In this week's science news, we take a journey to the past, as far back as our very earliest human ancestors. First stop, ancient Egypt, where archaeologists working at a temple in Taposiris Magna have discovered what they believe is a bust of Queen Cleopatra VII, famed for her romances with Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. While not everyone is convinced, coins depicting the late queen's head were also found at the site, supporting a connection with the ancient ruler.
This is not the only tantalizing treasure that's been revealed this week. Going further back, imagine how a 9-year-old boy must have felt when a mysterious, triangle-shaped rock he discovered three years earlier on a beach in Sussex, England, turned out to be a 50,000-year-old Neanderthal hand ax. "It's an absolutely incredible find," James Sainsbury, curator of archaeology and social history at Worthing Theatres and Museum, told Live Science.
