New Technology Employed to Protect Pompeii
New Technology Employed to Protect Pompeii A four-legged robot called Spot has been deployed to wander around the ruins of ancient Pompeii, identifying structural and safety issues while delving underground to inspect tunnels dug by relic thieves. The dog-like robot is the latest in a series of technologies used as part of a broader project …
Large Sandstone Jars Discovered in India
Large Sandstone Jars Discovered in India Giant mysterious jars that may have been used for burial rituals have been unearthed across four new sites in ᴀssam, India. The discovery comes from a major collaboration involving researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). The 65 newly discovered sandstone jars vary in shape and decoration, with some …
Unknown symbols are written by the lost ‘painted people’ of Scotland unearthed
Unknown symbols are written by the lost ‘painted people’ of Scotland unearthed What seemed like an eventful evening turned into an emotional discovery for the history books after archaeologists in Scotland came upon a stone covered with ancient geometric carvings. The symbols were etched in stone by the Picts, Scotland’s indigenous people, about 1,500 years …
The 1,000-year-old surgical kit found in Sican tomb, Peru
The 1,000-year-old surgical kit found in Sican tomb, Peru The remains of an individual who served as a surgeon during the Middle Sican period (900-1050 AD) were found by experts from the Sican National Museum in the southern necropolis at the Mausoleum Temple of Huaca Las Ventanas, located in the Pomac Forest Historical Sanctuary in …
Log Boats Recovered from River in Northern Ireland
Log Boats Recovered from River in Northern Ireland History lies beneath the riverbeds of northwest Ireland. Every so often, when conditions allow, archaeologists are rewarded with another offering from the distant past. Two more boats understood to be from the medieval era, have emerged from the River Foyle. The boats, known as longboats or dugout …
The Search for Lost Royal Graves in Britain and Ireland
The Search for “Lost” Royal Graves in Britain and Ireland The graves of dozens of what may have been early British kings, queens, princes and princesses from the era of the mythical King Arthur have been revealed by a new study. It suggests that British royal graves dating from between the fifth and the seventh …
Cats and babies: Thousand-year-old mummies in Turkey’s Aksaray
Cats and babies: Thousand-year-old mummies in Turkey’s Aksaray Cat, baby and adult mummies in Aksaray, the gateway to Cappadocia with its historical cultural riches and known as the first settlement of Central Anatolia, have been enchanting visitors at a museum where they are on display. At the Aksaray Museum, which houses Turkey’s first and only …
1,000-Year-Old Gold Mask Found in Tomb Was Painted With Human Blood
1,000-Year-Old Gold Mask Found in Tomb Was Painted With Human Blood A 1,000-year-old mask discovered on the head of an ancient skeleton was painted using human blood, according to a new study. Archaeologists with the Sicán Archaeological Project unearthed the gold mask in the early 1990s while excavating an ancient tomb in Peru. The tomb, …
Farmer Finds 3,300-year-old Rare Hitтιтe Bracelet in Field in Turkey
Farmer Finds 3,300-year-old Rare Hitтιтe Bracelet in Field in Turkey A man ploughing his farm in Turkey’s central Çorum province discovered a rare 3,300-year-old ancient bracelet from the Hitтιтe era. The farmer, who lives in the Çitli village of Mecitözü district, found the bracelet while he was working on the farm and brought the ancient …
Study Explores Mobility in Early Medieval Scotland
Study Explores Mobility in Early Medieval Scotland Isotope analysis of ‘bodies in the bog’ found at Cramond reveals several crossed a politically divided Scotland, meeting their end hundreds of miles from their place of birth. For decades, the skeletal remains of nine adults and five infants found in the latrine of what was once a …