A curatorial assistant found the wood fragments in a misfiled cigar box bearing the image of Egypt's old flag. University of Aberdeen In 1872, two British men took a trio of artifacts from the Great ...

One of only three objects ever recovered from inside Egypt's Great Pyramid, wooden artefact may shed new light on ancient structure, says University of Aberdeen Ancient cedar wood, now fragmented into ...

A long-lost relic from the Great Pyramid of Giza has been uncovered by accident, stashed in a cigar box at a Scottish university. Inside the box was fragments of cedar wood dating back 5,000 years.

A long-lost Egyptian artefact has been found in a cigar box in Aberdeen - and it is hoped it could shed new light on the Great Pyramid. The chance discovery was made by a member of staff at the ...