Interesting facts about herbivorous dinosaurs
Interesting facts about herbivorous dinosaurs Herbivorous dinosaurs were some of the most diverse animals on Earth. They ranged in size from small two-legged forms to large, long-necked four-legged giants. The most well known herbivore is probably the Triceratops, but there were many different types of such dinosaurs. If you want to learn more interesting facts …
Tlingit Objects Repatriated to Alaska Village
Tlingit Objects Repatriated to Alaska Village Nearing the end of his flight from Seattle to Juneau, Frank Hughes looked out his plane window to the ground below where the outline of the Organized Village of Kake slowly appeared beneath him. An excitement built in him, one that he said made him feel like his heart …
5,000-yr-old house ruins found in central China
5,000-yr-old house ruins found in central China Archaeologists have excavated the ruins of house foundations dating back more than 5,000 years in the Yangshao Village site in central China’s Henan Province. The house was once a large building with rammed earth walls that may have covered more than 130 square meters. As per speculations, it …
Wealthy Medieval Farm Excavated in Northern England
Wealthy Medieval Farm Excavated in Northern England The site, four miles from Helmsley, was known to be the location of a grange built shortly after the abbey was founded in 1132 to supply it with produce, yet this was the first major excavation. The farm was managed by the Cistercian monks until the Dissolution of …
Maya Stucco Masks Revealed in Mexico
Maya Stucco Masks Revealed in Mexico The Federal Ministry of Culture, through the National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH), announced that, in 42 years of research work in the archaeological zone of Toniná, archaeologist Juan Yadeun Angulo, has found a diversity of archaeological materials, among which a large number of masks stand out, with …
Early Dog Identified in Spain’s Basque Country
Early Dog Identified in Spain’s Basque Country A humerus analyzed by the UPV/EHU’s Human Evolutionary Biology group belonged to a specimen that lived in the Paleolithic period, 17,000 years ago. The dog is the first species domesticated by humans, although the geographical and temporal origin of wolf domestication remains a matter of debate. In an …
Scientists discover 80,000-year-old bone tools
Scientists discover 80,000-year-old bone tools Until the beginning of this century, the production of fully worked bone tools was considered an innovation introduced in Europe around 40,000 years ago by modern humans. Research carried out over the last two decades has led to the discovery of bone tools in several regions of Africa, some of …
Roman Colosseum’s Sewers Investigated With Robots
Roman Colosseum’s Sewers Investigated With Robots Spectators at Rome’s ancient gladiator arena, the Colosseum, may have enjoyed snacks of olives, fruit and nuts, archaeologists have found. Food fragments of figs, grapes, cherries, blackberries, walnuts and more have been unearthed at the site. Archaeologists also found the bones of bears and big cats that were probably …
Medieval Woman’s Burial in Switzerland Yields Gold Brooch
Medieval Woman’s Burial in Switzerland Yields Gold Brooch An excavation of a 7th Century grave site in Switzerland has thrown up a “spectacular” kind of jewellery and afforded valuable insight into medieval society. The 15 graves belonged to wealthy people of that time who were buried in their finery. The most significant find was a golden robe …
Ancient barn conversion with steam room found at Roman villa in Rutland
Ancient barn conversion with steam room found at Roman villa in Rutland If you thought barn conversions were a relatively recent development for the property-owning classes, you’d be wrong – probably by 16 or 17 centuries. Archaeologists at the site of a Roman villa complex in the east Midlands have discovered that its wealthy owners …