New Evidence Of Ancient Child Sacrifice Found From Bronze Age Mesopotamia
New Evidence Of Ancient Child Sacrifice Found From Bronze Age Mesopotamia About 5,000 years ago, the Mesopotamians buried two 12-year-olds — a boy and a girl — and surrounded their slender bodies with hundreds of bronze spearheads and what appears to be eight human sacrifices, a new study finds. The eight human sacrifices were positioned …
The ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Sea Scrolls contain genetic clues to their origins
The ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Sea Scrolls contain genetic clues to their origins The ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Sea Scrolls’ genetic analysis of leather helped to place various fragments in new historical contexts. The ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Sea scrolls consist of a collection of approximately 1,000 ancient manuscripts, including the earliest edition of the Hebrew Bible in the cave of the Judean Desert. However, …
Evidence of 5,000-year-old Neolithic fabric found in Orkney
Evidence of 5,000-year-old Neolithic fabric found in Orkney In Orkney, Scotland, archeologists found new evidence of ancient fabrics from the Neolithic era more than 5000 years ago. The only discovery in Scotland, the second of its kind, came from a fragment of pottery with an impression of a cloth stamped into its surface, found at …
The Great Death Pit of Ur: Mᴀss Human Sacrifice in Ancient Mesopotamia
The Great Death Pit of Ur: Mᴀss Human Sacrifice in Ancient Mesopotamia As Sir Charles Leonard Woolley excavated at Ur between 1922 and 1934, every burial without a grave chamber was called the “death pit” (known also as ‘grave pits’). Woolley and his team excavated the PG 1237, which Woolley called ‘ The Great Death Pit, …
Pyramids Discovered Under Water Off Coast of Cuba, Might be Atlantis
Pyramids Discovered Under Water Off Coast of Cuba, Might be Atlantis The remains of what may be a 6000-year-old city immersed in deep waters off the west coast of Cuba was discovered by a team of Canadian and Cuban researchers. Offshore engineer Paulina Zelitsky and her husband, Paul Weinzweig and her son Ernesto Tapanes used sophisticated …
Roman Bath Discovered in Swiss Spa Town
Roman Bath Discovered in Swiss Spa Town In the Swiss city of Baden, a Roman bath part of an ancient spa has been uncovered. It was dismantled at the new pipeline in Baden’s Kurplatz city center and in extremely good condition, completed with finely designed entry steps. It dates back to the second half of …
Newly discovered mᴀss graves could be filled with an ancient greek Tyrants followers
Newly discovered mᴀss graves could be filled with an ancient greek Tyrants followers A former Greek athlete named Cylon tried to overthrow the government thousands of years ago. It didn’t finish right. Two mᴀss graves near the Greek capital, including 80 skeletons of the men who may have been followers of ancient would-be tyrant Cylon …
Very strange Gallo roman horse and human burials at Evreux (Eure) France.
Very strange Gallo roman horse and human burials at Evreux (Eure) France. A team from the Insтιтut National d’archéologie preventive (Inrap) has discovered a mortuary practice hitherto unknown in Roman Gaul. The archaeologists are working in an area of 200m2 intended for the construction of a private house at Evreux (Eure). The earliest traces of …
Medieval Sugarcane crusher Found in Northern India
Medieval Sugarcane crusher Found in Northern India The archaeology department of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has excavated a “stone sugarcane crusher” of the late medieval period. AGRA, INDIA—The Times of India reports that a stone sugar mill has been unearthed on farmland in northern India. Manvendra Kumar Pundhir of Aligarh Muslim University said medieval sugar mills …
Second Viking Ship Burial Detected on Norway’s Edoya Island
Second Viking Ship Burial Detected on Norway’s Edoya Island The georadar study completed on Edoya Island off the coast of Western Norway revelated a second burial of the Viking ship, according to Archaeology Org. Oslo, Norway. On the tiny island, the ship burial was discovered known as the Edoya ship. Manuel Gabler of the Norwegian Insтιтute for …