Historic 3,000-year-old olive tree still producing olives to this day
Historic 3,000-year-old olive tree still producing olives to this day The oldest olive tree in the world is located in the village of Ano Vouves of Kissamos in Chania, Crete, Greece. The ancient tree is 3000 years old, as determined by the international scientific community. The ancient olive tree in Vouves has a trunk with …
Norway Couple Find Viking Age Grave Under house.
Norway Couple Find Viking Age Grave Under Their House A Norwegian couple got quite the shock when renovating their old family house near Bodø in northern Norway this month. After removing the floorboards and some sand with the intention to install insulation, the couple discovered several rocks. They continued digging and spotted something glittering in …
5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map Of Ancient Nineveh Reveals Observation Of Köfels’ Impact Event
5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map Of Ancient Nineveh Reveals Observation Of Köfels’ Impact Event Did ancient Sumerians observe and record the impact of the Aten asteroid over 5,000 years ago? For over 150 years scientists have tried to solve the mystery of a controversial cuneiform clay tablet that indicates the so-called Köfel’s impact event was observed …
A 3,400-year-old Minoan tomb has been uncovered in an unnamed farmer’s olive grove near Ierapetra on the Greek island of Crete
A 3,400-year-old Minoan tomb has been uncovered in an unnamed farmer’s olive grove near Ierapetra on the Greek island of Crete The untouched Bronze Age tomb and the skeletons inside will hopefully provide archaeologists with information about the mysterious Minoan civilization. In an extraordinary example of being in the wrong place at the right time, …
Iron Age necropolis that predates Rome unearthed near Naples
Iron Age necropolis that predates Rome unearthed near Naples An ancient necropolis discovered near Naples, Italy was used to bury the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ about 2,800 years ago, around the time the city of Rome was founded about 100 miles (161 kilometers) to the northwest. The discovery gives researchers a rare insight into the Iron Age cultures …
Stone Inscribed With Ireland’s Ogham Script Found in England
Stone Inscribed With Ireland’s Ogham Script Found in England A geography teacher was tidying his overgrown garden at his home in Coventry, England, when he stumbled across a rock with mysterious incisions. Intrigued, he sent pH๏τographs to a local archaeologist and was taken aback to learn that the markings were created more than 1,600 years …
New Dates Obtained for Modern Human Remains in China
New Dates Obtained for Modern Human Remains in China Some of China’s oldest Homo sapiens remains are about 10 times younger than previously thought. Skeletal remains of a modern human discovered in 1958 were found in southern China’s Liujiang District. It was previously thought that the remains were up to 227,000 years old. It is …
Comparison of American Languages Detects Waves of Migration
Comparison of American Languages Detects Waves of Migration Indigenous people entered North America at least four times between 12,000 and 24,000 years ago, bringing their languages with them, a new linguistic model indicates. The model correlates with archaeological, climatological and genetic data, supporting the idea that populations in early North America were dynamic and diverse. …
Archaeologists unearth unusual find inside Tulum cave
Archaeologists unearth unusual find inside Tulum cave A pre-Columbian apparatus that could be of great use today — a system for catching rainwater — has been found in the archaeological zone of Tulum, Quintana Roo. However, this one apparently wasn’t used as a catchment, since it was found inside a cave. The National Insтιтute of …
Face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed by scientists
Face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed by scientists She looks pretty good for 75,000 years old. Particularly given that her skull was smashed into 200 pieces, possibly by a rockfall, before it was meticulously pieced together by scientists over the last six years. This is Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal woman whose face was recreated by archaeologists …