Ship Found 20 Feet Below World Trade Center Site
Ship Found 20 Feet Below World Trade Center Site Builders stopped the backhoe during mᴀssive reconstruction efforts at the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan when they uncovered something surprising just south of where the Twin Towers once stood. At a depth of 22 metres (6.7 metres) below the current level on the street, in …
Viking-Era Child’s Remains Discovered in Dublin
Viking-Era Child’s Remains Discovered in Dublin RTÉ reports that the remains of a child and an iron buckle or fastener were uncovered in Dubh Linn, a dark tidal pool where the River Poddle enters the River Liffey at the site of Dublin Castle, by a team of researchers led by Alan Hayden of University College …
Neolithic Settlement Discovered Near Turkey’s Black Sea Coast
Neolithic Settlement Discovered Near Turkey’s Black Sea Coast Hurriyet Daily News reports that a team of researchers led by Nurperi Ayengin of Düzce University are excavating a pre-pottery Neolithic settlement at Kahin Tepe, which is located on northern Turkey’s Black Sea coast. “We think that this is a sacred area where people came at certain times …
500-Year-Old Mummy of an Incan man wearing a feather headdress found near Lima, Peru
500-Year-Old Mummy of an Incan man wearing a feather headdress found near Lima, Peru Thousands of Inca mummies, some of them bundled together in groups of up to seven, have been unearthed from an ancient cemetery under a shantytown near Lima in Peru. Believed to be the largest cemetery from one time period excavated in …
3,200-year-old Egyptian built fortress found in Israel
3,200-year-old Egyptian built fortress found in Israel A HUGE fortress dating back to the 12th-century BC has been unearthed in Israel and experts are linking it to a structure described in the Bible. The Canaanite citadel is said to be similar to a building in the Book of Judges, a section of the Bible that …
Archaeologists Find 13,000-Year-Old Engraved Mammoth Tusk in Siberia
Archaeologists Find 13,000-Year-Old Engraved Mammoth Tusk in Siberia The oldest known depictions of the animal ever identified in Asia are Etchings of fighting camels discovered on 13,000-year-old mammoth tusks in Siberia. The tusk found in lower Tom in western Siberia was analyzed by a team from the Khakᴀssian Research Unit for Language, Literature, and History …
A Lost Roman City Has Been Discovered in Southern France
A Lost Roman City Has Been Discovered in Southern France Hidden for centuries, mosaic floors from the lost Roman city of Ucetia have been discovered in France. A large excavation is underway in the town of Uzes in southern France to unearth more of the remain’s of this ancient Roman settlement, the existence of which archaeologists had only hints of until …
The 5,000-year-old Pyramid City of Caral
The 5,000-year-old Pyramid City of Caral Seventy thousand years ago, people lived all over South America. Six thousand years ago, people began to construct cities around pyramids, in places like Mesopotamia and China. The first of these structures in the Americas, between the Andes and the Pacific Oceans, was established 5,000 years ago. Known as …
Lost City in South Africa Discovered Hiding Beneath Thick Vegetation
Lost City in South Africa Discovered Hiding Beneath Thick Vegetation What was once thought to be a scattering of ancient stone huts on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, has turned out to be the remnants of a thriving city, lost to history for 200 years? Beneath the dense vegetation, there isn’t much to see …
Possible War of 1812 Cemetery Found in Vermont
Possible War of 1812 Cemetery Found in Vermont Vermont Public Radio reports that the possible remains of soldiers who died during the War of 1812 were found buried in rows at a construction site in northwestern Vermont. They’re human remains, bones that researchers say that have been around for a while. In fact, they say they’re …