Archaeologists say they’ve found a mᴀssive underground structure that could be four times the size of Stonehenge
Archaeologists say they’ve found a mᴀssive underground structure that could be four times the size of Stonehenge Archaeologists have confirmed that the ruins of a significant, modern prehistoric stone monument, buried less than 3 kilometres (186 miles) from Stonehenge have been identified. The site is 15 times the size of Stonehenge. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project team – …
8th-Century A.D. Rock-Cut Temple Revealed in India
8th-Century A.D. Rock-Cut Temple Revealed in India On the banks of the Arjuna River at Sivakasi ‘s M Pudhupatti village in India, a three-chambered rock-covered temple, believed to be 1,200 years old, has been identified. The building, cut in the side of a limestone rock, was riddled with thickets and debris until a week ago …
Ancient Irish DNA reveals incredible secrets, including Down Syndrome
Ancient Irish DNA reveals incredible secrets, including Down Syndrome In the earliest periods of Irish history, archaeologists and geneticists led by those from Trinity have shed new light. The amazing findings of this study include an adult male genome hidden in the heart of the Newgrange pᴀssage tomb points to first-degree incest, implying he was …
Saharan remains may be evidence of first race war 13,000 years ago
Saharan remains may be evidence of first race war 13,000 years ago Humans’ remains of people killed 13,000 years ago in what scientists believe is the oldest identified race war, are today due to going on display at the British Museum in London. Two skeletons from a mᴀssacre in the Sahara desert in 11,000BC, which …
1,000-year-old Christian cemetery yields terrifying discoveries
1,000-year-old Christian cemetery yields terrifying discoveries It is suspected that the nearly 1,000-year-old find is the oldest known Christian burial site in north Poland’s Dobrzyn Region. In the year 966 Poland formally accepted Christianity, switching from paganism to Catholicism. In the village of Starorypin Prywatny, archaeologists have now discovered possible proof of Christianity, unearthing the …
Rare 6-Million-Year-Old Skull of Juvenile Ape Discovered
Rare 6-Million-Year-Old Skull of Juvenile Ape Discovered A new cranium of a fossil ape from Shuitangba, a Miocene site in Yunnan province, China has been confirmed by a team of scientists. Dr Denise Su, curator of palaeobotany and paleoecology at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, co-authored research describing the new skull published online in …
8,600 years old Textile tools found in western Turkey
8,600 years old Textile tools found in western Turkey Hurriyet Daily News reports that 8,600-year-old textile tools have been uncovered in western Anatolia at the ancient settlement site of Ekşi Höyük. Fulya Dedeoğlu of Ege University said the bone needles and round stones for spinning thread were found in a building dated to the Neolithic period. …
People Lived in This Cave for 78,000 Years
People Lived in This Cave for 78,000 Years A large cave site was identified by an international interdisciplinary group of scholars operating along the east coast of Africa that documented significant activities of hunter-gatherers and later, Iron Age communities. Detailed environmental research has demonstrated that human occupations occur in a persistent tropical forest-grᴀssland ecotone, adding …
5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of a Mᴀssive Asteroid
5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of a Mᴀssive Asteroid For more than 150 years scientists have tried to solve the mystery of a notorious cuneiform clay tablet that reveals that in the past the impact case of so-called Köfel was detected. The circular stone-cast tablet was discovered in the late 1800s from the …
The Yakhchāl: 2,400-Year-old Persian refrigerator that stored food in the desert
The Yakhchāl: 2,400-Year-old Persian “refrigerator” that stored food in the desert The refrigerator is one of the most indispensable appliances of modern life. it’s almost unthinkable that a person can live with one or least have other means to keep their food refrigerated. so, imagine what if life was like during ancient times when electricity …