Weekly Roundup- June 3rd

International art theft, bronze caches in Egypt, goddesses in the ancient world- keep reading for our favorite new stories from last week

Egyptian archaeological mission unearths largest-ever bronze statues cachette in Saqqara

At Saqqara (south of modern-day Cairo) archaeologists found a cache of about 250 painted coffins, over 150 bronze statuettes, and other statues. These artifacts all date to around 500 BCE, the Late Period. Analysis is sure to reveal all kinds of social information ab…