Charred Leftovers Show What Food Australians Ate 65,000 Years Ago
Charred Leftovers Show What Food Australians Ate 65,000 Years Ago Contaminants of different plant food aged between 65,000 and 53,000 years ago have been discovered in North Australia by researchers. The remains, which are preserved as pieces of charcoal, were found in debris from ancient cooking hearths at Madjedbebe—a sandstone rock shelter thought to be …
Discover the Breathtaking Opal Gemstone Called ‘Rainbow Tree’ from Australia
Discover the Breathtaking Opal Gemstone Called ‘Rainbow Tree’ from Australia Opal stones are always incredible to see, and this one is no exception. This is a Boulder Opal that’s known as the ‘Rainbow Tree’ From Queensland, Australia and it’s pretty amazing. It’s so astounding to witness this natural piece of crystal, created from the Earth. …
A Stunning Neanderthal Skeleton Was Just Unearthed at a Famous Burial Site
A Stunning Neanderthal Skeleton Was Just Unearthed at a Famous Burial Site A skeleton uncovered in an Iraqi cave already famous for fossils of these extinct cousins of Neanderthal species is providing fresh evidence that they buried their ᴅᴇᴀᴅ – and intriguing clues that flowers may have been used in such rituals. Scientists said on Tuesday …
Bronze Age Fashion – The Egtved Girl Showed Remarkably Modern Taste
Bronze Age Fashion – The “Egtved Girl” Showed Remarkably Modern Taste The well-preserved Egtved Girl was one of the most well-known burials of the Danish Bronze Age found in 1921. Her woolen clothing, hair, and nails were perfectly preserved, but all her bones were missing. Scientists who studied the remains of the ancient teenager and discovered …
Study Suggests New Dates for Spread of Farming Across Eurasia
Study Suggests New Dates for Spread of Farming Across Eurasia Many people are familiar with the ancient Silk Road but fewer know that the exchange of items, ideas, technology, and human genes through the mountain valleys of Central Asia started almost three millennia before organized trade networks formed. These pre-Silk Road exchange routes played an …
Mexico earthquake reveals lost ancient temple inside the pyramid
Mexico earthquake reveals lost ancient temple inside the pyramid The remains of the great pyramid of Teopanzolco have long offered visitors to the southern Mexican site unique insights into the structure’s inner workings while simultaneously conjuring visions of the intricate temples that once arose from its series of bases and platforms. Today, remnants of twin …
Family discover ‘perfectly preserved’ Roman tomb hidden beneath a home in southern Spain
Family discover ‘perfectly preserved’ Roman tomb hidden beneath a home in southern Spain In Carmona, a city near Seville, Andalusia, a family made a remarkable discovery during building work on their houses. They were stunned when they knocked a wall down the patio of their townhouse to find a small arched opening that led to an underground …
Rare 3.8-million-year-old skull recasts origins of iconic ‘Lucy’ fossil
Rare 3.8-million-year-old skull recasts origins of iconic ‘Lucy’ fossil The African skull aged 3.8 million years old is giving researchers a peek into humanity’s evolutionary history, a new study suggests. The discovery explains what the face of a possible ancestor of the species famously represented by Lucy – the well-known Ethiopian skeleton discovered in the mid-1970s …
3,000-year-old Canaanite temple discovered in southern Israel
3,000-year-old Canaanite temple discovered in southern Israel In southern central Israel, Tel Lachish’s new discovery consists of very rare inscriptions showing early precursors of Hebrew alphabet In Tel Lachish National Park, the 3,000-year-old temple of Canaanite has unearthed by a team of Israelis and American archeologists. Under the guidance of Prof. Yosef Garfinkel from the Hebrew …
Iron Age temple discovered at Tel Motza near Jerusalem calls into question the Biblical claim that Solomon’s Temple was the only temple in the ancient Kingdom of Judah
Iron Age Temple Uncovered in Jerusalem Challenges Biblical Claim Perhaps Solomon’s famous Temple was not the first or only Holy Temple in the world. Dating to around 900 BC, an Iron Age temple located near Jerusalem negates the long-held idea the ancient Kingdom of Judah (southern Israel) only had one temple, the First Temple, better …