Medieval Burial Cave Discovered in Gabon
Medieval Burial Cave Discovered in Gabon The finding of a burial site from the 14th century deep in the tropical forest of Gabon will demonstrate a little known period in Africa’s history. A cave located in the south-east of the country, which was discovered in 2018 by a French geo-archaeologist, contains hundreds of medieval artifacts with …
Alcohol Bottles Uncovered at Convict Station in Tasmania
Alcohol Bottles Uncovered at Convict Station in Tasmania In the structural remains of solitary cells of the convicts in Tasmania, archaeologists have unearthed hundreds of convict era artefacts. 160 prisoners took part in the construction of a highway between Hobart and Launceston between 1838 and 1847 at the Picton Road Station in the Southern Midlands. …
Teenage girl’s skeleton discovered in a mysterious grave near Egyptian pyramid
Teenage girl’s skeleton discovered in a mysterious grave near Egyptian pyramid The skeletal remains, hugging in the crypt, of a 13-year-old girl, have been discovered by Egyptian archeologists excavating the pyramid ruins 60 miles out of Cairo. It is a mystery how or when she died, though the experts say the site itself dates back …
90,000-year-old human hybrid found in ancient cave
90,000-year-old human hybrid found in ancient cave The idea of free love seems to have started even earlier than in the 1960s. A small bone fragment belonging to an ancient hominin called “Denny” by the team, who had a mother Neanderthal and a dad Denisovan-the two nearest extinct relatives of the living humans today, was …
Humans were in America 100,000 years earlier than we thought, study claims
Humans were in America 100,000 years earlier than we thought, study claims The remnants of a mastodon found in a routine freeway excavation in San Diego shows there was human activity in North America 130,000 years ago — or about 115,000 years earlier than previously thought. The fossils of the ancient mammal were revealed more than …
Mexico Returns Bronze Sculpture To Nigeria
Mexican Government Returns Stolen Bronze Sculpture to Nigeria Mexican customs officials thwarted an attempt to smuggle the ancient Yoruba sculpture into the country. The Mexican government has recently returned a stolen bronze sculpture to Nigeria according to Vanguard. The ancient sculpture was seized by customs officials at Mexico City Airport following an attempt to reportedly …
Half-Eaten Cookie Found Inside 16th Century Tudor Manuscript
Half-Eaten Cookie Found Inside 16th Century Tudor Manuscript One timid schoolboy is believed to be leafing through the book which seems to be a chocolate chip cookie about 50 years ago. The manuscript — which dates back almost 500 years — was given to the university by a grammar school in 1970. The 1529 volume …
Archaeologists in Turkey Discover a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History
Archaeologists in Turkey Discover a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History In Southern Turkey Last Winter, a local farmer stumbled over a large stone half submerged in a canal of irrigation with mysterious inscriptions. Accordingly to new discoveries, the stone revealed the existence of an ancient, lost civilization that might have defeated King Midas’ kingdom …
Remembering the giant mushrooms that once ruled the earth
Remembering the giant mushrooms that once ruled the earth When earth plants were relatively new kids and “the largest trees only a few meters high” on the evolutionary block from around 420 to 350 million years ago, giant spires of life poked from the Earth. “The ancient organism boasted trunks up to 24 feet (8 …
Bones hidden in church revealed to be remains of one of England’s earliest saints
Bones hidden in church revealed to be remains of one of England’s earliest saints First scientific tests on bones in a Kent Church for decades prove they are really are relics of one of the earliest English saints, Eanswythe, patron saint of Folkestone. She was a Kentish royal Anglo-Saxon princess who is said to have …