New Huge Viking Ship Discovered By Radar In Øye, Norway – What Is Hidden Beneath The Ground?
New Huge Viking Ship Discovered By Radar In Øye, Norway – What Is Hidden Beneath The Ground? A new Viking Age ship has been discovered by archaeologists in Norway during a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey. This exciting find reveals a huge Viking boat buried beneath the ground in Øye, in Kvinesdal. This archaeological discovery is …
Incredibly Well-Preserved 1,000-Year-Old Wooden Ladder Discovered In The UK
Incredibly Well-Preserved 1,000-Year-Old Wooden Ladder Discovered In The UK Archaeologists in the UK have made many fascinating discoveries while excavating at a site known as Field 44 near the village of Tempsford in Central Bedfordshire. Some weeks ago, archaeologists working in the area announced the remains of a Roman malting oven that could be the …
700-Year-Old Ship Found In Surprisingly Good Condition In Estonia
700-Year-Old Ship Found In Surprisingly Good Condition In Estonia A 700-year-old, well-preserved ship found at a construction site in the Estonian capital Tallinn on the shores of the Baltic Sea is hailed as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Europe this year. The ship was found five feet (1.5 meters) underground at a …
Artefacts Hint at Chinese American Life in Early 20th-Century Oregon
Artefacts Hint at Chinese American Life in Early 20th-Century Oregon Uncovering the past of historically under-represented communities sometimes means having to do a little digging, through newspapers, archives and even the ground. A new affordable housing construction project in downtown Eugene tapped archaeologists from the Museum of Natural and Cultural History to conduct an archaeological …
Huge Cache of Stolen Antiquities Found in Central Israel
Huge Cache of Stolen Antiquities Found in Central Israel A vast cache of antiquities looted from sites in the West Bank was revealed on Thursday by the Israel Antiquities Authority. While antiquities theft is common in Israel, and thieves and traders are often caught, this was a big catch. Ancient cuneiform tablets, a bronze figurine, …
Livestock and dairying led to dramatic social changes in ancient Mongolia, U-M study shows
Livestock and dairying led to dramatic social changes in ancient Mongolia, U-M study shows The movement of herders and livestock into the eastern steppe is of great interest to researchers, but few scholars have linked the introduction of herds and horses to the rise of complex societies. Now, a new study in the journal PLOS …
3,500-Year-Old Spearhead Found in England
3,500-Year-Old Spearhead Found in England A rare Bronze Age spearhead has been found by workers while developing a wetland in Gloucestershire. Experts discovered it at Cirencester Sewage Works, near South Cerney, earlier this year and on 10 May estimated it is about 3,500 years old. Archaeologists said it appeared to be a family heirloom that …
Tomb Saviors: Two Giants Found In Ancient Graveyard Could Have Been Body Guards
Tomb Saviors: Two Giants Found In Ancient Graveyard Could Have Been Body Guards Giant statues crafted more than 3,000 years ago could have been guardians of an ancient graveyard, say experts. The mysterious Bronze Age giants were found at a necropolis near Mont’e Prama in Cabras, a small town in the western part of the …
Ancient DNA gives new insights into the ‘lost’ Indigenous people of Uruguay
Ancient DNA gives new insights into the ‘lost’ Indigenous people of Uruguay The first whole-genome sequences of the ancient people of Uruguay provide a genetic snapsH๏τ of Indigenous populations of the region before they were decimated by a series of European military campaigns. PNAS Nexus published the research, led by anthropologists at Emory University and …
Cattle May Have Been Domesticated in the Central Nile Valley
Cattle May Have Been Domesticated in the Central Nile Valley Scientists have found that humans domesticated cattle around 10,000 years ago in the Central Nile region in today’s Sudan. The preliminary conclusions from researchers at the Polish Academy of Sciences who recently returned from excavations overturn traditional thoughts that domesticated cattle came to East Africa …