39,000-Year-old Perfectly preserved Ice Age cave bear found in Arctic Russia
39,000 Year Old Perfectly preserved Ice Age cave bear found in Arctic Russia Scientists at the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia, announced the discovery of a well-preserved cave bear on the New Siberian island of Bolshyoy Lyakhovsky, Anna Liesowska reports for the Siberian Times. The adult bear lived its life sometime in the last …
Archaeological proof for 1,700 YEAROLD Chemical fighting
Archaeological proof for 1,700 YearOld Chemical fighting Simon James presented CSI-style claims that approximately 20 Roman soldiers discovered in the mine in the town of Dura-Europos in Syria had died, not because of a sword or a spear, but because of asphyxia, said at the conference of the Archeological Insтιтute of America. The Romans who set …
Gates of Biblical City Unearthed- Site of Jesus Miracle of feeding 5,000
Gates of Biblical City Unearthed- Site of Jesus Miracle of feeding 5,000 In the last few weeks, local officials in northern Golan Heights in Israel announced a significant discovery by archaeologists. The entrance gate to the great fortified city, just north of the Sea of Galilee has been excavated, leading some to claim it is additional …
Traces of Historic Fort Found in the Netherlands
Traces of Historic Fort Found in the Netherlands NL Times reports that traces of a Spanish fort built in the sixteenth century during the Eighty Years’ War have been uncovered in Leiden. The remain of a Spanish fort established during the Eighty Years’ War was uncovered by archaeologists in Leiden. The Lammenschans fort is part …
Sarcophagus of 26th-Dynasty Priest Found in Upper Egypt
Sarcophagus of 26th-Dynasty Priest Found in Upper Egypt Ahram Online reports that a sarcophagus dated to the 26th Dynasty (688–525 B.C.) and a collection of ushabti statuettes were found in a 16-foot-deep shaft at the archaeological site of Al-Ghoreifa, which is located in Upper Egypt. An Egyptian archaeological mission has unveiled a new collection of amulets and …
4,000 Years old Lost Capital of the Fabled Kingdom, Found in Syria
4,000 Years old Lost Capital of the Fabled Kingdom, Found in Syria One of the most ancient cities known to exist on earth is Urkesh. Its exact location was a mystery until the 1990s when, after ten years of painstaking excavations, archaeologists identified Tel Mozan in northern Syria near the borders of Turkey and Iran …
Scotland’s 17th-Century Sand-Covered Settlement Explored
Scotland’s 17th-Century Sand-Covered Settlement Explored According to a report in The Scotsman, Gerry Bigelow of Bates College and his colleagues have found evidence that someone returned to live in the Shetland island settlement of Broo after it was buried under more than six feet of sand in the late seventeenth century. It became known as the …
World’s longest fossilized human trackway discovered at White Sands
World’s longest fossilized human trackway discovered at White Sands Footprints are a common theme at White Sands. Every day, people from all over the world visit and leave traces of their comings and goings. The white dunes of the Tularosa Basin are just a recent blip on the geological timeline. During the ice age tens …
The search for the lost city of Troy
The search for the ancient lost city of Troy The name Troy refers both to a place in legend and a real-life archaeological site. In legend, Troy is a city that was besieged for 10 years and eventually conquered by a Greek army led by King Agamemnon. The reason for this “Trojan War” was, according …
2-Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor Preserved Tissue Maybe the oldest skin ever discovered
2-Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor Preserved Tissue Maybe the oldest skin ever discovered The remains of six skeletons are believed to have uncovered fossilised skins of an ancient human ancestor, who lived two million years ago. Anthropologists believe they have found the preserved skin tissue of an early human species known as Australopithecus sediba in an ancient …