14,000-year-old ice age village discovered is 10,000 years older than the pyramids
14,000-year-old ice age village discovered is 10,000 years older than the pyramids In their oral history, the Heiltsuk people describe how the area around Triquet Island, on the western coast of their territory in British Columbia, remained open land during the ice age. “People flocked there for survival because everywhere else was being covered by …
Rabbits Uncover 9,000-Year-old Artifacts on a Welsh island
Rabbits Uncover 9,000-Year-old Artifacts on a Welsh island A group of rabbits inadvertently uncovered a hoard of 9,000-year-old Stone and Bronze Age artefacts hidden on the small Welsh island of Skokholm this month, in a first-of-its-kind discovery. Skokholm Island sits in the Celtic Sea to the west of mainland Wales and is two miles off …
A farmer discovers an Ice Age cave hidden under his field that is over 11,000 years old
A farmer discovers an Ice Age cave hidden under his field that is over 11,000 years old A farmer discovered an Ice Age cave that was naturally formed and used by humans. Adam Bryczek had been roaming his land near the town of Kraśnik in south-eastern Poland when he came across what appeared to be …
Amazing Heart-Shaped Amethyst Geode Discovered by Miners in Uruguay
Amazing Heart-Shaped Amethyst Geode Discovered by Miners in Uruguay Beautiful gemstones that have been transformed to take on different shapes adorn several items of jewelry. However, the natural amethyst geode discovered by these miners did not need any processing. That’s because it already seems to be fine! In its latest Santa Rosa mine near the …
Archaeology breakthrough: Second ‘hidden pyramid’ discovered inside iconic Mayan structure
Archaeology breakthrough: Second ‘hidden pyramid’ discovered inside iconic Mayan structure Archaeologists have confirmed that the mᴀssive Kukulkan pyramid in eastern Mexico – one of the most iconic pyramids in the world – was built like a Russian nesting doll, with the discovery of two smaller pyramids hidden within its walls. The first of the hidden …
6-yr old Indian-origin boy finds millions of years old fossil in UK garden
6-yr old Indian-origin boy finds millions of years old fossil in UK garden A six-year-old boy has found a fossil up to 488 million years old while digging in his garden with a fossil-hunting set he received for Christmas. Siddak Singh Jhamat, known as Sid, had been digging in his garden in Walsall, in the …
Sprawling 5,000-year-old cemetery and fortress discovered in Poland
Sprawling 5,000-year-old cemetery and fortress discovered in Poland Archaeological treasures are usually discovered by digging deep into the earth. One Polish archaeologist, however, made an incredible discovery from the sky — and now he has unearthed a 5,000-year-old cemetery and a medieval fortress. Jan Bulas, an independent archaeologist in Kraków, became intrigued after noticing straight …
Researchers Discover Fossils Of A Unique ‘Eagle Shark’ That Glided Through Seas About 93 Million Years Ago!
Researchers Discover Fossils Of A Unique ‘Eagle Shark’ That Glided Through Seas About 93 Million Years Ago! The eagle shark was probably not as fearsome as its name suggests. The ancient shark, described on March 19 in the journal Science, was most likely a slow-moving filter feeder that looked like a cross between a standard …
World’s oldest wooden statue is TWICE as old as Stonehenge
World’s oldest wooden statue is TWICE as old as Stonehenge Gold prospectors first discovered the so-called Shigir Idol at the bottom of a peat bog in Russia’s Ural mountain range in 1890. The unique object—a nine-foot-tall totem pole composed of ten wooden fragments carved with expressive faces, eyes and limbs and decorated with geometric patterns—represents …
Controversial cave discoveries suggest humans reached the Americas much earlier than thought
Controversial cave discoveries suggest humans reached the Americas much earlier than thought Stone tools unearthed in a cave in Mexico indicate that humans could have lived in the area as early as about 33,000 years ago, researchers reported. That’s more than 10,000 years before humans are generally thought to have settled North America. This controversial discovery …