Sᴀssanid-Era Tables and Chairs Unearthed in Iran
Sᴀssanid-Era Tables and Chairs Unearthed in Iran According to a Tehran Times report, tables and chairs carved from gypsum have been unearthed at the site of a Zoroastrian fire temple in central Iran by a team of researchers from the University of Isfahan and the University of Tehran. Available evidence suggests the furniture was once …
Somersham headless bodies were victims of Roman executions
Somersham headless bodies were victims of Roman executions Archaeologists believe a group of beheaded bodies discovered at a burial site were likely victims of Roman military executions. A military supply farm in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, was discovered with an “unusually significant” number of beheaded remains from the third century. Several were on their knees when they …
Prehistoric animal carvings found for the first time in Scotland
Prehistoric animal carvings found for the first time in Scotland Prehistoric animal carvings thought to be thousands of years old have been found for the first time in Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) said the carvings – thought to be between 4,000 and 5,000 years old – were discovered inside Dunchraigaig Cairn in Kilmartin Glen, …
Archaeologists Uncover Evidence of Ancient, Indiscriminate Mᴀss Murder
Why were dozens of people butchered 6,200 years ago and buried in a Neolithic death pit? According to a fresh examination of the bones, 41 individuals were slaughtered and buried in a mᴀss grave around 6,200 years ago in what is now Croatia, and members of their own community may have murdered them. Adult men …
A pyramid-shaped mound holding 30 corpses may be the world’s oldest war monument
A pyramid-shaped mound holding 30 corpses may be the world’s oldest war monument The mᴀssive burial mound, which includes the corpses of at least 30 Syrian warriors and is now underwater, may be the oldest battle monument ever uncovered, according to experts. Tel Banat’s ruins stretch back at least 4,300 years. This monument is also …
2,000-Year-Old Realistic Green Mask Found Nestled Inside an Ancient Pyramid
2,000-Year-Old Realistic Green Mask Found Nestled Inside an Ancient Pyramid Alejandro Sarabia, Saburo Sugiyama, Enrique Perez Cortes & Nawa Sugiyama have reported this discovery, announced this finding registered during explorations conducted in the 65-meters high pyramidal structure from 2008 to 2011. The 116-meter-long tunnel drilled in 1930 by the archaeologist Eduardo Noguera was used to …
The oldest civilisation in the Americas: Have you heard of it?
The oldest civilisation in the Americas: Have you heard of it? Almost five thousand years ago, humankind came together in a way never seen before. We began to turn our backs on the traditional hunter-gatherer form of survival. Tribal communities based around families began to form into larger hierarchical systems. The techniques to build permanent …
Earliest known war driven by climate change, researchers say
Earliest known war driven by climate change, researchers say Researchers discovered 61 bones in the Nile Valley region in the 1960s, the earliest evidence of human conflict. The deaths were first attributed to a single armed battle. However, a recent reexamination of the 13,000-year-old bones revealed that individuals died over a period of years as …
3,800-Year-Old Gold Ornament Unearthed in Germany
3,800-Year-Old Gold Ornament Unearthed in Germany Live Science reports that a gold artefact thought to have been worn as a hair ornament has been found in a woman’s grave in southwestern Germany. Archaeologists have uncovered the 3,800-year-old burial of a woman who was around 20 years old when she died in what is now Tübingen, …
Beloved Gaza bookshop becomes a casualty of Israel-Hamas conflict
Beloved Gaza bookshop becomes a casualty of Israel-Hamas conflict “If I compare it to what is happening, it is minimal, but destroying the main bookstore we have is something serious,” said Refhat Alarir, an academic. At 6 am on Tuesday, Sameer Mansoor answered the call at his Gaza City home. This Israeli army was asking …