#excavation

Stories tagged “excavation” in the Weird Science History archive — 2 stories connected by this topic.

• The Colonel Who Opened the Great Pyramid With Gunpowder — and Got His Drill Stuck in the Sphinx
• The Man Who Found Troy — and Dug Straight Through It

Related topics: #19th century #archaeology #egypt #Egyptology #giza #great pyramid #Heinrich Schliemann #Homer