The Unique Architectural Heritage Of Icelandic Turf Houses that Hidden In The Landscape
The Unique Architectural Heritage Of Icelandic Turf Houses that Hidden In The Landscape Memorable, popular, and rumored to be the inspiration for Tolkien’s hobbit holes, turf houses are a rare form of home for the people who live in difficult climates. For millennia, they have existed, and although layouts and materials may have changed, the basic …
Manchester Victorian baths uncovered under the car park
Manchester Victorian baths uncovered under the car park Remnants from one of the earliest Victorian bathhouses have been unearthed beneath a car park. The “stunning” remains of Mayfield Baths, where mill workers took baths and washed their clothes, were found by archaeologists in Manchester. The ornate tiles of the Mayfield baths, whose pools measured nearly …
Haunting pictures show a mᴀss grave of 113 ancient human remains buried in clay pots in China
Haunting pictures show a mᴀss grave of 113 ancient human remains buried in clay pots in China These haunting images show a mᴀss grave of 113 ancient human remains buried in household clay pots. Archaeologists have discovered a group of 2,000-year-old tombs using a unique ancient burial method in central China. A total of 113 …
300,000-Year-Old Wooden Throwing Stick Found in Germany
300,000-Year-Old Wooden Throwing Stick Found in Germany In Germany, a 300,000-year-old hunting stick able to kill big predators has been discovered. Used by the extinct human subspecies Homo heidelbergensis, the wooden throwing stick was capable of killing waterbirds and horses during the Ice Age. It was achieved by conducting trials and looking at what would …
Archaeological Site in Peru Is Called Oldest City in the Americas
Archaeological Site in Peru Is Called Oldest City in the Americas A complex of American pyramids that may be older than the pyramids of Egypt stands on a high, dry terrace overlooking a lush river valley in the Andes Mountains of Peru. These structures are remnants of the ancient city of Caral, which some have …
An American King Tut’s Tomb of the Arkansas Valley
An American King Tut’s Tomb of the Arkansas Valley During the height of its looting in the winter of 1935, the Spiro site—located in northeastern Oklahoma just 10 miles west of Fort Smith—was catapulted to fame by a headline published in the Kansas City Star (December 15, 1935) proclaiming it “A ‘King Tut’ Tomb in …
Grave robbers almost destroyed one of the most important archaeological sites in Oklahoma
Grave robbers almost destroyed one of the most important archaeological sites in Oklahoma A miner’s pickaxe punched a hole through a wall of hard-packed soil 18 inches thick by drilling into a mound of earth on the banks of the Arkansas River in far eastern Oklahoma. The air hissed as it rushed to fill a hollow …
Man-Made or Natural? Mysterious, Giant Face Discovered on Cliff in Canada
Man-Made or Natural? Mysterious, Giant Face Discovered on Cliff in Canada A mysterious, “large” face on the cliffside of an island in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve has recently been re-discovered by a man who has been searching for the face for over two years, according to government agency Parks Canada. Hank Gus of …
Advanced 1,50,000-year-old pipework found under Chinese Pyramid
Advanced 1,50,000-year-old pipework found under Chinese Pyramid Who could have built such a complex structure 150,000 years ago, at a time when the man had barely started using fire? The Baigong pipes are one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world. They can be found inside a badly-eroded pyramid standing on top of Mount …
Researchers Discover a 2 billion-year-old nuclear reactor in Africa
Researchers Discover a 2 billion-year-old nuclear reactor in Africa In June 1972, nuclear scientists at the Pierrelatte uranium enrichment plant in south-east France noticed a strange deficit in the amount of uranium-235 they were processing. That’s a serious problem in a uranium enrichment plant where every gram of fissionable material has to be carefully accounted …