Bulgarians find oldest European town, a salt production center
Bulgarians find oldest European town, a salt production center Archaeologists in eastern Bulgaria say they have unearthed the oldest prehistoric town ever found in Europe, along with an ancient salt production site that gives a strong clue about why mᴀssive riches were discovered in the region. Excavations at the site near the modern-day town of …
200,000-Year-Old Beds Analyzed in South Africa
200,000-Year-Old Mattress Analyzed in South Africa Around 200,000 years ago people from Southern Africa not only slept on grᴀss bedding but occasionally burned it, apparently to keep from going buggy. There was no tog rating on the duvet and an electric blanket was definitely out of the question. But Stone Age mattresses were far comfier …
A 3,100-year-old bowl of soup found next to a ᴅᴇᴀᴅ body – and it’s still LIQUID
A 3,100-year-old bowl of soup found next to a ᴅᴇᴀᴅ body – and it’s still LIQUID Right on cue for soup season, archaeologists have found a 3,100-year-old tomb lined with what are believed to be bronze soup bowls in Shaanxi province, China, according to Live Science. All those bowls might have been in service of the …
Man accidentally finds a ‘perfectly preserved’ Roman villa in his backyard
Man accidentally finds a ‘perfectly preserved’ Roman villa in his backyard This began out as a bit of basic home improvement, which ended up with the finding of one of the biggest Roman Villas ever to be found in the UK. While laying an electricity cable beneath the grounds of his home, near the village …
Early Neolithic Cremation Burial in Israel Examined
Early Neolithic Cremation Burial in Israel Examined Ancient people in the Near East had begun the practice of intentionally cremating their ᴅᴇᴀᴅ by the beginning of the 7th millennium BC. According to a study published on August 12, 2020, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Fanny Bocquentin of the French National Center for Scientific …
500,000-Year-Old Earliest European Bone Tools Found In UK
500,000-Year-Old Earliest European Bone Tools Found In UK The earliest known bone tools in European archeological history, archaeologists claim, were found. The implements come from the renowned Boxgrove site in West SusSєx, which was excavated in the 1980s and 90s. The bone tools came from a horse that humans butchered at the site for its …
Volunteers Spot Iron Age Hillfort in Southern England
Volunteers Spot Iron Age Hillfort in Southern England According to a BBC News report, volunteers with the Beacons of the Past project identified the possible site of an Iron Age hillfort covered with trees and foliage in lidar images of the southern Chiltern Hills, a chalk escarpment stretching 45 miles across southern England. From digital …
2,000-Year-Old Burials Uncovered in Iran
2,000-Year-Old Burials Uncovered in Iran At the ancient Tepe Ashraf in Isfahan, a team of Iranian archeologists found what they call the second Parthian era skeleton (247 BC – 224 CE) hoping to offer new insights on the history of the central Iranian city. Led by senior archeologist Alireza Jafari-Zand, the team uncovered the remains of …
Cahokia: The largest and most complex ancient archaeological site you probably didn’t hear of
Cahokia: The largest and most complex ancient archaeological site you probably didn’t hear of I’m standing at the center of what was once the greatest civilization between the deserts of Mexico and the North American Arctic—America’s first city and arguably American Indians’ finest achievement—and I just can’t get past the four-lane gash that cuts through …
Argentinian farmer discovered a prehistoric giant armadillo shell
Argentinian farmer Discovered a prehistoric giant Armadillo shell The resting place of ancient armadillos that roamed the earth some 20,000 years ago has been discovered in Argentina. A farmer stumbled upon the graveyard containing fossilized shells of four mᴀssive Glyptodonts, with the largest being the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. The remains were discovered in …