1,500-Year-Old Mosaic Depicts Jesus Feeding 5000 People Unearthed Near The Galilee Sea
1,500-Year-Old Mosaic Depicts Jesus Feeding 5000 People Unearthed Near The Galilee Sea A 1,500-year-old mosaic depicting Jesus’s feeding of the five thousand has been unearthed during an excavation of an ancient city near the Sea of Galilee. The discovery of the so-called Burnt Church in Hippos, northern Israel, has enthralled archaeologists who have spent the …
Ancient city found in Ethiopia sheds new light on the country’s history
Ancient city found in Ethiopia sheds new light on country’s history Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient, forgotten city in Ethiopia once thought to be the home of giants. The discovery reveals important new information about the origins of international trade and Islam in the country between the 10th and early 15th centuries. This is the …
5,000-Year-Old Town Discovered Underwater in Greece
5,000-Year-Old Town Discovered Underwater in Greece Archaeologists surveying the world’s oldest submerged town have found ceramics dating back to the Final Neolithic. Their discovery suggests that Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece, was occupied some 5,000 years ago — at least 1,200 years earlier than originally thought. These remarkable findings have been made …
Archaeology bombshell: 7,000-year-old find older than Pyramids stuns scientists
Archaeology bombshell: 7,000-year-old find older than Pyramids stuns scientists The archaeological discovery was hiding in plain sight for centuries, tucked away in a field near the village Łysomice in northern Poland. But with the aid of Google Earth scans, archaeologists were able to spot concentric outlines of where the ancient structures, or pans, once stood. …
Ancient pyramid SHOCK: How tombs older than Egyptian pyramids reveal CANNIBAL horrors
Ancient pyramid SHOCK: How tombs older than Egyptian pyramids reveal CANNIBAL horrors Pyramid-like structures hidden across north-central Poland have stunned archaeologists with evidence of bloodcurdling neolithic rituals. These so-called “Polish pyramids” in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region are believed to predate the Great Pyramids of Giza by thousands of years. Archaeologists estimate the tombs were built between the 4th …
Archaeology shock: Ancient skeleton and gold found buried in Siberia’s ‘Valley of Kings’
Archaeology shock: Ancient skeleton and gold found buried in Siberia’s ‘Valley of Kings’ The incredible archaeological discovery was made by a team of Polish researchers on the Southern Siberian Steppe. This barren part of the Russian Federation is known as the “Siberian Valley of the Kings” thanks to mysterious structures dotting its landscape. Ancient mounds …
Archaeologists Will Study Life on the International Space Station
Archaeologists Will Study Life on the International Space Station A group of researchers has launched the first-ever archaeological study of humans in space, observing the lives of the crew living on the International Space Station. The experiment, which will analyze and document the unique “MicroSociety in a mini-world,” began this week with ᴀssociate professors Alice …
8000-year old underwater burial site reveals human skulls mounted on poles
8000-year old underwater burial site reveals human skulls mounted on poles A team of researchers with Stockholm University and the Cultural Heritage Foundation has uncovered the remains of a number of Mesolithic people in an underwater grave in a part of what is now Sweden. In their paper published in the journal Antiquity, the group …
Infants from 2100 years ago were found with helmets made of children’s skulls
Infants from 2100 years ago were found with helmets made of children’s skulls Archaeologists excavating a site in Salango, Ecuador, have discovered evidence of a burial ritual that might even make Indiana Jones shiver. As the researchers report in the journal Latin American Antiquity, excavations at a pair of 2,100-year-old funerary mounds revealed several unusual …
Archaeologists Unearth Colossal Pair of Sphinxes in Egypt During Restoration of Landmark Temple
Archaeologists Unearth Colossal Pair of Sphinxes in Egypt During Restoration of Landmark Temple A pair of giant limestone sphinxes have been unearthed by archaeologists excavating the temple of AmenH๏τep III, who ruled ancient Egypt about 3,300 years ago and was the grandfather of Tutankhamun. The statues depict the pharaoh wearing a mongoose-shaped headdress, a royal …