Attila The Hun May Have Raided The Roman Empire Because Of Drought
Attila The Hun May Have Raided The Roman Empire Because Of Drought Attila the Hun is one of history’s most notorious warlords – yet while he has traditionally been cast as a bloodthirsty barbarian motivated only by a lust for gold, new research suggests that his constant attacks on the Roman Empire may have been …
Tiny flakes tell a story of tool use 300,000 years ago
Tiny flakes tell a story of tool use 300,000 years ago Tübingen University and Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment team analyze flint chips found in Schöningen, Lower Saxony. When prehistoric people re-sharpened cutting tools 300,000 years ago, they dropped tiny chips of flint – which today yield evidence of how the wood was …
A princely tomb discovered in the infrastructure project of the A7 Ploieşti-Buzău highway in Romania
A princely tomb discovered in the infrastructure project of the A7 Ploieşti-Buzău highway in Romania An impressive archaeological discovery took place on the Ploiești-Buzău section of the Moldova Highway. The excavations uncovered a princely tomb, most likely belonging to a warrior from the migration period. The discovery of the warrior princely tomb, which contains various …
Late Period Tombs Excavated in Northern Egypt
Late Period Tombs Excavated in Northern Egypt The Egyptian archaeological mission affiliated with the Supreme Council of Antiquities has been working at Tell al-Deir ruins in the new city of Damietta. Together they discovered 20 tombs dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt, while completing the excavation work it is conducting at the …
Dyed Cotton Fibers Found at Neolithic Village Site in Israel
Dyed Cotton Fibers Found at Neolithic Village Site in Israel Around 7,000 years ago, somebody arrived in a prehistoric village in today’s northern Israel with a luxurious novelty: cotton. Cotton was not known to the earliest civilizations rising in the Near East because it isn’t indigenous to the region, and where and when it was …
In Turkey’s Gedikkaya Cave, a stone figurine was discovered inside a 16,500-year-old votive pit
In Turkey’s Gedikkaya Cave, a stone figurine was discovered inside a 16,500-year-old votive pit A stone figurine was discovered in a 16500-year-old votive pit belonging to the Epi-paleolithic period, the transition phase from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age, during the archaeological excavation carried out in the Gedikkaya Cave in the İnhisar district of …
1.5 tons of bronze coins were found in east China
1.5 tons of bronze coins were found in east China An ancient coin hoard containing 1.5 tonnes of coins from the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties has been discovered in Jiangsu Province, east China. The coins were strong together with straw ropes and arranged in tidy stacks. The underground remains were unearthed in Shuangdun …
See a stunning, life-like reconstruction of a Stone Age woman
See a stunning, life-like reconstruction of a Stone Age woman A Stone Age woman who lived 4,000 years ago is leaning on her walking stick and looking ahead as a spirited young boy bursts into a run, in a stunning life-size reconstruction now on display in Sweden. Although her likeness is new — it debuted …
Vatican Will Return Parthenon Sculptures to Greece
Vatican Will Return Parthenon Sculptures to Greece Pope Francis will send back to Greece the three fragments of the Parthenon Sculptures that the Vatican Museums have held for two centuries, in the latest case of a Western museum bowing to demands for resтιтution of artifacts to their countries of origin. In announcing the decision Friday, …
The earliest known depiction of biblical heroines Jael and Deborah was discovered at a Jewish synagogue in Israel
The earliest known depiction of biblical heroines Jael and Deborah was discovered at a Jewish synagogue in Israel The earliest known depiction of biblical heroines Jael and Deborah was discovered at a Jewish synagogue at Huqoq in Israel, A team of specialists and students led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Jodi …