During the demolition work, a 2,500-year-old bull heads alto relievo was discovered in Sinop
During the demolition work, a 2,500-year-old bull heads alto relievo was discovered in Sinop During the demolition work of the buildings in front of the historical city walls for the City Square National Garden project in the province of Sinop on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, 2,500-year-old bull heads shaped alto-relievo were found. According …
Ancient golden neck ring found in Denmark
Ancient golden neck ring found in Denmark A one-of-a-kind golden neck ring from the Germanic Iron Age (400-550 A.D.) has been discovered in a field not far from Esbjerg on the Jutland Peninsula in mainland Denmark. The ring weighs in at almost half a kilo (446 grams) and is designed with crescent-like depressions. The decoration …
‘Australia’s silk road’: Quarry sites dating back 2,100 years reveal a world-scale trading system in Mithaka country
‘Australia’s silk road’: Quarry sites dating back 2,100 years reveal a world-scale trading system in Mithaka country In Queensland’s remote Channel Country of red dirt and gibber rock, traditional owners and archaeologists have unearthed what researchers have dubbed “Australia’s Silk Road”. The region is archaeologically significant: the landscape has been dramatically altered by a huge …
Unprecedented 1800-year-old marble bathtub recovered in Turkey
Unprecedented 1800-year-old marble bathtub recovered in Turkey The 1800-year-old marble bathtub, which was seized when it was about to be sold by historical artefact smugglers in Aydın’s Karacasu district, was delivered to the Aphrodisias Museum Directorate. Experts stated that the 1-ton marble bathtub with reliefs of the lion’s head is not similar in Turkey. The …
The Neanderthal lifestyle: archaeological insights from Valencia
The Neanderthal lifestyle: archaeological insights from Valencia A research team from the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History of the University of Valencia (UV) has discovered and dated in Aspe (Alicante) an open-air neanderthal habitat over 120,000 years old in the Natural Park of Los Aljezares. The team was led by Professor Aleix Eixea, …
Newcomers from Eastern Europe settled in today’s Serbia almost 5,000 years ago
Newcomers from Eastern Europe settled in today’s Serbia almost 5,000 years ago Bones of tall men covered with a red dye, discovered by researchers including Polish archaeologists in two burial mounds in Vojvodina (northern Serbia) probably belonged to people who had come there almost 5 thousand years ago from the steppes of today’s South Russia …
‘Garbage dump’ discovered in ancient Egyptian tomb dedicated to the fertility goddess
‘Garbage dump’ discovered in ancient Egyptian tomb dedicated to the fertility goddess Figurines of deities and priests as well as vessels with a breast motif are among several hundred items discovered by archaeologists at an ancient garbage dump in Egypt. Polish researchers at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor in the south of the country, …
Roman-Era Pottery Workshop Uncovered in Egypt
Roman-Era Pottery Workshop Uncovered in Egypt Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient pottery workshop — with the remains of rounded vessels, coins, figurines and even a ‘ritual room’ — dating to the beginning of the Roman period in Tabba Matouh, West Alexandria. Ancient workers primarily used the site for crafting amphorae — two-handed vessels …
Gold ‘sun bowl’ discovered near Bronze Age swamp
Gold ‘sun bowl’ discovered near Bronze Age swamp Archaeologists excavating a 3,000-year-old settlement in Austria have unearthed a golden bowl with the image of a sun adorning its underside. “At the bottom of the bowl, a sun disc with 11 rays is depicted,” Michał Sip, an archaeologist with the German company Novetus, who is leading …
First Modern Humans Arrived in Europe Earlier Than Previously Known
First Modern Humans Arrived in Europe Earlier Than Previously Known Some 30 years of archaeological and other types of scientific research around the ancient artefacts and human remains in the Grotte Mandarin, located in the Rhone River Valley in southern France, has revealed that humans may have arrived in Europe about 10,000 years earlier than …