Ancient wares with clotted cream clarified ʙuттer found in Mongolia
800-year-old vases containing frozen clotted cream and yellow ʙuттer found from glacial An anomaly of three clotted creams and one vase of yellow ʙuттer preserved in glacier about 700 to 800 years ago is discovered in the “Umard Mongol” joint investigation team of the National Museum of Mongolia, the University of Pittsburgh and the United …
2,000-Year-Old Monolith Engravings Recorded in Peru
2,000-Year-Old Monolith Engravings Recorded in Peru A 2000-year-old jungle monolith decorated with circles, spirals and feline fangs has been 3D scanned in its remote Peruvian location. Peru is a land of history, myths, and home of some of the most amazing ancient civilizations to ever live on Earth. Inhabited by various ancient cultures such as …
How a-boat this! Huge 700-year-old shipwreck found at bottom of river Vistula
How a-boat this! Huge 700-year-old shipwreck found at bottom of river Vistula The underwater archaeologists in Vistula River north of Warsaw, Poland, discovered a centuries-old shipwreck described as “huge and rare.” This historical boat was the discovery by a group of submarine explorers searching in the Vistula River north of Warsaw in Poland for a whopping …
Anthropologists confirm the existence of specialized sheep-hunting camp in prehistoric Lebanon
Anthropologists confirm the existence of specialized sheep-hunting camp in prehistoric Lebanon The presence of a hunting camp, currently situated in north-eastern Lebanon, over 10,000 years old, has been confirmed by anthropologists at the University of Toronto – one that straddles the period marking the transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer societies to agricultural settlements at the onset of …
Anglo-Saxon Abbey where Lusty King Edgar was Crowned, Found!
Anglo-Saxon Abbey where Lusty King Edgar was Crowned, Found! The ruins of two stone buildings found during restoration work at Bath Abbey by WesSєx Archeology specialist, it was discovered during renovation work at Bath Abbey, to the 8th – 10th century. It is probably part of the Anglo-Saxon monastery where King Edgar was crowned as the first King …
Waves Over Centuries Has Carved this Marble Cave into Stunning Shapes and Swirling Patterns
Waves Over Centuries Has Carved this Marble Cave into Stunning Shapes and Swirling Patterns The Cuevas de Mármol is situated on a strong marble island on the edge of the General Correra Lake on the Patagonian Andes, an outlying glacial lake that stretches across the border between Chile and Argentina. Dubbed as the most beautiful …
Spider-Like Creature With a Tail Was Just Found in 100 Million-Year-Old Amber
Spider-Like Creature With a Tail Was Just Found in 100 Million-Year-Old Amber Amber mined for centuries in Myanmar for jewelry is a treasure trove for understanding the evolution of spiders and their other arachnid relatives. This week, two independent teams describe four 100-million-year-old specimens encased in amber that look like a cross between a spider …
Archaeologists discover fossil of ancient turtle species that never grew a shell
Archaeologists discover fossil of ancient turtle species that never grew a shell A fossil freshly discovered turtle, that lived 228 million years ago, illustrates how modern turtles have developed these traits. It had a beak, but while its body was Frisbee-shaped, its wide ribs hadn’t grown to form a shell-like we see in turtles today. “This …
Archaeologists discover a crude ancient weapon that could kill a man with a single blow
Archaeologists discover a crude ancient weapon that could kill a man with a single blow When many months ago, in England, an old wooden club was yanked from its watery grave in the River Thames in England, archaeologists didn’t quite know what to make of it. The blunt tool, which is supposed to happen between …
Fossil hunter finds 185M-year-old ‘golden snitch’ with ancient sea creature inside
Fossil hunter finds 185M-year-old ‘golden snitch’ with ancient sea creature inside Fossils shaped like Quidditchball are only a few of the many discoveries made by amateur archeologist Aaron Smith. On the cliffs of Whitby, Yorkshire, the medical student found various fossil items from the Jurᴀssic period. Perhaps the most spectacular is a 185 million-year-old fossil …