Scientist Unearths a Colony of Mummified Penguins in Antarctica
Scientist Unearths a Colony of Mummified Penguins in Antarctica Steven Emslie was finishing a season in January 2016 of researching Penguin colonies near the Antarctica-based Italian station Zucchelli. With the austral Summer quickly coming to a close and all planned work completed, Dr. Emslie, an ornithologist at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, did what any …
Archaeologist Discovered Viking Ship Found Under the Ground in Norway
Archaeologist Discovered Viking Ship Found Under the Ground in Norway Archaeologists in Norway using ground-penetrating radar have detected one of the largest Viking ship graves ever found. Archaeologists have found the outlines of a Viking ship buried not far from the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The 65-foot long ship was covered over more than 1,000 …
Giant 10-Million-Year-Old Fossil Tree in Peru Reveals Surprises About Ancient Past
Giant 10-Million-Year-Old Fossil Tree in Peru Reveals Surprises About Ancient Past A lot has changed over those 10 million years to turn the area from a humid and diverse ecosystem into the more arid and sparse state that it’s in today – not least a shift in elevation from around 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) to …
Archaeologists Discover Paintings of Ancient Egypt in a 2,000 Year Old Roman Villa in Pompeii
Archaeologists Discover Paintings of Ancient Egypt in a 2,000 Year Old Roman Villa in Pompeii In Pompeji, a garden in a large ancient villa that housed incredible pictures of the River Nile, secrets could be found of the impact of ancient Egypt on the early Roman Empire. Comprehensive sketches in the Casa dell’Efebo, one of …
Scythian Grave Unearthed in Southern Siberia
Scythian Grave Unearthed in Southern Siberia A 2,500-year-old grave has been discovered in Siberia by archaeologists, with the remains of four people of ancient Tagar culture — two guerrillas including two warriors, a male and female — and a stash of their metal weaponry. The early Iron Age burial contained the skeletal remains of a Tagarian man, …
The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan, Mochican Warrior Priest
The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan, Mochican Warrior Priest In 1987, at an archaeological site in Huaca Rajada near Sipán, on the north coast of Peru, an immense complex of unplundered Moche cultural tombs was uncovered. The most famous tombs were held by the Lord de Sipán, a Mochican warrior priest …
Ship Found 20 Feet Below World Trade Center Site
Ship Found 20 Feet Below World Trade Center Site Builders stopped the backhoe during mᴀssive reconstruction efforts at the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan when they uncovered something surprising just south of where the Twin Towers once stood. At a depth of 22 metres (6.7 metres) below the current level on the street, in …
Viking-Era Child’s Remains Discovered in Dublin
Viking-Era Child’s Remains Discovered in Dublin RTÉ reports that the remains of a child and an iron buckle or fastener were uncovered in Dubh Linn, a dark tidal pool where the River Poddle enters the River Liffey at the site of Dublin Castle, by a team of researchers led by Alan Hayden of University College …
Neolithic Settlement Discovered Near Turkey’s Black Sea Coast
Neolithic Settlement Discovered Near Turkey’s Black Sea Coast Hurriyet Daily News reports that a team of researchers led by Nurperi Ayengin of Düzce University are excavating a pre-pottery Neolithic settlement at Kahin Tepe, which is located on northern Turkey’s Black Sea coast. “We think that this is a sacred area where people came at certain times …
500-Year-Old Mummy of an Incan man wearing a feather headdress found near Lima, Peru
500-Year-Old Mummy of an Incan man wearing a feather headdress found near Lima, Peru Thousands of Inca mummies, some of them bundled together in groups of up to seven, have been unearthed from an ancient cemetery under a shantytown near Lima in Peru. Believed to be the largest cemetery from one time period excavated in …