Unprecedented Phoenician necropolis found in southern Spain
“Unprecedented” Phoenician necropolis found in southern Spain A 4th or 5th-century B.C Phoenician necropolis has been found at Osuna in Southern Spain. A well-preserved underground limestone vault necropolis, where the Phoenicians living in the Iberian peninsula buried their ᴅᴇᴀᴅ, was discovered during water utility upgrades. Council workers have found a well-preserved necropolis from the Phoenician …
New Thoughts on Egypt’s Ancient Branding Irons
New Thoughts on Egypt’s Ancient Branding Irons Small branding irons from ancient Egypt were likely used to mark the skin of human slaves, a new study suggests. Several ancient texts and illustrations, as well as 10 branding irons dating to 3,000 years ago, suggest that ancient Egyptians branded slaves. These branding irons, actually made of …
Genetic Study Suggests Neolithic Mesopotamia Was a Melting Pot
Genetic Study Suggests Neolithic Mesopotamia Was a Melting Pot A team of researchers affiliated with multiple insтιтutions in Turkey, working with one colleague from Austria and two from Sweden, has found evidence via genetic analysis of a blend of demographics in Neolithic people living in the Upper Tigris portion of Mesopotamia. In their paper published …
Large Temple Found in Italy’s Etruscan City of Vulci
Large Temple Found in Italy’s Etruscan City of Vulci Archaeologists from the universities of Freiburg and Mainz identify one of the largest known sacred buildings of the Etruscans An interdisciplinary team headed by archaeologists Dr. Mariachiara Franceschini of the University of Freiburg and Paul P. Pasieka of the University of Mainz has discovered a previously …
Fish fossils show first cooking may have been 600,000 years earlier than thought
Fish fossils show first cooking may have been 600,000 years earlier than thought Early human ancestors living 780,000 years ago liked their fish well done, Israeli researchers have revealed, in what they said was the earliest evidence of fire being used for cooking. Exactly when our ancestors started cooking has been a matter of controversy …
Revolutionary War–Era Graves Unearthed in South Carolina
Revolutionary War–Era Graves Unearthed in South Carolina The bones came out, one by one, lifted from the earth by experienced hands, wrapped in foil and labelled, until the entire skeleton was liberated from this shallow gravesite. The coroners laid each package in a box. Someone unfurled a Maryland flag. Doug Bostick, executive director of the …
Bathhouse Dated to Third Century B.C. Uncovered in Egypt
Bathhouse Dated to Third Century B.C. Uncovered in Egypt The ruins of a 2,200-year-old bathhouse dating to the second half of the third century B.C. have been discovered at Berenike, a town in Egypt by the Red Sea. The giant bathhouse has two tholoi (circular structures) with 14 bathtubs in each that would have had …
Archaeologists unearth ancient Sumerian riverboat in Iraq
Archaeologists unearth ancient Sumerian riverboat in Iraq All that’s left today of an ancient boat discovered in 2018 in what was formerly Uruk is the bitumen, black tar that once coated its framework of reeds, palm leaves, or wood. That fragile organic material is long gone, leaving behind only ghostly imprints in the bitumen. But …
A stone statue (Balbal) with a height of up to 3 meters found in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan
A stone statue (Balbal) with a height of up to 3 meters found in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan A balbal (stone statue) with a height of up to 3 meters was found during agricultural work in the Ak-Bulun village of Tyup district in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan. Balbal, is the name given to …
A 3200-year-old trepanned skull was discovered in eastern Turkey’s Van province
A 3200-year-old trepanned skull was discovered in eastern Turkey’s Van province A 3,200-year-old skull was recently uncovered in Turkey’s eastern Van province. This find was made even more intriguing by the skull’s clearly man-made triangle-shaped hole, indicating that the deceased owner had undergone an ancient medical procedure now called preparation. Trepanation, a procedure that involves …