When University of Cincinnati researchers uncovered the tomb of a Bronze Age warrior—left untouched for more than 3,500 years and packed with a spectacular array of precious jewelry, weapons and riches—the discovery was hailed by experts as "the find of a lifetime."

This detail of a bronze wheel is part of an open-work frame belonging to a ritual object. It is dated to c.1500 BC. The thin lines represent a number system. Read more about the object. Persistent Item URL: kulturarvsdata.se/shm/object/html/96948 (in Swedish) Photo: Gabriel Hildebrand/ SHMM Photo by: Gabriel Hildebrand / SHMM

Period: New Kingdom. Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Thutmose III. Date: ca. 1458–1425 B.C.. Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Temp...

Everyone would love to find a treasure map. The Turin Papyrus Map is an ancient Egyptian treasure map, generally considered the oldest surviving topographical and geological map from the ancient world. It shows the locations of gold and slilver mines, where to quarry the prized bekhen-stone and it also depicts roads to the Dead Sea