A Roman settlement at the bottom of the sea
A Roman settlement at the bottom of the sea The underwater statues at Baiae are replicas but still feel “ghostly and sublime”. “You’re sure I can cross?” I had to almost shout to be heard. Wooden slats dotted the ground before me. About 30m to my right, steam rose into the sky in thick grey-white …
Chachapoyas Children’s Cemetery Found in Peru
Chachapoyas Children’s Cemetery Found in Peru Archaeologists reported on the unique culture of the Chachapoyan people, a society of Andean people living in the cloud forests of the Amazonas region of present-day Peru, otherwise known as the ‘Warriors of the Clouds’. The Chachapoyas are known for their incredible sarcophagi, known as purunmachu. The sarcophagi were …
This 2,400-year-old mushroom is the largest living organism on the planet
This 2,400-year-old mushroom is the largest living organism on the planet The largest living thing on the planet is not a whale or any other animal you might expect. It is a giant fungus that kills anything in its path, currently taking up more than three square miles of Oregon. The Armillaria ostoyae, more popularly …
Researchers left ‘speechless’ by ‘magical’ Iron Age treasure
Researchers left ‘speechless’ by ‘magical’ Iron Age treasure Archaeologists were stunned when they unearthed Iron Age treasure owned by extremely wealthy figures from the time period. The amazing discovery was made in 2016 as two treasure hunters – Mark Hambleton and Joe Kania – found the earliest example of Iron Age gold ever found in …
Researchers stunned by ‘perfect’ £300million shipwreck treasure
Researchers stunned by ‘perfect’ £300million shipwreck treasure The fortune of the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, which sunk in a fight near Portugal’s Cape St Marie in 1804, was raised in an American court after a US salvage company took 594,000 gold and silver coins worth £308 million from the site in 2007. The curator of …
30,000-year-old stone tools discovered in Mexican Cave suggest humans reached America much earlier than thought
30,000-year-old stone tools discovered in Mexican Cave suggest humans reached America much earlier than thought Stone tools unearthed in a cave in Mexico indicate that humans could have lived in the area as early as about 33,000 years ago, researchers report online July 22 in Nature. That’s more than 10,000 years before humans are generally thought to …
Posh grave of Iron Age ‘warrior’ buried 2,000 years ago in Roman Britain uncovered
Posh grave of Iron Age ‘warrior’ buried 2,000 years ago in Roman Britain uncovered UCL archaeologists have uncovered a richly furnished grave belonging to an Iron Age ‘ warrior ‘ found 2,000 years ago in West SusSєx. In the grave were placed iron weapons, including a sword in a highly decorated scabbard and a spear. …
Site of 18th-Century Steam Engine Uncovered in Slovakia
Site of 18th-Century Steam Engine Uncovered in Slovakia In recent day’s Nová Baňa, approximately 40 volunteers have worked under the expert supervision of archeologists to unleash a special Potter atmospheric steam engine, the first one of its kind on the continent of Europe. In the Althandel shaft, the atmospheric steam engine was built and was …
Bronze Age time capsule: 3,000-year-old vitrified food found in jars in England
Bronze Age time capsule: 3,000-year-old vitrified food found in jars in England The life of the prosperous people of Bronze Age Britain could be “extraordinary proof” that remains under the ground of a 1,100-square meter site destroyed by the fire 3,000 years ago. They suggest that archeologists are about to dig in a brick pit …
Millennia-Old Rock Art in Israel Offers Window Into Lost Culture
Millennia-Old Rock Art in Israel Offers Window Into Lost Culture 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 Yehudiya nature reserve, between …