Large 2,000-year-old cat discovered in Peru’s Nazca lines
Large 2,000-year-old cat discovered in Peru’s Nazca lines Southern Peru’s dunes, carved with the geoglyphs of a hummingbird, a monkey and an orca-a figure some would dearly love to believe is an astronaut – have now revealed the form of an enormous cat lounging across a desert hillside. During the work to increase access to one …
An Ancient Egyptian Village Just Found in The Nile Delta Predates The Pyramids by 2,500 Years
An Ancient Egyptian Village Just Found in The Nile Delta Predates The Pyramids by 2,500 Years An extremely rare treasure has been found by Egyptian archaeologists in the delta of the Nile: remnants of an ancient settlement dated back to around 5,000 BC. It’s one of the oldest ever discovered in the region, predating the pyramids …
3,600-Year-old figurine found in a Prehistoric Village in Greece
3,600-Year-old figurine found in a Prehistoric Village in Greece A 3,600-year-old marble figurine of a woman is among a treasure trove of artefacts found in a prehistoric village on the Greek island of Santorini. Archaeologists also found two small marble jars, a marble vial and an alabaster vase inside rectangular clay chests within an ancient settlement. …
China’s Atlantis: Shi Cheng an Ancient Underwater City in China
China’s Atlantis: Shi Cheng an Ancient Underwater City in China Shi Cheng, Chun’an County, Zhejiang, China. An ancient city, established about 1300 years ago, now lies at the 26-40 m depth underwater. The city and the valley were deliberately flooded in 1959 in order to create an artificial lake and hydroelectric power station. Now it could …
Iroquoian Woodland Village Site Discovered in Ontario
Iroquoian Woodland Village Site Discovered in Ontario Excavation of an Iroquoian village site in southeastern Canada ahead of a road construction project has yielded more than 35,000 artefacts, according to a Kitchener Today report. Representatives of the Six Nations of the Grand Reserve, the Haudenosaunee Development Insтιтute, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation …
Skeletons Found Under a Florida Wine Shop May Be Some of America’s First Colonists
Skeletons Found Under a Florida Wine Shop May Be Some of America’s First Colonists Historians recently announced in Florida that several small children’s bones buried beneath underneath the last place one might think to look: a wine shop. However, there will be no police inquiry. The Florida wine shop happens to be located in St. …
Ancient Greek Inscription Unearthed in Iraq
Ancient Greek Inscription Unearthed in Iraq The Department of Antiquities in Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province announced on Monday the discovery of an ancient artefact that dates back over 2,000 years. Kurdistan 24 reports that an engraved tablet has been unearthed in northern Kurdistan’s Duhok province. “After careful study, we found out that the stone tablet is …
The 2,500-Year-old ancient Greek city, now about one-third of the city is underwater
The 2,500-Year-old ancient Greek city, now about one-third of the city is underwater The Foundation Oleg Deripaska Volnoe Delo and the Russian Academy of Archaeology uncovered parts of marble stele with inscriptions of ancient Persian King Darius I. Discovered in the ancient town of Phanagoria, in the southern area of Krasnodar, the stele is ᴀssessed …
The long-Lost Dark Age Kingdom Unearthed in Scotland
The long-Lost Dark Age Kingdom Unearthed in Scotland Archaeologists started excavations at Trusty’s Hill, they have discovered ancient picturesque patterns etched into a rock surface near the site entrance. The sculptures were rare in the area, well south of where Pictish carvings had usually been found. (Roman writings of around A.D. 300 described the Picts as …
Roman Mosaics Frozen in Time Uncovered in France
Roman Mosaics Frozen in Time Uncovered in France A lost Roman city dating back to the first century B.C. has been uncovered in spectacular fashion in the south of France. Archaeologists working the site ahead of the construction for a boarding school and a cafeteria were stunned to discover a wide array of structural ruins, …