As many as 17 pyramids, more than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 settlements were uncovered using infrared technology.
Discovered in the burial cave of a Jewish high priest, the nails may have been used to crucify Jesus.
Nicolae Ceausescu, who ruled Romania with an iron fist for a quarter century, may not be buried at the grave bearing his name.
The oldest tombs date to around 2750 B.C. during Egypt's first and second dynasties.
The scraps of ancient bandages -- some with dirty fingerprints of Tut's embalmers -- had been contained in long forgotten jars at a museum.
The 2,700-year-old grave held a dignitary, aged around 50, buried with the remains of a one-year-old child over his body.
The remains of a 2,000-year-old skeleton found in eastern Mongolia reveal a man of multi-ethnic heritage.