Have France’s First Arrows Been Found?
Have France’s First Arrows Been Found? A 54,000-year-old cave site in southern France holds hundreds of tiny stone points, which researchers say closely resemble other known arrowheads — including replicas that they tested on ᴅᴇᴀᴅ goats. The discovery, reported on 22 February in Science Advances1, suggests that the first Homo sapiens to reach Europe hunted with bows and …
New Thoughts on an Unusual Burial in Sardinia
New Thoughts on an Unusual Burial in Sardinia The strange facedown burial of a young woman, who likely had a nail driven into her skull around the time she died in Sardinia more than 2,000 years ago, could be the result of ancient beliefs about epilepsy, according to new research. The facedown burial may indicate …
Archaeologists Discover Homes Of The Builders Of Europe’s First Monuments Made 6,400 Years Ago
Archaeologists Discover Homes Of The Builders Of Europe’s First Monuments Made 6,400 Years Ago Archaeologists in France have found one of the first residential sites belonging to the prehistoric builders of some of Europe’s first monumental stone structures. During the Neolithic, people in west-central France built many impressive megalithic monuments such as barrows and dolmens. …
Swiss Museum Returns Sacred Objects to Canada’s First Nations
Swiss Museum Returns Sacred Objects to Canada’s First Nations Two artifacts sacred to some of Canada’s Indigenous peoples are now back on home territory after a Swiss museum returned them to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy this month. The objects, a medicine mask and turtle rattle, had been in the possession of the Geneva Museum of …
Collection of Crown Jewelry Repatriated to Cambodia
Collection of Crown Jewelry Repatriated to Cambodia A vast trove of Cambodia’s Angkorian crown jewellery, some dating back to the 7th Century, resurfaced in London last summer, it has been revealed. The stolen items belonged to British antiquities smuggler Douglas Latchford. Experts say they have never seen most of the jewellery before and are stunned …
Live Civil War Shell Discovered at Pennsylvania Battlefield
Live Civil War Shell Discovered at Pennsylvania Battlefield Archaeologists working at a historic battlefield at Gettysburg recently made an explosive find: a live 160-year-old artillery shell that had to be detonated by a specially trained U.S. Army disposal team. The shell was found on Feb. 8 at Little Round Top, a hill that offered Union …
Lost World War II-Era Submarine Identified
Lost World War II-Era Submarine Identified Naval History and Heritage Command has confirmed the idenтιтy of a wrecked submarine off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, as the lost USS Albacore (SS 218). NHHC’s Underwater Archaeology Branch (UAB) worked with Dr. Tamaki Ura of the University of Tokyo to confirm the idenтιтy of Albacore, which was lost …
Archaeologists surprised when 3,500 year old arrowheads made of shells melted out of the ice in the Norwegian mountains
Archaeologists surprised when 3,500 year old arrowheads made of shells melted out of the ice in the Norwegian mountains Unique arrowheads made of freshwater pearl mussel have melted out of the ice in the mountains in Jotunheimen in Norway. Arrowheads like this have not been found anywhere else in the world, according to archaeologist. They …
Discovery of 4,500-year-old palace in Iraq may hold key to ancient civilisation
Discovery of 4,500-year-old palace in Iraq may hold key to ancient civilisation It has been described by the director of the British Museum as “one of the most fascinating sites” he has has ever visited, but the archaeologist who led the discovery of a lost Sumerian temple in the ancient city of Girsu has said …
A 2,000-Year-Old Antler In Vietnam May Be Oldest Music Instrument Of Its Kind
A 2,000-Year-Old Antler In Vietnam May Be Oldest Music Instrument Of Its Kind An unusual deer antler found in Vietnam may be one of the oldest string instruments ever unearthed in Southeast Asia. Discovered at a site along the Mekong River, the 2,000-year-old instrument is like a single-stringed harp and may have been a great-grandparent …