Ancient Hunting Blinds Found in Norway
Ancient Hunting Blinds Found in Norway If you want to kill a reindeer with a bow and arrow you have to get as close to the animal as you possibly can. You probably can’t be further away than 10-20 metres. Which is difficult, with an animal that will flee at the smallest sound or movement. …
Fossil child skull from 2.2 million years ago reveals how humans outsmarted the other great apes
Fossil child skull from 2.2 million years ago reveals how humans outsmarted the other great apes A fossil more than two million years old could help explain why man became so brainy. The Taung fossil, an early hominid that was discovered in South Africa in 1924, was a significant feature that could shed light on …
Taiwan finds a 4,800-year-old fossil of a mother cradling a baby
Taiwan finds 4,800-year-old fossil of mother cradling baby The 48 sets of remains unearthed in graves in the Taichung area are the earliest trace of human activity found in central Taiwan. The most striking discovery among them was the skeleton of a young mother looking down at a child cradled in her arms. Archaeologists in …
Treasures and lead coffin found in the ancient Roman mausoleum
Treasures and lead coffin found in the ancient Roman mausoleum An ancient mausoleum with the largest illegal silversmithing site in Roman Britain has been discovered. Archaeologists found a huge amount of litharge – a lead oxide and by-product of silver extraction – which suggests a clan was melting down metal to get at its precious …
Part donkey, part wild ᴀss, the kunga is the oldest known hybrid bred by humans
Part donkey, part wild ᴀss, the kunga is the oldest known hybrid bred by humans The kungas of Syro-Mesopotamia were ancient equines that roamed the region 4,500 years ago. Arriving long before domesticated horses did, the stocky horse-like animals were highly valued and used for pulling four-wheeled wagons into battle, reports James Gorman for the …
World’s Oldest Pants, Turfan Man’s Trousers, was Made through Three Weaving Techniques
World’s Oldest Pants, Turfan Man’s Trousers, was Made through Three Weaving Techniques What little rain that falls on a gravelly desert located in western China’s Tarim Basin evaporates as it hits the blistering turf. Here, in this parched wasteland, lie the ancient remains of people who made one of the biggest fashion splashes of all …
Israel Museum obtains world’s ‘first Jewish coin’
Israel Museum obtains world’s ‘first Jewish coin’ The Israel Museum has acquired over 1,200 ancient silver Persian coins, among the earliest known currency from the area, including what the museum has identified as the world’s oldest Jewish coin. The coins, dated to the 5th and 4th centuries BCE when the region was controlled by the …
Chinese explorers discovered America before Columbus?
Chinese explorers discovered America before Columbus? History may be rewritten as new evidence suggests ancient Chinese explorers landed on the New World around 2,500 years before Christopher Columbus, contrary to popular belief that the Italian seafarer ‘discovered’ America. History may be rewritten as new evidence suggests ancient Chinese explorers landed on the New World around …
Large Cache of Embalming Materials Discovered in Egypt
Large Cache of Embalming Materials Discovered in Egypt A team of Egyptologists from Charles University in Prague made the discovery in the western part of the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Abusir in the spring of last year when exploring a group of large shaft tombs located there. The collection of large ceramic vessels, containing residues …
Researchers Find a Lost Subterranean World in a Cave Beneath Antarctica
Researchers Find a Lost Subterranean World in a Cave Beneath Antarctica The 24th Ukrainian expedition members to Antarctica have managed to trace down a cave that had long been lost. The subterranean formation is three times larger than previously thought and features several lakes and a river, as reported on September 10 by the press …