Oldest Pictish Fort Uncovered in Scotland
Oldest Pictish Fort Uncovered in Scotland Archaeologists working at the site of Scotland’s largest Pictish fort have made an “incredible” discovery after unearthing part of the power center’s defensive wall. The discovery has been made at Burghead in Moray, the largest known fort of its kind in northern Britain which is believed to have been …
Archeologists believe Norway find is rare Viking ship burial
Archeologists believe Norway find is rare Viking ship burial Archeologists believe they have found a rare Viking ship burial site in a region of Norway known for its Viking-era treasures, Norwegian officials said Monday. Using ground-penetrating radar (GPR), experts found a ship-shaped anomaly near other Viking burial mounds in the Borre Park in Vestfold county, …
Greco-Roman Era Tomb Found in Upper Egypt
Greco-Roman Era Tomb Found in Upper Egypt A rock-cut tomb dating back to the late Pharaonic Graeco-Roman period has been discovered by Egyptian-Italian archeological mission working in the Aga Khan Mausoleum area in Aswan. Mostafa Waziri, the general secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, explains that the mission found inside the tomb parts of …
Scientists Spot Merchant Vessel Sunk During World War II
Long-lost shipwreck found off Victorian coast, 77 years after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine in WWII The wreckage of an Australian freight ship sunk by a Japanese submarine during World War II has been uncovered by archaeologists off the coast of Victoria. The ore freighter SS Iron Crown sank within 60 seconds in June 1942 …
A Mᴀssive Roman Villa Has Been Found In Oxfordshire, England
A Mᴀssive Roman Villa Has Been Found In Oxfordshire, England In Oxfordshire, the second largest Roman villa ever found in England, the remains of a huge Roman villa dating back to 99 AD have been discovered. As part of a four-month excavation project, archeologists excavated the remains of the historic building, which is believed to …
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, …