Possible Seventeenth-Century Mᴀssacre Site Found in Alaska
Angry Alaskans burned a village to the ground and executed 28 inhabitants by tying them up and knifing them in the head ‘in a feud over a darts game’ in the mid 17th Century Archeologists have uncovered in Alaska a 350-year-old mᴀssacre that took place during a war that might have started over a game …
Research project of £ 2.1 million to uncover the early medieval history of Rome
£2.1 million research project to uncover Rome’s early medieval history Archeologists, historians, and other specialists are working together on an international project to examine Rome’s urban history between the 1st and 8th centuries AD. The £2.1 million (2.4 million euro) project funded by the European Research Council will pioneer a radically new methodology designed to …
Radar Reveals an Ancient Artifacts & Treasure in Scandinavia’s First Viking City
Radar Reveals an Ancient Artifacts & Treasure in Scandinavia’s First Viking City Archaeologist have been busy excavating beneath the streets of Ribe, the first Viking city ever established in Scandinavia, and have found a treasure trove of ancient artifacts. Ribe, which can be discovered in west Denmark, is the subject of important new research that …
Bones of Handless Man Found Near Mysterious Medieval Dolphin Burial
Bones of Handless Man Found Near Mysterious Medieval Dolphin Burial The body of a man without hands thought to have been buried hundreds of years ago has been found by archaeologists on a rocky islet off the coast of Guernsey, one of the British Channel Islands — just a few feet from where a mysterious …
Uncovered Viking Funeral Ship In Scotland Contains Treasure Trove Of Ancient Relics
Uncovered Viking Funeral Ship In Scotland Contains Treasure Trove Of Ancient Relics A boat which for 1,000 years served as the grave of a high-status Viking has revealed some of its secrets, according to the first detailed report of the iconic discovery. The tomb, originally unearthed in 2011 on the Ardnamurchan peninsula in western Scotland, …
Mummy Found Hiding Inside Ancient Buddha Statue
Mummified monk revealed inside 1,000-year-old Buddha statue Scientific tests have revealed that an ancient Buddhist statue contains a 1,000-year – old mummified monk’s perfectly preserved remains in what is thought to be the only such example in the world. The monk, who is sitting in the lotus position, is thought to have starved himself to …
30,000 Imperial Artifacts Discovered in Brazil
30,000 Imperial Artifacts Discovered in Brazil While working to renovate Rio de Janeiro’s zoo, workers found historical artifacts dating back to Brazil’s imperial past at the Quinta da Boa Vista park, in the northern part of the city. Classified as an ‘archaeological treasure’ by Rio’s city government, the more than 30,000 items found are believed …
Medieval Child Skeletons Unearthed in Northern Ireland
Medieval Child Skeletons Unearthed in Northern Ireland Among 14 skeletons uncovered in an ancient burial ground within meters of St Patrick’s grave, the remains of a young child and a teenager. The medieval skeletons were Discovered beside Down Cathedral in Downpatrick, County Down, in August 2018. Archaeologists first thought they had found the lost cemetery …
Oldest hand-written Roman document discovered in London
An oldest hand-written Roman document discovered in London Archeologists announced the findings of a dig in London as the first ever written roman record in a recent discovery. The record is handwritten and is Britain’s oldest written roman document discovered. The nature of the contents of the documents was revealed after The Museum of London …
Burials of Africans slaves found at the old rubbish dump in Portugal
Burials of Africans slaves found at the old rubbish dump in Portugal Portuguese explorers such as Henry the Navigator started sailing to Africa in the early 15th century, bringing both goods and enslaved people back. A new archeological study of more than 150 skeletons dumped in Lagos, Portugal, reveals that there were no proper burials …