Inscribed Medieval Gold Brooch Recovered in England
Inscribed Medieval Gold Brooch Recovered in England A metal detectorist has discovered a medieval gold brooch with a series of Latin and Hebrew inscriptions. The artefact, found in Wiltshire in the U.K., may have mixed religion and magic in an attempt to give its user protection against illness or supernatural events. The Latin inscriptions translate …
Palau’s green pyramids: could be a geo-archaeological project
Palau’s green pyramids: could be a geo-archaeological project According to oral tradition, a huge serpent wound around the hills on the Palauan island and created the terraces with her body. But how did the monumental earthworks on Babeldaob really come about? Researchers from the Insтιтute for Ecosystem Research at Kiel University (CAU), in collaboration with …
Archaeologists puzzled how ‘big clue’ over Cerne Abbas Giant’s age was missed
Archaeologists puzzled how ‘big clue’ over Cerne Abbas Giant’s age was missed Carved into the hillside of rural Dorset is a 55-metre tall naked man wielding a huge club in his right hand. With an 11-metre erection on full display, he is England’s largest and rudest chalk hill figure. Situated near the village of Cerne …
Archaeologists find a 9,000-year-old shrine in the Jordan desert
Archaeologists find a 9,000-year-old shrine in the Jordan desert A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said Tuesday that it had found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. The ritual complex was found in a Neolithic campsite near large structures known as “desert kites,” or mᴀss traps that …
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 …