Rare Roman coin bearing Cancer zodiac sign found off Israeli Coast
Rare Roman coin bearing Cancer zodiac sign found off Israeli Coast A nearly 2,000-year-old Roman coin, etched with a symbol of the zodiac, was fished from the waters around Haifa in northern Israel, reports the Agence France-Presse (AFP). Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) made the discovery while conducting an underwater archaeological survey. The bronze coin was minted …
Early Humans Placed the Hearth at the Optimal Location in Their Cave 170,000 Years Ago
Early Humans Placed the Hearth at the Optimal Location in Their Cave 170,000 Years Ago Spatial planning in caves 170,000 years ago. Findings indicate that early humans knew a great deal about spatial planning: they controlled fire and used it for various needs and placed their hearth at the optimal location in the cave – …
Early Human Evolution: Hominin Fossils in Cradle of Humankind May Be a Million Years Older Than Thought
Early Human Evolution: Hominin Fossils in “Cradle of Humankind” May Be a Million Years Older Than Thought The Famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit is 1 million years older than previously thought. New dates for the Australopithecus-bearing Sterkfontein Cave deposit place South African hominin fossils at the centre of global paleo research. Nearly four million years of …
8,000-Year-Old Neolithic Temple Discovered at Saudi Port Town
8,000-Year-Old Neolithic Temple Discovered at Saudi Port Town The Saudi Heritage Commission has unveiled the archaeological discoveries made by a Saudi-international scientific team at the site of Al-Faw, located on the edge of Al-Rub’ Al-Khali (the Empty Quarter), south-west of Riyadh. A Saudi-led multinational team of archaeologists conducted a comprehensive survey of the site using …
Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore
Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore An abandoned Caribbean colony unearthed centuries after it had been forgotten and a case of mistaken idenтιтy in the archaeological record has conspired to rewrite the history of a barrier island off the Virginia and Maryland coasts. These seemingly unrelated threads were woven together …
Remains of Mongol Summer Palace Investigated in Turkey
Remains of Mongol Summer Palace Investigated in Turkey Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered the remains of an ancient palace that may have belonged to Hulagu Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan. The site in eastern Turkey’s Van province, in the Çaldıran district, is currently being excavated. Hulagu Khan, a Mongol warlord who lived from about …
Human skeletons, and relics found in Pingtung date back 4,000 years: Archaeologists
Human skeletons, and relics found in Pingtung date back 4,000 years: Archaeologists Taipei, July 27 (CNA) Archaeologists in Taiwan confirmed Wednesday that a large number of human skeletons and shell tools unearthed in Pingtung County are about 4,000 years old, which makes the shell tool site the oldest in the Pacific region. Chiu Hung-lin (邱鴻霖), …
Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago In China
Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago In China Although we still cannot accurately predict earthquakes, we have come a long way in detecting, recording, and measuring seismic shocks. Many don’t realize that this process began nearly 2,000 years ago, with the invention of the first seismoscope in 132 AD by a Chinese inventor called Zhang …
The 150,000-Year-Old Cave Pipes Of China
The 150,000-Year-Old Cave Pipes Of China Oopart (out of place artefact) is a term applied to dozens of prehistoric objects found in various places around the world that seem to show a level of technological advancement incongruous with the times in which they were made. Ooparts often frustrate conventional scientists, delight adventurous investigators open to …
Hollow Earth: The Forbidden Land Of Agartha And The Thule Secret Society
Hollow Earth: The Forbidden Land Of Agartha And The Thule Secret Society In 1943, German Navy Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz stated that the German submarine fleet had “built for the Führer an impregnable fortress at the other end of the world,” in the region of Queen Maude’s Land, Antarctica, later renamed Neuschwabenland. According to German …