4,500-year-old rare Canaanite goddess sculpture found by a farmer in Gaza Strip
4,500-year-old rare Canaanite goddess sculpture found by a farmer in Gaza Strip A stone statue of an ancient goddess of beauty, love and war has been found in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian archaeologists say that the head of the Canaanite deity, Anat, dates back 4,500 years to the late Bronze Age. The discovery was made …
A woman in the Czech Republic found a medieval jackpot during a walk
A woman in the Czech Republic found a medieval jackpot during a walk A woman walking in the town of Kutná Hora in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic found a nearly 900-year-old treasure of more than 2,150 medieval silver coins, known as denarii. The woman found some silver coins while walking through …
8,000-Year-Old Pearl, Found In Abu Dhabi, Is World’s Oldest
8,000-Year-Old Pearl, Found In Abu Dhabi, Is World’s Oldest An 8,000-year-old pearl that archaeologists say is the worlds oldest will be displayed in Abu Dhabi, according to authorities who said Sunday it is proof the objects have been traded since Neolithic times. Dubbed the ‘Abu Dhabi Pearl’, it was found in layers carbon-dated to 5800-5600 …
Fossil of a beetle inside a lizard inside a snake – an ancient food chain
Fossil of a beetle inside a lizard inside a snake – an ancient food chain Paleontologists have uncovered a fossil that has preserved an insect inside a lizard inside a snake – a prehistoric battle of the food chain that ended in a volcanic lake some 48 million years ago. Pulled from an abandoned quarry …
GompH๏τhere Butchering Camp Discovered in Chile
GompH๏τhere Butchering Camp Discovered in Chile Archaeologists have uncovered a prehistoric site in South America where hunter-gatherers butchered a now-extinct elephant relative more than 12,000 years ago. A study, published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, details the excavation and analysis of a recently discovered site in the Tagua Tagua lake region in central Chile. The …
Possible Roman Oyster Processing Site Found in England
Possible Roman Oyster Processing Site Found in England A suspected Roman oyster processing site has been unearthed on the banks of the Humber Estuary. The Environment Agency said the discovery was made during flood defence work near Weeton in East Yorkshire. A team from York Archaeology chanced on the find close to what they think …
‘The Mayor’ buried 6,800 years ago with drinks and food for afterlife discovered in Bavaria
‘The Mayor’ buried 6,800 years ago with drinks and food for afterlife discovered in Bavaria About 6,800 years ago, a “mayor” was buried with a wealth of food and riches, including a halved boar’s tooth, according to archaeologists who found the rare burial in southern Germany. The mayor’s Middle Neolithic remains were found near the …
Study Impacts Understanding of First Australians’ Possible Route
Study Impacts Understanding of First Australians’ Possible Route The discovery of thousands of stone artefacts and animal bones in a deep cave in Timor Island has led archaeologists to reᴀssess the route that early humans took to reach Australia. Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU), Flinders University, University College London (UCL) and the ARC …
2,700-year-old leather saddle found in woman’s tomb in China is oldest on record
2,700-year-old leather saddle found in woman’s tomb in China is oldest on record Archaeologists have unearthed an elaborate leather horse saddle — possibly the oldest ever found — from a grave in northwestern China, according to a new study. The saddle, preserved for up to 2,700 years in the arid desert, was discovered in the …
1,000 years ago, Baltic pagans imported horses from Scandinavia to behead them or bury them alive
1,000 years ago, Baltic pagans imported horses from Scandinavia to behead them or bury them alive Around 1,000 years ago, pagans living near the Baltic Sea imported horses from their newly Christian northern neighbors and then subjected the animals to gruesome public sacrifice, a new study finds Horses were an important component of Balt culture …