ‘big bang’ of the 21st century. Read more at Ancient Origins.
5. Egyptians Were Buried in Recycled Coffins
A new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge reveals that many new and decorated coffins were patched together from pieces of older coffins. Learn more at The Guardian.
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