New discoveries from Ancient Egypt: Archaeologists have unearthed a number of Ancient Egyptian artefacts recently, the most striking of which is a red granite obelisk believed to be as old as 4,300 years. A Swiss-French mission dug up the ruin — one of the largest stone fragments ever found — at the Saqqara necropolis, Newsweek reports.

In South Aswan, a team of Egyptian archaeologists uncovered pre-Dynastic runes engraved on sandstone rocks dating back to the same era as other markings in French, Spanish, and Italian caves, Ahram Online reports.

Over by the Red Sea, Polish excavations uncovered a pet cemetery with nearly 100 intact animal skeletons dating back to 75-150 AD, according to Forbes. Meanwhile, Russian scientists say an Egyptian mummy believed to have belonged to a high-born female singer turned out to be a castrated, middle-aged man, despite the practice being uncommon in Egypt.