1,700-Year-Old Bronze Document Found in Roman Fortress
1,700-Year-Old Bronze Document Found in Roman Fortress For more than half a century, Warsaw archeologists have carried out excavations in Novae (near Svishtov). Every year their research presents more information about the life of the members of two armies of historic significance: the Eighth Legion of Augustus and the First Italian Legion. In Novae the …
The very first city ever established in human history recorded
The First City in Recorded History It is the oldest city in ancient Mesopotamia. It was located in the southern region of Sumeria (now Warka, Iraq) to the northeast of the Euphrates River. Uruk was an ancient city of Sumer and Babylon at one time. The ruins of what once used to be the great …
Ancient Gold Bracelet Unearthed in Estonia
Ancient Gold Bracelet Unearthed in Estonia Hobbyists of metal detectors feel lucky when they come across an old ʙuттon or coin instead of just the usual old nails or scrap metal. However, amateur hunters don’t even dream of finding the type of thing that set off Jegor Klimov’s metal detector in Saaremaa earlier this month. …
1,700-Year-Old Roman Bronze Vessel Discovered in Norway
1,700-Year-Old Roman Bronze Vessel Discovered in Norway Archaeologists do not every day have the opportunity to discover ancient objects in central Norway. Sometime in the Gaula River valley, southern Trøndelag, scientists report that about 150-300 CE a person died in the place now called Gylland. The remains were laid in a bronze vessel after the body …
King Tut’s Coffin Has been Removed from his Tomb for the First Time in History
King Tut’s Coffin Has been Removed from his Tomb for the First Time in History From the time that King Tutankhamun’s body was placed, the outermost sarcophagus had never left the 3300-year-old tomb. Even in 1922, following the discovery of the tomb by the British archeologist Howard Carter, the outer coffin made from wood and …
The Catholic church is ‘shocked’ at the hundreds of children buried at Tuam. Really?
The Catholic church is ‘shocked’ at the hundreds of children buried at Tuam. Really? Historian Catherine Corless was convinced that there — long-buried in a sewage system under the streets of a little town in Western Ireland — were the discarded remains of babies. Possibly hundreds of them. For years, no one believed her. Though, …
2,200-Year-Old Lion Statue Unearthed in Turkey
2,200-Year-Old Lion Statue Unearthed in Turkey In Turkey during archaeological excavations in the ancient Greek town of ᴀssos on the Anatolian shore, 2,200-year-old statue of a lion from the Hellenist Age and an Early Byzantine oven were found. ᴀssos, in the Ayvacik District, Canakkale Province, in Northwest Turkey, right across from the large Greek island of …
Strange moments in Edinburgh’s history: The mystery of the miniature coffins found at Arthur’s Seat
Strange moments in Edinburgh’s history: The mystery of the miniature coffins found at Arthur’s Seat It was a group of boys out hunting for rabbits who found the coffins one summer’s day in 1836. They were roaming a rocky peak known as Arthur’s Seat that overlooks Edinburgh, Scotland, when their attention was caught by a small cave, …
The mummified corpse of ‘magical’ baby boy who died 50 years ago attracts thousands of pilgrims
The mummified corpse of ‘magical’ baby boy who died 50 years ago attracts thousands of pilgrims There are thousands of pilgrims hundreds of miles traveling to visit the tiny body of Miguel Ángel Gaitán, Spanish for “Miracle Child”. “El Angelito Milagroso.” Fifteen days prior to his first birthday in 1967, Miguel died of meningitis. Seven years …
Moment horrified sailor finds mummified remains of German adventurer on stricken yacht
Moment horrified sailor finds mummified remains of German adventurer on stricken yacht On a yacht floating off the Philippines, fishermen have discovered the mummified body of a German sailor. After two people made the discovery, the police were investigating. Officers discovered that the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ person is Manfred Fritz Bajorat, aged 59, from idenтιтy documents found …