Headless HORSE skeleton with rider unearthed in a medieval graveyard in Germany
Headless HORSE skeleton with rider unearthed in a medieval graveyard in Germany The skeletal remains of a man buried 1,400 years ago near a headless horse have been discovered at an ancient cemetery in the town of Knittlingen in southern Germany. He likely was the horse’s owner/rider when he was alive. The man was buried at …
A Cave in France Changes What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals
A Cave in France Changes What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals The stone rings found inside the French cave were probably built by the Neanderthals 176,500 years ago. The study says that the structures are the oldest known human constructions, possibly altering the way we think about our ancestors. The team led by archaeologist …
Breakthrough in Translating Proto-Elamite, World’s Oldest Undeciphered Writing
Breakthrough in Translating Proto-Elamite, World’s Oldest Undeciphered Writing Specialists believe that the oldest undeciphered writing system will be decoding 5,000-year-old secrets. “I hope we are actually about to make a breakthrough,” said Jacob Dahl, a fellow at Oxford Wolfson‘s College and Director of the Ancient World Research Cluster. Live Science has confirmed that Dahl’s secret …
Ancient Egyptian bird mummy turns out to be human
Ancient Egyptian bird mummy turns out to be human A group of UK-based researchers discovered the remains of a stillborn human fetus with an unusual condition in a 2,100-year-old Egyptian mummy long thought to be that of a hawk. The mummy of an ancient bird was found at the Maidstone Museum in the United Kingdom. …
Inscription of last Babylonian king found in Saudi Arabia, ‘special’ message written in 26 lines?
Inscription of last Babylonian king found in Saudi Arabia, ‘special’ message written in 26 lines? A 2,550-year-old inscription, written in the name of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, has been discovered carved on basalt stone in northern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage recently announced. An engraving at the top of …
Archaeologists stunned by China’s ‘unique underwater world’ shrouded in mystery
Archaeologists stunned by China’s ‘unique underwater world’ shrouded in mystery Hidden in the depths of Qiandao Lake, China, lies a mysterious sunken city. Myriad ornate temples, each intricately carved with the script and perfectly preserved, offer a tantalising glimpse into China’s imperial past. The city, known as Shi Cheng, is 140 feet underwater and was …
How did an 8000-year-old community deal with climate change?
How did an 8000-year-old community deal with climate change? Cosmos Magazine reports that archaeologists including Rick J. Schulting of the University of Oxford have determined that Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov, a cemetery on an island in northern Russia’s Lake Onega, was used for a 200-year period during the so-called mini–Ice Age. Some 8200 years ago, a …
Ancient Coyote-Man Sculpture Recovered in Mexico
Ancient “Coyote-Man” Sculpture Recovered in Mexico Archaeologists from the Insтιтuto Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico have recovered an important artefact of pre-Hispanic culture: a monumental coyote-headed figure perched on a throne. Known as the coyote-man from Tacámbaro, an area in the central Mexican state of Michoacán, the sculpture was discovered almost 30 years …
Well-Preserved Visigoth Sarcophagus Found at Roman Villa in Spain
Well-Preserved Visigoth Sarcophagus Found at Roman Villa in Spain Researchers in southeast Spain have uncovered an incredibly well-preserved Visigoth coffin at the site of a former Roman villa. The stone sarcophagus is about six feet, seven inches, long with a swirling geometric decoration along its slanted lid interlaced with intricate ivy leaves designs. It’s estimated …
Armored Dinosaur’s Last Meal Found Preserved in Its Fossilized Belly
Armored Dinosaur’s Last Meal Found Preserved in Its Fossilized Belly More than 110 million years ago, a lumbering 1,300-kilogram, armour-plated dinosaur ate its last meal, died, and was washed out to sea in what is now northern Alberta. This ancient beast then sank onto its thorny back, churning up mud in the seabed that entombed …