Study Explores Mobility in Early Medieval Scotland
Study Explores Mobility in Early Medieval Scotland Isotope analysis of ‘bodies in the bog’ found at Cramond reveals several crossed a politically divided Scotland, meeting their end hundreds of miles from their place of birth. For decades, the skeletal remains of nine adults and five infants found in the latrine of what was once a …
The first fossil of a daytime active owl found at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau
The first fossil of a daytime active owl found at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau An amazingly well-preserved fossil skeleton of an extinct owl that lived more than six million years ago has been unearthed in China. The fossil was discovered nearly 7,000 feet (2,100 meters) up, in the Linxia Basin of China’s Gansu …
Palaeolithic People in Mongolia May Have Consumed Giant Camel
Palaeolithic People in Mongolia May Have Consumed Giant Camel A species of giant two-humped camel, Camelus knoblochi, is known to have lived for approximately a quarter of a million years in Central Asia. A new study in Frontiers in Earth Science shows that C. knoblochi’s last refuge was in Mongolia until approximately 27,000 years ago. …
Neolithic Weapons Unearthed in Central China
Neolithic Weapons Unearthed in Central China A dozen stone weapons have been unearthed from a site dating back between 3,800 to 4,200 years in central China’s Hunan Province, the provincial cultural relics and archaeology research insтιтute said. The Sunjiagang site, located northwest of Dongting Lake Plain, dates back to the late Neolithic Age to the …
A 3,700-year-old burial site suggests female rule in Bronze Age Spain
A 3,700-year-old burial site suggests female rule in Bronze Age Spain Archaeologists in Spain have determined that the 3,700-year-old remains of a woman found beneath a Bronze Age era ruin may well be the first case of an ancient female ruling elite in Western Europe. The discovery at the La Almoloya site in Murcia, Spain, …
An English Teacher of History and a 9000-year-old cheddar man have the same DNA
An English Teacher of History and a 9000-year-old cheddar man have the same DNA Separated by 10,000 years but linked by DNA! A 9,000 year old skeleton’s DNA was tested and it was concluded that a living relative was teaching history about a half mile away, tracing back nearly 300 generations! Four years before, when …
Archaeologists in Mexico find 1,000-year-old Mayan canoe
Archaeologists in Mexico find 1,000-year-old Mayan canoe Archaeologists in southern Mexico have discovered a well-preserved wooden canoe that may be more than 1,000 years old. Used by the Maya, the vessel was submerged in a cenote, or freshwater sinkhole, near the ruins of Chichén Itzá in Yucatán state, Reuters reports. The canoe is just over …
Archaeologists believe they found the oldest Hebrew text in Israel – including the name of God
Archaeologists believe they found the oldest Hebrew text in Israel – including the name of God Archaeologist Dr. Scott Stripling and a team of international scholars held a press conference on Thursday in Houston, Texas, unveiling what he claims is the earliest proto-alphabetic Hebrew text — including the name of God, “YHWH” — ever discovered …
Discovery of unique burial containing 140 pieces of amber jewellery
Discovery of “unique” burial containing 140 pieces of amber jewellery A team of archaeologists from Petrozavodsk State University in Russia have unearthed the burial site of a Copper Age “amber man” who was painted with ocher upon his death and laid to rest with more than 100 pieces of jewellery. The expedition took place on …
Study Investigates the Name of Machu Picchu
Study Investigates the Name of Machu Picchu Machu Picchu is among the most recognized archaeological sites in the world. A lasting symbol of the Inca Empire, it’s one of the most visited attractions in Latin America and at the heart of the Peruvian tourist industry. However, when Hiram Bingham first visited the ruins in 1911 …