Archaeology bombshell: 7,000-year-old find older than Giza Pyramids stuns scientists in Poland
Archaeology bombshell: 7,000-year-old find older than Giza Pyramids stuns scientists in Poland For years the archeological discovery was hidden in a field in the north of Poland, in plain sight, near the village of Lysomice. But with the aid of Google Earth scans, archaeologists were able to spot concentric outlines of where the ancient structures, …
Corinthian Helmet From the Battle of the marathon (490 BC) Found with the Warrior’s Skull Inside
Corinthian Helmet From the Battle of the marathon (490 BC) Found with the Warrior’s Skull Inside This remarkable Corinthian style helmet from the Battle of Marathon was reputedly found in 1834 with a human skull still inside. It now forms part of the Royal Ontario Museum’s collections, but originally it was discovered by George Nugent-Grenville, who was the British High …
Cave Full of Untouched Maya Artifacts Found at Chichén Itzá
Cave Full of Untouched Maya Artifacts Found at Chichén Itzá In Mexico, archeologists found some 200 Mayan artifacts that seem to have been untouched for 1,000 years. In a cave of ruins in the ancient Mayan City of Chichen Itza on the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico, objects were discovered. The discovery has been revealed at a …
Neandertals had older mothers and younger fathers
Neandertals had older mothers and younger fathers Work in three different countries reveals that neanderthals in Iceland are more like neanderthals in Croatia than neanderthals in Russia, according to research conducted in cooperation with three insтιтutions. In comparison, mothers with children were older and fathers were younger in neanderthal communities. When Africa’s ancestors left 50,000 years …
Buried in the sand for a millennium: Africas roman ghost city
Buried in the sand for a millennium: Africas roman ghost city While the whole city often does not vanish, the Roman colony of Thamugadi was established in the North African province of Mumidia by Emperor Traian about 100 A.D., the city, also known as Timgad or Tamugas. Home to Veterans of the Third Augustan Legion, …
First Greek Helmet Discovered North of the Black Sea in Russia
First Greek Helmet Discovered North of the Black Sea in Russia The agency RIA Novosti reported that a Corinthian helmet was found in a grave dated from the 5th century BC in the Taman Peninsula, south-west of Russia. It is the only such helmet found from the north of the Black Sea. Corroded after 2500 …
Archaeologist Shows How The People Who Lived Thousands Of Years Before Us Really Looked And The Result Is Amazing
Archaeologist Shows How The People Who Lived Thousands Of Years Before Us Really Looked And The Result Is Amazing Such works by Oscar Nilsson represent the faces of people who died in the past. The Swedish archeologist is also a sculptor who focuses on reconstructing the faces of those whose graves were found during excavation. In …
Earliest Mosaic in the World Found in Turkey
The oldest known polychrome mosaic floor dating to the second-millennium bc has been discovered at the Hitтιтe settlement of usakli hoyuk Turkey. An Italian-Turkish team has unearthed the world’s oldest-known polychrome mosaic floor at Usakli Hoyuk, a Hitтιтe settlement in central Turkey. The partially preserved mosaic measures 23 feet by 10 feet and once adorned an …
Fingerprints on Early Bronze Age Pottery Studied in Israel
Fingerprints on Early Bronze Age Pottery Studied in Israel According to the text, some 4700 years ago, people were responsible in great part for pottery making in Tell es-Safi in central Israel, which was known as the biblical town of Gath, Ramat Gan, ISRAEL — Kent D. Fowler and the colleague from Bar-Ilan University and …
Metal detectorist finds £100,000 gold haul while looking for his mate’s wedding ring
Metal detectorist finds £100,000 gold haul while looking for his mate’s wedding ring Now a metal detector who was looking for a mate’s missing wedding ring has discovered a haul of gold coins worth an estimated £100,000 – and shouted: ”yee-ha – there’s a f*cking fortune here!’. Paul Raynard, 44, screamed “’there are millions – …