8,600 years old Textile tools found in western Turkey
8,600 years old Textile tools found in western Turkey Hurriyet Daily News reports that 8,600-year-old textile tools have been uncovered in western Anatolia at the ancient settlement site of Ekşi Höyük. Fulya Dedeoğlu of Ege University said the bone needles and round stones for spinning thread were found in a building dated to the Neolithic period. …
People Lived in This Cave for 78,000 Years
People Lived in This Cave for 78,000 Years A large cave site was identified by an international interdisciplinary group of scholars operating along the east coast of Africa that documented significant activities of hunter-gatherers and later, Iron Age communities. Detailed environmental research has demonstrated that human occupations occur in a persistent tropical forest-grᴀssland ecotone, adding …
5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of a Mᴀssive Asteroid
5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of a Mᴀssive Asteroid For more than 150 years scientists have tried to solve the mystery of a notorious cuneiform clay tablet that reveals that in the past the impact case of so-called Köfel was detected. The circular stone-cast tablet was discovered in the late 1800s from the …
The Yakhchāl: 2,400-Year-old Persian refrigerator that stored food in the desert
The Yakhchāl: 2,400-Year-old Persian “refrigerator” that stored food in the desert The refrigerator is one of the most indispensable appliances of modern life. it’s almost unthinkable that a person can live with one or least have other means to keep their food refrigerated. so, imagine what if life was like during ancient times when electricity …
Archaeology reveals how pandemics were handled in ancient African societies
Archaeology shows how ancient African societies managed pandemics In past cultures, archaeologists have studied diseases for a long time. To do so, they consider a wide array of evidence: settlement layout, burials, funerary remains, and human skeletons. We do not know, for example, that the damaging impact of epidemics prompted the abandonment of settlements at …
600-Year-Old Skeleton found beneath Edinburgh School Playground
600-Year-Old Skeleton found beneath Edinburgh School Playground A skeleton discovered in a school playground could be that of a 600-year-old pirate, according to archaeologists. City of Edinburgh Council workers found the remains at the city’s oldest primary school while carrying out survey work to build an extension. Victoria Primary School is close to Newhaven’s harbour, …
60,000 Mayan structures preserved under dense Guatemalan jungle
Lasers Reveal 60,000 Ancient Maya Structures in Guatemala Researchers have identified more than 60,000 previously unknown structures in northern Guatemala after extensive aerial LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) surveys. Their findings show that the region’s pre-Columbian civilization was “far more complex and interconnected than most Maya specialists had supposed,” according to National Geographic. Scientists mapped …
Amateur metal detector uncovers 22,000 Roman coins
Amateur metal detector uncovers 22,000 Roman coins An enthusiast of an East Devon metal detector has stumbled on one of Britain’s largest hoards of Roman coins ever discovered, prompting a local museum to launch a campaign to buy the “remarkable” collection for the nation. It is the fifth-largest discovery of Roman coins in Britain, comprising …
Extremely rare mᴀss grave of decapitated Vikings found in the UK
Extremely rare mᴀss grave of decapitated Vikings found in the UK Archaeologists made the gruesome discovery of 51 Viking corpses buried in the UK – with researchers claiming they may have been killed in sacrifice. Archaeologists believed that the violent killing happened 1000 years ago – the 51 skeletons had languished near Weymouth, Dorset. Oxford …
A hidden temple was recently discovered in an ancient Roman city that’s mostly still underground
A hidden temple was recently discovered in an ancient Roman city that’s mostly still underground The temple was once part of the city of Falerii Novi, which was abandoned more than 1,000 years ago and buried by time. Archaeologists recently mapped the entire town in remarkable detail with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) revealing previously unknown structures, …