This Astronomical Clock is 6 centuries old and still ticks in Prague
This Astronomical Clock is 6 centuries old and still ticks in Prague One of the most compelling of landmarks in the Czech Republic is the Astronomical Clock in Prague. Legend dates the clock back to the 15th century when Hanus, a clock master with plenty of experience, was chosen to make a device that not …
17th-Century English Book Found in College Library in Spain
17th-Century English Book Found in College Library in Spain BBC News reports that John Stone of the University of Barcelona has found a 1634 printing of The Two Noble Kinsmen, a play written by William Shakespeare with John Fletcher, a house playwright for the theater group the King’s Men. The play appears in a book of English …
Medieval Monastery Excavated in Ireland’s County Meath
Medieval Monastery Excavated in Ireland’s County Meath The Irish Independent reports that archaeologists led by Geraldine Stout have uncovered pottery; the bones of cows, sheep, cats, and dogs; seeds; nuts; a key; a timber dash-urn with a paddle for churning ʙuттer; and a bakery at the site of a thirteenth-century monastery in eastern Ireland. The new …
3,000-Year-Old World’s Oldest Olive Tree on the Island of Crete Still Produces Olives Today
3,000-Year-Old World’s Oldest Olive Tree on the Island of Crete Still Produces Olives Today One day about 3,000 years ago, at a time when the Minoan civilization still ruled over Crete and long before the rise of Classical Greece, an olive fell to the ground in the area of Vouves. Or perhaps it was deliberately …
Gigantic 2,000-Year-Old Killer Whale Geoglyph Found in Peru Desert
Gigantic 2,000-Year-Old Killer Whale Geoglyph Found in Peru Desert Archeologists have rediscovered a giant geoglyph of the killer whale that has been carved to a desert hillside in the remote Palpa region of southern Peru for over fifty years. According to researchers, the 230-foot orca figure, called in ancient Peruvian soul a strong semimythical creature, …
Here’s A 2,000-year-old Ancient Roman Face Cream
Here’s A 2,000-year-old Ancient Roman Face Cream The oldest face cream in the world was discovered by archaeologists who had excavated a Roman temple on the banks of London’s River Thames, with the finger prints of their last person 2,000 years ago. The closely wrapped cylindrical tin, measuring 6 cm by 5 cm, was opened …
1,800-year-old Roman penis carvings discovered near Hadrian’s Wall
1,800-year-old Roman penis carvings discovered near Hadrian’s Wall Hadrian’s Wall was a barrier constructed by the Romans to protect them from enemy hordes of barbarians. What remains of the structure is millennia old, and it remains a testament to its structural integrity to this day. Repairs were often required, of course, for which loyal soldiers …
Rare mosaics of a Christian church were unearthed in Turkey
Rare mosaics of a Christian church were unearthed in Turkey Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have launched excavations to unearth the mosaics of a 1,600-year-old church in the village of Göktaş in the southeastern Mardin province. Traces of the church were discovered on Sept. 18, 2019, with the area later being declared an archaeological site. Abdülgani …
The 290 Million Year Old Fossil Human Footprint
The 290 Million Year Old Fossil Human Footprint There is a story going around, that up in the Robledo Mountains of southern New Mexico exists a mind-bending fossilised impression. Why should this be of interest you wonder? The answer is because it is seemingly the print of a human being wandering the area some 290 …
Ancient Maya Worshipped ‘Batman God’ 2,500 Years Ago
Ancient Maya Worshipped ‘Batman God’ 2,500 Years Ago A peculiar religious cult grew up among the Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico in 100 A.D. The dangerous cave-dwelling bat creature – which the Zapotecs believed represented night, death, and sacrifice – was eventually adopted into the pantheon of the K’iche’, a Mayan tribe inhabiting modern-day Guatemala …