Peru archaeology: Ancient mummy found under a rubbish dump
Peru archaeology: Ancient mummy found under a rubbish dump Archaeologists in Peru conducting a dig at the site of a rubbish dump in the capital Lima have found a mummy they think is around 3,000 years old. Students from San Marcos University, who are helping with the dig, first spotted the mummy’s hair and skull. …
Baby’s bones and ancient sarcophagus found at Borough Market building site
Baby’s bones and ancient sarcophagus found at Borough Market building site Archaeologists have lifted the lid of an ancient Roman sarcophagus unearthed at a building site near London’s Borough Market. The 1,600-year-old stone coffin, discovered at Swan Street, Southwark, is thought to contain the remains of a mother after the bones of a baby were found …
Volunteer archaeologists discovered a 1900-year-old silver military decoration in Vindolanda
Volunteer archaeologists discovered a 1900-year-old silver military decoration in Vindolanda Volunteer archaeologists have discovered a 1900-year-old military decoration (Phalera) that was awarded to distinguished soldiers and troops in the Roman army in Vindolanda, in northern England. Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort (castrum) one mile south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. Roman Vindolanda Fort is one …
Fossilized teeth dating back 9.7 million years could ‘rewrite’ human history
Fossilized teeth dating back 9.7 million years could ‘rewrite’ human history Paleontologists in Germany have discovered 9.7 million-year-old fossilized teeth that a German politician has hailed as potentially “rewriting” human history. The dental remains were found by scientists sifting through gravel and sand in a former bed of the Rhine River near the town of …
World’s Oldest Intact Shipwreck Found at the Bottom of the Black Sea
World’s Oldest Intact Shipwreck Found at the Bottom of the Black Sea The oldest intact shipwreck ever found has been discovered at the bottom of the Black Sea. The 75ft Greek trading vessel was found lying whole with its mast, rudders and rowing benches after more than 2,400 years. It was found in a well-known …
Oldest evidence of humans in Greece is 700,000 years old, a quarter of a million years older than previous record
Oldest evidence of humans in Greece is 700,000 years old, a quarter of a million years older than previous record Several prehistoric sites in Greece reveal that our human ancestors hunted hippos and elephants between 280,000 and 700,000 years ago. The oldest site pushes back the earliest known hominin presence in the region by up …
86,000-year-old human bone found in Laos cave hints at ‘failed population’ from prehistory
86,000-year-old human bone found in Laos cave hints at ‘failed population’ from prehistory Homo sapiens arrived in Southeast Asia as early as 86,000 years ago, a human shin bone fragment found deep within a cave in Laos reveals. The finding comes from the cave of Tam Pà Ling, or Cave of the Monkeys, which sits …
A broken pagan statue of the Greek god Pan was unearthed at early church ruins in Istanbul
A broken pagan statue of the Greek god Pan was unearthed at early church ruins in Istanbul Archaeologists in Istanbul excavating the ruins of an early Christian church have unearthed a pagan statue of the Greek god Pan, who is depicted with goat horns and a naked torso as he plays a reed pipe. It …
Cal Orcko: A 300 Feet Wall With Over 5,000 Dinosaur Footprints
Cal Orcko: A 300 Feet Wall With Over 5,000 Dinosaur Footprints There’s a wall in Bolivia that’s covered in thousands of dinosaur footprints, and it’s becoming a major tourist attraction On the outskirts of the city of Sucre, in Bolivia, is a large cement plant, and when the quarry it uses was being expanded, workers …
A ‘Stonehenge-Like’ Structure Exists In Lake Michigan and is 9,000 Years Old
A ‘Stonehenge-Like’ Structure Exists In Lake Michigan and is 9,000 Years Old While scanning underneath the waters of Lake Michigan for shipwrecks, archeologists found something a lot more interesting than they bargained for. While scanning underneath the waters of Lake Michigan for shipwrecks, archeologists found something a lot more interesting than they bargained for: they discovered …