Medieval Town Walls Uncovered in Wales
Medieval Town Walls Uncovered in Wales In a survey undertaken by Conwy Valley-based CR Archaeology, several other valuable items, which date back to the 13th century, were also found. The discoveries made at Antur Waunfawr’s Porth yr Aur site have come as a result of building work taking place for their new Beics Antur project. …
Ancient Maya kingdom unearthed in a backyard in Mexico
Ancient Maya kingdom unearthed in a backyard in Mexico A team of archeologists from the backyard of a rancher in Mexico have discovered the site of a long-lost ancient Mayan empire. The town was discovered with the help of a food vendor. Since 1994, when references to it were discovered at inscriptions on other Mayan excavation sites, scientists have been searching for signs of the ancient Mayan kingdom of Sak Tz’i ‘. Apart from the reference, the kingdom is also mentioned in other sculptures. …
Archaeologist hails ‘extraordinary’ Viking village find in Dublin
Archaeologist hails ‘extraordinary’ Viking village find in Dublin Researcher excavations have modified our understanding of the oldest Viking settlement in Dublin with a black pool or Dubh Linn which was considered to be much larger than originally expected. The excavation alongside Dublin Castle has also revealed the oldest police cells in the city and a …
19th-Century Railway Turntable Unearthed in England
19th-Century Railway Turntable Unearthed in England Birmingham’s former HS2 station was dug by archaeologists who uncovered what could be the ‘world’s oldest railway roundhouse’. On-site of the original station Curzon Road, which served from the 1830s to the 1960s, the red house was designed on Robert Stephenson’s plan. One of the buildings destroyed between 1860 …
Chinese Boy Accidentally Finds 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Eggs
Chinese Boy Accidentally Finds 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Eggs The Beijing Youth Daily revealed that a 9-year-old primary school student from Heyuan, South China’s Guangdong province, accidentally discovered what he suspected to be a dinosaur egg fossil while playing with his mom on the downtown riverbank. Huang Zhiqing, deputy director of the research department of Heyuan Dinosaur …
Greek Farmer Accidentally Discovers 3,400-Year-Old Minoan Tomb Hidden Under Olive Grove
Greek Farmer Accidentally Discovers 3,400-Year-Old Minoan Tomb Hidden Under Olive Grove Sometime between 1400 and 1200 B.C., two Minoan men were laid to rest in an underground enclosure carved out of the soft limestone native to southeast Crete. Both were entombed within larnakes—intricately embossed clay coffins popular in Bronze Age Minoan society—and surrounded by colorful …
Rabbit hole leads to incredible 700-year-old Knights Templar cave complex
Rabbit hole leads to incredible 700-year-old Knights Templar cave complex An outstanding discovery was made when a 700-year-old Knights Templar cave was found beneath a farmer’s field in Shropshire, England, in a complex known as the Caynton Caves network. The Knights Templar was a major catholic order which was popular during the Crusades and their name comes …
Eggshell beads made by hunter-gatherers 33,000 years ago used as a social network
Eggshell beads made by hunter-gatherers 33,000 years ago used as a social network New U of T Scarborough research offers physical evidence that ancient hunter-gatherers were exchanging ostrich eggshell beads in order to form large-scale social networks. The exchange of ostrich eggshell beads is thought to be the earliest example of social networking among humans. …
Scientists identify ‘mummy juice’ in an Egyptian sarcophagus
Scientists identify ‘mummy juice’ in Egyptian sarcophagus In Alexandria, Egypt, there was opened a mysterious black granite sarcophagus that dated back to the time Alexander the Grand invaded the city in 331 B.C., has been opened. The finding was believed that the huge sarcophagus contained Alexander’s remains at the beginning of this month and that …
S. Korea identifies 4 Korean War soldiers from remains found in DMZ
S. Korea identifies 4 Korean War soldiers from remains found in DMZ The bones of the soldier and its relics were excavated in arrowhead ridge in the central section of the inter-Korean border in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, a region of heinous battles in the 1950-53 Korean War that is now inside the Demilitarized Zone. The …