Archaeologists Unearth 4,000-Year-Old Stone Board Game in Oman
Archaeologists Unearth 4,000-Year-Old Stone Board Game in Oman Archaeologists in Oman have found a 4,000-year-old stone board game at a Bronze and Iron Age settlement site near the village of Ayn Bani Saidah in the northern Hajar mountains’ Qumayrah Valley. “Such finds are rare, but examples are known from an area stretching from India, through …
Foraging badger uncovers a hoard of more than 200 Roman coins dating back to the THIRD century in a Spanish cave
Foraging badger uncovers a hoard of more than 200 Roman coins dating back to the THIRD century in a Spanish cave Archaeologists are thanking a hungry badger for the discovery of a stash of 209 ancient Roman coins, found in a cave in the Asturias region of northern Spain. The find came a few months …
Roman Coin Cache Discovered in Switzerland
Roman Coin Cache Discovered in Switzerland An amateur treasure hunter in Switzerland has discovered a buried clay pot filled to the brim with 1,290 Roman coins that date to the fourth century A.D. However, an odd divider found within the pot — a piece of cowhide — has stumped archaeologists. “It was clearly used as …
Collection of Ancient Toothless Skulls Analyzed in Mexico
Collection of Ancient Toothless Skulls Analyzed in Mexico They all have the peculiarity of not having dental pieces, a trait registered in other mortuary caves of that enтιтy. A decade ago, a complaint alerted the Chiapas authorities about the presence of human remains in a cave in the town of Carrizal, in the municipality of …
Child mummies in Sicily’s Capuchin Catacombs to be X-rayed
Child mummies in Sicily’s Capuchin Catacombs to be X-rayed The mummified and skeletal remains of more than 160 children lie preserved in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo in northern Sicily, and soon, scientists hope to uncover some of the mysteries surrounding their lives and deaths using X-ray technology. The catacombs contain at least 1,284 mummified …
How Do We Know What Color Dinosaurs Were?
How Do We Know What Color Dinosaurs Were? No animals have experienced a more dramatic makeover in the past few decades than the nonavian dinosaurs. Animals we used to think had nothing but drab grey and brown scales are now believed to have flaunted feathers in bright colours and patterns. So what colours were the …
Evidence For Biggest Earthquake In Human History That Caused 66-Ft Tall Tsunamis Found In Chile
Evidence For Biggest Earthquake In Human History That Caused 66-Ft Tall Tsunamis Found In Chile Archaeologists have found evidence of the largest known earthquake in human history — a terrifying magnitude-9.5 megaquake that caused a 5,000-mile-long (8,000 kilometres) tsunami and prompted human populations to abandon nearby coastlines for 1,000 years, a new study finds. The …
Researchers discover huge Dinosaur dance floor in China
Researchers discover huge “Dinosaur dance floor” in China In China, researchers have found many dinosaur footprints in an area of 1,600 square meters described in the literature as a “dinosaur dance floor.” So far, 8 kinds of dinosaur footprints have been seen on the dinosaur dance floor. It was determined that the dinosaurs that left …
Hoard of 5,500 Roman-era Silver Coins Unearthed in Germany
Hoard of 5,500 Roman-era Silver Coins Unearthed in Germany Archaeologists in Augsburg, Germany, revealed unearthed a historical hoard including 15 kg of silver coins from the Roman Empire’s era. In a historic Roman camp in Augsburg, more than 5,500 coins from the first and second century AD were uncovered. According to the local newspaper emphasis, …
Gaza farmer finds a 4,500-year-old statue of the Canaanite goddess
Gaza farmer finds a 4,500-year-old statue of the Canaanite goddess A farmer in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, found a rare 4,500-year-old stone sculpture while working on his land. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said Monday that the 22-centimetre-tall limestone head is believed to represent the Canaanite goddess Anat …