Why ISIS Hates Archaeology and Blew Up Ancient Iraqi Palace
Why ISIS Hates Archaeology and Blew Up Ancient Iraqi Palace The broken remains of Nimrud tell numerous people different things. To Sheikh Abdullah Saleh, a custodian of the ancient site until he was chased away by Islamic State extremists two years ago, they represent nothing but destruction and loss. The hulking piles of rock are a …
France digs up bones from 6,000-year-old ‘mᴀssacre’
France digs up bones from 6,000-year-old ‘mᴀssacre’ Archaeologists had discovered the remains of victims from a 6,000-year-old mᴀssacre in Alsace in eastern France that was likely carried out by “furious ritualized warriors”. The bones of the 6,000- year-old genocide in Alsace, in north-eastern France have been found by archeologists. According to a team from the …
Rome Sinkhole Makes Extraordinary Archaeological Find
Rome Sinkhole Makes Extraordinary Archaeological Find The Roman Archaeologists have confirmed that the sinkhole that opened up in front of the Pantheon in recent days has brought to light the ancient imperial flooring in Piazza Della Rotonda. In addition, the discovery of the seven travertine slabs, which are situated at about 2.5 meters below piazza …
Archaeologists Have Dates Wrong for North American Indigenous History
Archaeologists Have a Lot of Dates Wrong for North American Indigenous History — But Are Using New Techniques to Get It Right It was in 1492 that Columbus reached the Americas. Many Europeans had travelled before, but the century from then until 1609 marks the creation of the modern globalized world. It gave Europe extraordinary wealth …
4,200-year-old burial of Bronze Age chieftain discovered under UK skate park
4,200-year-old burial of Bronze Age chieftain discovered under UK skate park GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND—BBC reports that two Bronze Age burials situated within a circular ditch were unearthed in southwestern England by a team including Andy Hood of Foundations Archaeology. The first burial, placed in the center of the circle, contained the remains of a possible chieftain, …
Studies of bodies buried 500 years ago in Mexico reveal stories of 3 African slaves
Studies of bodies buried 500 years ago in Mexico reveal stories of 3 African slaves The men excavating a new metro line in central Mexico City stumbled on a long-lost cemetery in the late 1980s. Documents showed it had once been connected to a colonial hospital built between 1529 and 1531—only about 10 years after …
New Virtual Reality Experience Transports Viewer Inside Spanish Paleolithic Caves Seen By Only 50 People In 16,000 Years
New Virtual Reality Experience Transports Viewer Inside Spanish Paleolithic Caves Seen By Only 50 People In 16,000 Years In the caves of La Garma mountain in Northern Spain, there were only 50 other people, a novel archeological site with one of the most important international collections of rock art and archeological stays in the Paleolithic age. …
Thousands of ancestors’ remains, sacred objects to return home to North Dakota tribe
Thousands of ancestors’ remains, sacred objects to return home to North Dakota tribe In a storage room at the University of Tennessee’s anthropology department, the remains of almost 2,000 Arikara and Mandan people rest in boxes, alongside the sacred objects buried with them centuries ago. There, 65-year-old Pete Coffey, director of the Tribal Historic Preservation …
A fossilized human footprint was found to be 500 million years old!
500 Million-Year-Old Human Footprint Fossil Baffles Scientists Hundreds of millions of years ago someone with shoes walked on an ancient trilobite. The amateur fossil hunter William J. Meister found a lifetime discovery 43 kilometers west of Delta, Utah, in the summer of 1968, he found a fossilized human footprint about the size of a US 13 shoe …
Utah family finds 16,000-year-old horse bones in the backyard
16,000-yr-old Ice Age Horse Found During Utah Family’s Backyard Renovation Laura and Bridger Hill dug their yard after embarking on a home building project But something surprising emerged into the soil when a portion of the earth was removed: a row of rib bones. That certainly wasn’t all, though. Following further investigation, the Hills realized …