200-year-old temple buried in the sand, excavated in Southeastern India
200-year-old temple buried in the sand, excavated in Southeastern India The Hindu reports that a brick temple was revealed during sand mining in southeastern India’s Penna River. Estimated to be about 200 years old, the temple may have been submerged and buried as the river changed its course after flooding in 1850, according to Rama …
Fossil Reefs Yield Evidence of Prehistoric Meals
Fossil Reefs Yield Evidence of Prehistoric Meals Prehistoric explorers could have depended on shellfish for their survival in times of drought, a new study suggests, following the migratory routes from Africa. The research examined fossil reefs in the area of the now-submerged Red Sea coastline that marked prehistoric migratory routes from Africa to Arabia. The …
6th century Gold Coin Discovered in Southern India
6th century Gold Coin Discovered in Southern India The Times of India reports that a sixth-century gold coin measuring less than one-half inch in diameter was unearthed in the Agaram neighborhood of southern India’s city of Chennai. One side of the coin bears a U-shaped symbol called a Naaman, a religious mark usually placed on …
530-million-year-old fossil may contain worlds oldest eye, reveals study
530-million-year-old fossil may contain worlds oldest eye, reveals study Paleontologists have found what could well be the oldest example of a fossilized eye the world has ever seen, preserved for over half a billion years. It belongs to a trilobite – a class of once-abundant early arthropods that peaked in the Cambrian Period and thrived in the …
1,000-Year-Old Bible Found in Turkey Shows Images of Jesus
1,000-Year-Old Bible Found in Turkey Shows Images of Jesus The discovery was made in the central Turkish town of Tokat by officials carrying out an operation to stop priceless artifacts from being smuggled out of the country. The Turkish Police uncovered a valuable collection of jewellery, 53 ancient coins as well as two rings and two …
3,500 Years old Bronze Age skull shows women always loved jewellery
3,500 Years old Bronze Age skull shows women always loved jewellery. A female skeleton around 3,500 years old has been found wearing a “designer” headband comprising tiny bronze spirals. Another evidence showing women have always loved jewellery! She may have walked the earth thousands of years ago, but this woman was clearly as fond of …
A trove of 5,000-year-old artifacts returns to Ecuador
A trove of 5,000-year-old artifacts returns to Ecuador Almost 40 years after the objects were moved to Canada for research, a series of artifacts from one of the most ancient settled civilizations in America was returned to Ecuador. Although historical artifacts and art treasures have become fairly common in their places of origin, the current …
Excavation in Northern Iran Recovers Early Islamic Artifacts
Excavation in Northern Iran Recovers Early Islamic Artifacts During an archeological excavation process that is currently being carried out in a century-long congregational mosque in Rasht, the capital of the Gilan province in northern Iran, historical artifacts have been discovered. Saturday, the Deputy Provincial Tourism Chief Vali Jahani announced that “the excavations within the historic …
Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement
The Vikings may have caused one of the earliest animal extinctions ᴀssociated with humans In Iceland, there are no walruses, but there were hundreds at one time . The time of the disappearance of the walruses indicates the loss of population may be one of the earliest known examples of people leading a sea species …
A Fossilised Skull Has Revealed When The Last ‘Siberian Unicorn’ Lived on Earth
A Fossilised Skull Has Revealed When The Last ‘Siberian Unicorn’ Lived on Earth The unicorn first emerged nearly 2.5 million years ago but is believed to have disappeared 350,000 years ago. However, researchers from Tomsk State University in Siberia, Russia, now believe that Elasmotherium Sibiricum may have been around till as recently as 29,000 years ago. “Most …