Study Offers Insight Into Metallurgy in Ancient China
Study Offers Insight Into Metallurgy in Ancient China An analysis of a 2,300-year-old text and coins has helped researchers decipher ancient recipes for bronze, including two linguistically elusive ingredients. The Kao Gong Ji, the oldest known technical encyclopedia, was written around 300 BC and is part of a larger text called The Rites of Zhou. …
A medieval cargo ship unexpectedly found during construction work in Estonia
A medieval cargo ship unexpectedly found during construction work in Estonia Construction workers have found the battered remains of a 700-year-old ship under the streets of the Estonian capital of Tallinn. Buried approximately 5 feet (1.5 meters) underground, the remnants of the ship are made of oak and are just over 78 feet (24 m) …
Twin ‘grumpy mouth’ reliefs of Olmec contortionists discovered in Mexico
Twin ‘grumpy mouth’ reliefs of Olmec contortionists discovered in Mexico Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered two Olmec reliefs chiselled into large, circular stones that are thought to depict local rulers performing ritual contortion. The twin pieces were found in Tenosique, a town located in the state of Tabasco, near Mexico’s southern tip, and are believed …
A rare 400-year-old ship found in the German river is a stunningly preserved ‘time capsule’
A rare 400-year-old ship found in the German river is a stunningly preserved ‘time capsule’ Maritime archaeologists in northern Germany have discovered the wreckage of a 400-year-old cargo ship that “sank almost standing,” escaped decay from ravenous shipworms and still has the barrels of lime it was carrying for the stone-building industry centuries ago. The …
Freckled Woman with High Alcohol Tolerance Lived in Japan 3,800 Years Ago
Freckled Woman with High Alcohol Tolerance Lived in Japan 3,800 Years Ago More than two decades after researchers discovered the 3,800-year-old remains of “Jomon woman” in Hokkaido, Japan, they’ve finally deciphered her genetic secrets. And it turns out, from that perspective, she looks very different from modern-day inhabitants of Japan. The woman, who was elderly …
Strange ‘alien’ holes were discovered on the ocean floor
Strange ‘alien’ holes were discovered on the ocean floor Explorers have discovered a series of mysterious, “perfectly aligned” holes punched into the seafloor roughly 1.6 miles (2.6 kilometres) beneath the ocean surface, and they have no idea who or what made them. The strange holes were spotted by the crew of the National Oceanic and …
Metal books found in Jordan cave could change the view of Biblical history
Metal books found in Jordan cave could change the view of Biblical history The discovery of seventy ancient metal books in a cave in Jordan is said to have the possibility of unlocking some of the secrets of the earliest days of Christianity. The tiny books, their lead pages bound with wire, have left academics …
7,800-year-old female figurine discovered in Ulucak Höyük in western Turkey
7,800-year-old female figurine discovered in Ulucak Höyük in western Turkey A clay statuette of a female figure dating back 7,800 years were unearthed during the Ulucak Mound excavation in the Kemalpaşa district of the western province of Izmir. Professor Özlem Çevik from the Department of Protohistory and Pre-Asian Archeology at Trakya University’s Faculty of Letters, …
A sleeve ʙuттon set from the 1780s discovered at Colonial Michilimackinac
A sleeve ʙuттon set from the 1780s discovered at Colonial Michilimackinac A set of joined sleeve ʙuттons, believed to be from the 1780s, was recently discovered on Colonial Michilimackinac. According to a press release from Mackinac State Historic Parks, archaeologists continue to uncover incredible artefacts late into the 2022 archaeological field season. “We are still …
17th-Century Coin Unearthed at a Castle in Slovakia
17th-Century Coin Unearthed at a Castle in Slovakia A coin minted at the end of the 17th century is just one of the finds archaeologists have made during research work at the Sivý Kameň castle ruins in the Prievidza district. The coin, which was among other items including ceramics and a knife found in the …