Controversial cave discoveries suggest humans reached the Americas much earlier than thought
Controversial cave discoveries suggest humans reached the Americas much earlier than thought Stone tools unearthed in a cave in Mexico indicate that humans could have lived in the area as early as about 33,000 years ago, researchers reported. That’s more than 10,000 years before humans are generally thought to have settled North America. This controversial discovery …
A new geological study shows that the great sphinx of Giza is 800,000 years old
A New geological study shows that the great sphinx of Giza is 800,000 Years old One of the most mysterious and enigmatic monuments on the planet’s surface is undoubtedly the Great Sphinx at the Giza plateau in Egypt. It is an ancient construction that has baffled researchers ever since its discovery and until today, no …
3,200-Year-Old Spider Mural Identified in Peru
3,200-Year-Old Spider Mural Identified in Peru The Guardian reports that a 3,200-year-old mural on a mudbrick structure situated near a river in northwestern Peru depicts a knife-wielding spider god ᴀssociated with rain and fertility. The image was painted with yellow, grey, and white paint in addition to ochre. The wall of the 15m x 5m …
Hundreds of Skeletons Unearthed at World’s Oldest City Show How Violence and Disease Ravaged Civilization
Hundreds of Skeletons Unearthed at World’s Oldest City Show How Violence and Disease Ravaged Civilization Around 9,000 years ago, a Neolithic settlement in central Turkey was starting to grow. The people living at Çatalhöyük had transitioned from foraging to farming, and the population of what would become one of the world’s first cities was increasing. …
Facial Reconstruction May Depict Pharaoh Akhenaten
Facial Reconstruction May Depict Pharaoh Akhenaten A digital model has been made of a human skull recovered in 1907 from tomb KV 55 in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, according to a Live Science report. Francesco Galᴀssi of Sicily’s Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology, Bioarchaeology Research Center, and 3-D forensic artist Cicero Moraes, used the Manchester method …
Possible 2,000-Year-Old Port Found in Northern England
Possible 2,000-Year-Old Port Found in Northern England BBC News reports that Roman artefacts, including stone anchors fashioned with a single hole, coins, nails, sharpening tools, and a brooch, have been recovered from a possible port site in the River Wear in northeastern England. One theory still to be examined is that it may have been …
Archaeologists Discover ‘Mᴀssive’ Ancient Building in Egypt
Archaeologists Discover ‘Mᴀssive’ Ancient Building in Egypt An ‘incredibly important’ ancient structure which they claim is believed to be a well-known city in ancient Egypt’s history, it is stated by the country’s Antiquities Ministry announced. The city of Memphis was founded circa 2925 B.C. by Menes, a king who is said to have united the prehistoric …
Long Lost Early Colonial Fort Discovered in Maryland
Long Lost Early Colonial Fort Discovered in Maryland According to a Washington Post report, archaeologist Travis Parno, archaeological geophysicist Tim Horsley, and their colleagues at Historic St. Mary’s City announced the discovery of the undisturbed outline of the palisaded fort at St. Mary’s, which was erected in southern Maryland by English colonists in 1634. Maryland …
Giant Face of Ucanha: Huge Sculpted Mayan Mask Found in Mexico
Giant Face of Ucanha: Huge Sculpted Mayan Mask Found in Mexico A giant Mayan mask as tall as a person has been revealed at an archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The mask, which depicts the face of an unknown deity or elite person, was sculpted from the building material stucco and dates …
3,000-Year-Old Artifacts Unearthed in Southwestern China
3,000-Year-Old Artifacts Unearthed in Southwestern China CNN reports that more than 500 artifacts have been found in six sacrificial pits at Sanxingdui, a Bronze Age site in southwestern China discovered in the 1920s and thought to have belonged to the independent Shu state, which was conquered in 316 B.C. Weighing about 280 grams (0.6 pounds) …