6,000-year-old baby found cradled in mother’s arm
6,000-year-old baby found cradled in mother’s arm A 6,000-year-old baby with its teeth still intact and resting in the arms of a woman, believed to be its mother, has been found in a grave in the Netherlands. Archaeologists said it was the oldest baby grave ever found in the Netherlands. The grave, uncovered at a …
Till death do us part! 3500-year-old tombs with hand-holding couples found
Till death do us part! 3500-year-old tombs with hand-holding couples found Russian scientists are trying to uncover the secrets of 3,500-year-old Bronze Age graves, where couples are buried together in a seemingly loving embrace – under suspicions of macabre explanation. These pictures show ancient burials in the village of Staryi Tartas in Siberia where some …
Ancient Chinese tomb dating back 2,500 years uncovered to shed light on the obscure kingdom
Ancient Chinese tomb dating back 2,500 years uncovered to shed light on obscure kingdom Archaeologists in Luoyang, central China, unveiled a 2,500-year-old tomb they’ve been excavating since 2009. The tomb contained copper bells and ceremonial pots. It is the largest site of around 200 tombs in the area. There was also a horse burial pit …
Turkish archaeologists find 2,400-year-old monument at Haydarpaşa
Turkish archaeologists find 2,400-year-old monument at Haydarpaşa Hurriyet Daily News reports that a semicircular structure dated to the third century B.C. has been uncovered at the site of the Haydarpașa train station in Istanbul, which is located on the Asian side of the Bosporus. The structure, discovered at the station’s waiting platforms, covers a large …
2,000-year-old remains of nomadic ‘royal’ unearthed by Russian farmer includes ‘laughing man,’ haul of jewels and weapons
2,000-year-old remains of nomadic ‘royal’ unearthed by Russian farmer includes ‘laughing man,’ haul of jewels and weapons Russian farmer unearths the remains of a 2,000-year-old nomadic ‘royal’ buried alongside a ‘laughing’ man. A farmer found the haul when digging on his land in the south of Russia near the Caspian Sea. Stunning gold and silver …
600-year-old Medieval lingerie set found in an Austrian castle
600-year-old Medieval lingerie set found in an Austrian castle It is hardly racy by today’s standards but this skimpy lingerie has certainly shocked historians. The lace and linen undergarments date back to hundreds of years before women’s underwear was thought to exist. They had lain hidden in a vault beneath the floorboards of an Austrian …
5,000-Year-old stepwell Discovered
5,000-Year-old stepwell Discovered A 5,000-year-old stepwell has been found in one of the largest Harappan cities, Dholavira, in Kutch. It is part of a reservoir that is three times bigger than the Great Bath at Mohenjo Daro. Located in the eastern reservoir of Dholavira by experts from the Archaeological Survey of India working with IIT-Gandhinagar, …
Newly Discovered Cave Paintings Suggest Early Man Was Battling A Lot Of Inner Demons
Newly Discovered Cave Paintings Suggest Early Man Was Battling A Lot Of Inner Demons The discovery of cave drawings in northern Spain by a team from the University of Cambridge suggests that prehistoric people struggled with a range of inner demons, nagging worries, and anxieties as they struggled with life’s demands in the Paleolithic era. …
FBI cracks the case of the 4,000-year-old mummy’s head
FBI cracks the case of the 4,000-year-old mummy’s head A team of forensic scientists has managed to extract DNA from a 4,000-year-old mummy, and their finding has solved a century-old mystery of its ransacked tomb. The Egyptian mummy wasn’t a fully preserved corpse, but rather a decapitated, mutilated, bandage-wrapped head that archaeologists found on top …
Who built the Egyptian pyramids?
Who built the Egyptian pyramids? The pyramids of Egypt are a marvel of archaeology, soaring high above the desert sands and visible for miles. Who were the people who managed to construct these pyramids, which was obviously a monumental task? Many hypotheses exist concerning who constructed Egypt’s pyramids, including mᴀssive groups of enslaved Jewish and wilder …