A 'weird' dinosaur has been unearthed in the Gobi Desert. What do we know? With two-fingered hands and long "nasty" claws, the Duonychus tsogtbaatari is certainly a strange sight.

Fossils of this dinosaur were recently unearthed in Mongolia's Gobi Desert while a water pipeline was being constructed.

Scientists say the Duonychus was a member of a group of "some of the weirdest dinosaurs ever".    (read on)

100 Years After Discovery, King Tut’s Tomb Reveals a Fascinating Secret
The 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb stands as one of the most extraordinary archaeological finds of the 20th century. Hidden within Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the young pharaoh’s burial chamber contained more than 5,000 priceless artifacts, including his iconic golden mask. Thanks to this amazing discovery, the young king’s fame spread even outside the archaeological community.

More than a hundred years later, new research reveals that the tomb still has fresh insights to offer. Dr. Nicholas Brown, an Egyptologist at Yale University, argues in a study ´published in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology that a seemingly mundane set of items found within the tomb had a critically important purpose, one that has been overlooked in terms of its significance until now. (check out the links)