Lost civilization: Ancient Golan rock art sheds light on the mysterious culture around Israel
Lost civilization: Ancient Golan rock art sheds light on the mysterious culture around Israel The chance discovery of lines carved into the boulders of an ancient tomb in what is now the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights could offer new insight into an enigmatic culture that thrived thousands of years ago. In a small clearing in the …
American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse
American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse Five granite slabs rise in a star formation on a desolate field in Georgia, United States. – one weighs more than 20 tons, and there is a capstone on top of them. Nobody knows who constructed them or why they were put there, but one common theory is …
1 billion-year-old fossil ‘balls’ may be Earth’s earliest known multicellular life
1 billion-year-old fossil ‘balls’ may be Earth’s earliest known multicellular life Scientists have discovered a rare evolutionary “missing link” dating to the earliest chapter of life on Earth. It’s a microscopic, ball-shaped fossil that bridges the gap between the very first living creatures — single-celled organisms — and more complex multicellular life. The spherical fossil contains two different …
World War I Soldiers’ Artifacts Found in Alpine Cave
World War I Soldiers’ Artifacts Found in Alpine Cave According to a CNN report, continuing glacier melt has revealed additional World War I artefacts in a cave near the peak of Mount Scorluzzo in northern Italy. Twenty Austrian soldiers took shelter in the cave, which is located near the strategic Stelvio Pᴀss, and camouflaged it …
A cache of 1,500-Year-Old Gold Pendants Found in Norway
A Cache of 1,500-Year-Old Gold Pendants Found in Norway Science Norway reports that seven gold pendants, or bracteates, estimated to be 1,500 years old have been unearthed in southeastern Norway by archaeologists Jessica Leigh McGraw, Margrete Figenschou Simonsen found in a field and near a small hill at the edge of the field. If this …
Child’s Coffin Discovered at the Real Alcázar of Seville
Child’s Coffin Discovered at the Real Alcázar of Seville El País reports that the remains of a child were discovered under the floor near the main altar in the chapel at the Real Alcázar of Seville, a royal palace in southern Spain. The burial was found during work to restore the palace’s sixteenth-century ceramic tiles, …
Marble Head of Augustus Unearthed in Southern Italy
Marble Head of Augustus Unearthed in Southern Italy Artnews reports that a marble head of the Roman emperor Augustus (r. 27 B.C.–A.D. 14) was unearthed in southern Italy’s region of Molise by a team of researchers led by archaeologist Francesca Giancola. The sculpture, which has lost its body and nose was discovered while renovating Isernia’s …
The neanderthal family found cannibalised in a cave in Spain
The neanderthal family found cannibalised in a cave in Spain Researchers uncovered the bones of a possible family group of Neanderthals, including an infant, in a cave in Spain. The bones of the 12 people display evidence of cannibalism, suggesting another Neanderthal group came along and chowed down on the meat. According to the study, …
Mystery of the Copper Scroll: How biblical relic could lead to secret $3TRILLION treasure
Mystery of the Copper Scroll: How biblical relic could lead to secret $3TRILLION treasure When an archaeologist named Henri de Contenson was leading a team of ten Bedouin in a hillside cave a few kilometres from Qumran in 1952, he uncovered two enigmatic scrolls known as the Copper Scroll in a highly oxidized state. It …
Mᴀssive Stone Jars in the Highlands of Laos Are Shrouded in Mystery
Mᴀssive Stone Jars in the Highlands of Laos Are Shrouded in Mystery The eerie ‘Plain of Jars’ in Laos maybe thousands of years older than previously thought, and have been in use for even longer. Limestone vessels dotting the landscape of northern Laos were placed there up to 3,300 years ago, according to an analysis …