Rare Ancient Child Burial Reveals 8,000-Year-Old Secrets of the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ
Rare Ancient Child Burial Reveals 8,000-Year-Old Secrets of the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Humanity has done a pretty good job of recording its collective history over the past two or three thousand years. Earlier time periods, though, are still very much shrouded in mystery. Now, a groundbreaking new archaeological discovery in Indonesia is revealing secrets from 8,000 years …
Long-lost Maya capital discovered in a backyard in Mexico
Long-lost Maya capital discovered in a backyard in Mexico Archaeologists claim that they discovered the long-lost capital of an ancient Maya kingdom on the Mexico-Guatemalan border. In what is now Chiapas, Mexico, the Sak Tz’i Kingdom has 5,000-10,000 inhabitants from around 750 BCE by 900 AD, an ᴀssociate professor of anthropology at Brandeis University, Charles Golden, …
7,000 years old Australian Aboriginal Sites Discovered Underwater
7,000 years old Australian Aboriginal Sites Discovered Underwater According to a report released July 1 , 2020, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jonathan Benjamin of Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia and colleagues, ancient submerged Aboriginal archaeological sites await underwater rediscovery off the coast of Australia. Sea levels were about 80 metres lower than today …
The first-ever portrait of Jesus Christ in Israel Discovered, 70 ancient books hidden in a cave for nearly 2,000 years
The first-ever portrait of Jesus Christ in Israel Discovered, 70 ancient books hidden in a cave for nearly 2,000 years The image is eerily familiar: a bearded young man with flowing curly hair. After lying for nearly 2,000 years hidden in a cave in the Holy Land, the fine detail is difficult to determine. But …
A Scientist Thinks These Ancient Roman Nails May Have Been Used To Crucify Jesus Christ
A Scientist Thinks These Ancient Roman Nails May Have Been Used To Crucify Jesus Christ According to a new analysis, two corroded Roman-era iron nails which some have claimed pinned Jesus to the cross seem to have been used in an ancient crucifixion. The controversy about the origin of the nails was reignited by this …
9,000-Year-Old Remains Of Female Hunter Found In Peru
9,000-Year-Old Remains Of Female Hunter Found In Peru Nine-thousand-year-old human remains discovered at the Andean highland site of Wilamaya Patjxa in Peru appear to have belonged to a woman hunter buried with a toolkit of projectile points and animal processing implements, according to a report in Science Magazine. They were fascinated by a tool kit with 20 …
7,000 years old Copper Age Kilns Unearthed in Bulgaria
7,000 years old Copper Age Kilns Unearthed in Bulgaria Bulgarian archaeology records that two kilns were dated between 4800 and 4600 B.C. A team of researchers from the Ruse Regional Museum of History were discovered on the Bazovets Settlement Mound near the Danube River in northeastern Bulgaria. In the excavation season, 2019 one of the …
A selfie set in stone: hidden portrait by cheeky mason found in Spain 900 years on
A selfie set in stone: hidden portrait by cheeky mason found in Spain 900 years on The Guardian reports that art historian Jennifer Alexander of the University of Warwick found a male figure at the top of a pillar in Santiago de Compostela, a twelfth-century cathedral located in northwest Spain while conducting a stone-by-stone survey …
48,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Baby Teeth Analyzed
48,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Baby Teeth Analyzed A big landmark in human evolution is the moment a baby weans from milk to eating solid foods, and now a recent study shows that ancient Neanderthal babies might have taken a similar path. The new discovery gives groundbreaking insights into how these ancient humans lived, based on chemical analysis …
Two Inca Measurement Systems Calculated By Polish Architect
Two Inca Measurement Systems Calculated By Polish Architect The Inca used two main units of measurement while constructing Machu Picchu, according to a Science in Poland report. Anna Kubicka of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology analyzed measurements of buildings at the site collected during field research conducted by the staff at Machu Picchu …