Evidence that a cosmic impact destroyed the ancient city in the Jordan Valley
Evidence that a cosmic impact destroyed the ancient city in the Jordan Valley The destruction of Tall el-Hammam, a Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley, by an exploding comet or meteor may have inspired the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah, a new study suggests. (“[N]otoriously sinful cities,” Sodom and Gomorrah’s devastation by sulfur …
Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago
Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago The question of when humans first migrated to North America has long been a matter of H๏τ debate among researchers who have continually uncovered evidence of ever-earlier dates. Now, analysis of ancient fossilized human footprints in New Mexico has pushed the date back …
Ancient religious ritual tools unearthed by Egyptian archaeologists
Ancient religious ritual tools unearthed by Egyptian archaeologists Waziri stated this discovery is considered to be a major find in Egypt as it has the instruments that were utilised in conducting the daily religious rituals. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities released a statement on September 18, Saturday stating that the Egyptian archaeologists discovered some ancient …
DNA Analysis Identifies Japanese Ancestors
DNA Analysis Identifies Japanese Ancestors Researchers have rewritten Japanese history after uncovering a third, and a previously unknown, group of ancestors that migrated to Japan around 2,000 years ago, of modern-day Japanese populations. Ancient Japan can be split into three key time periods: the Jomon period (13,000 B.C. to 300 B.C.), a time when a …
Dinosaur fossils found in Argentina could belong to the largest creature ever to have walked the Earth
Dinosaur fossils found in Argentina could belong to the largest creature ever to have walked the Earth A team of researchers with Naturales y Museo, Universidad de Zaragoza and Universidad Nacional del Comahue has found evidence that suggests the remains of a dinosaur discovered in Argentina in 2012 may represent a creature that was the …
Researchers discover four dinosaurs in Montana
Researchers discover four dinosaurs in Montana A team of palaeontologists from the University of Washington and its Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture excavated four dinosaurs in northeastern Montana this summer. All fossils will be brought back to the Burke Museum where the public can watch palaeontologists remove the surrounding rock in the fossil …
Possible Grave of Medieval Christian Hermit Excavated in Spain
Possible Grave of Medieval Christian Hermit Excavated in Spain This summer, a tomb embedded in the rock by the main entrance to the San Tirso and San Bernabé Hermitage situated in the karst complex of Ojo Guareña (Merindad de Sotoscueva, Burgos) was excavated; its structure of slabs holds the skeleton of an adult individual in …
Burned Layer at Jamestown Linked to Bacon’s Rebellion
Burned Layer at Jamestown Linked to Bacon’s Rebellion While placing lights at the front of Historic Jamestowne’s memorial church ahead of its 2019 reopening, Jamestown Rediscovery’s Senior Staff Archaeologist Sean Romo made an interesting discovery: burn deposits buried just below the surface. With several recorded accounts of open fires at the settlement, Romo said there …
Rare 6,000-year-old mussel shell reveals insights into First Nations technology
Rare 6,000-year-old mussel shell reveals insights into First Nations technology New research by archaeologists has described rare shell artefacts discovered at Calperum Station and Murrawong (Glen Lossie) on the Murray River in South Australia. The artefacts were found in sites known to archaeologists as shell middens during field trips by Flinders and Griffith University scientists, …
Three Phases of Wooden Wagon Way Uncovered in Scotland
Three Phases of Wooden Wagon Way Uncovered in Scotland BBC News reports that three layers of wooden tracks constructed for the horse-drawn Tranent Waggonway have been uncovered in East Lothian by researchers from the 1722 Waggonway Project. The Tranent Waggonway in East Lothian was first constructed in 1722. It was initially built for hauling coal from …