World’s Oldest Shoes: Some Look Surprisingly Modern
World’s Oldest Shoes: Some Look Surprisingly Modern More than 700 years ago today, on May 20, 1310, shoes were made for the first time for both right and left feet. Before that, unfortunately, they weren’t. Archaeologists have discovered several very old shoes in many parts of the world. Some of the shoes are thousands of …
Scientists Reconstruct Face Of 16th Century Italian ‘Vampire’ Buried With Brick In Mouth
Scientists Reconstruct Face Of 16th Century Italian ‘Vampire’ Buried With Brick In Mouth A 16th-century ‘vampire‘ who was buried with a stone brick jammed in her mouth over fears she would feed on corpses underground has had her face reconstructed by scientists. A facial reconstruction expert reconstructed the features of the female corpse discovered in …
Unique Gold Ring and Crystal Amulet among 30,000 Medieval Treasures Uncovered in Sweden
Unique Gold Ring and Crystal Amulet among 30,000 Medieval Treasures Uncovered in Sweden In the Swedish medieval city of Kalmar, archaeologists from the State Historical Museums unearthed the remains of over 30,000 objects during a two-year project. A gold ring and a crystal amulet with carved figures are two unique finds among the nearly 30,000 …
New study: Human brains preserve in diverse environments for at least 12 000 years
New study: Human brains preserve in diverse environments for at least 12 000 years A study by forensic anthropologist Alexandra Morton-Hayward and her team from the University of Oxford has shown that the human brain can survive the test of time far better than previously believed. This finding shows that human brains are surprisingly resistant …
An extraordinary medieval belt loop found near Kamień Pomorski in Poland
An extraordinary medieval belt loop found near Kamień Pomorski in Poland A late medieval belt loop for hanging keys or a bag was found near the town of Kamień Pomorski in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. So far, only 15 artifacts of this type have been discovered in Europe. The discovery was announced …
7,000-Year-Old Canoes Reveal Early Development of Nautical Technology in Mediterranean
7,000-Year-Old Canoes Reveal Early Development of Nautical Technology in Mediterranean The discovery of five “technologically sophisticated” canoes in Italy has revealed that Neolithic people were navigating the Mediterranean more than 7,000 years ago. The canoes date from between 5700 BC and 5100 BC and are the oldest in the region. In research published in the …
Rare 2,800-Year-Old ᴀssyrian Scarab Amulet Found In Lower Galilee
Rare 2,800-Year-Old ᴀssyrian Scarab Amulet Found In Lower Galilee Erez Avrahamov, a 45-year-old inhabitant of Peduel, made an incredible discovery while hiking in the Tabor Stream Nature Reserve located in Lower Galilee. He stumbled upon an ancient seal shaped like a scarab that dates back to the First Temple period. This ancient artifact is as …
Indigenous archaeologist argues humans may have arrived here 130,000 years ago
Indigenous archaeologist argues humans may have arrived here 130,000 years ago An old story about the “Old Stone Age” in North America is now giving way to new evidence — or to be precise, evidence that is much, much older than scientists used to accept. Archaeologists long believed that the first peoples to set foot …
Archaeologists unearth 6,000-year-old two monumental mounds containing wooden grave chambers in Germany
Archaeologists unearth 6,000-year-old two monumental mounds containing wooden grave chambers in Germany Archaeologists from the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt (LDA) have uncovered a significant Neolithic burial landscape on the Eulenberg near Magdeburg, Germany, during an excavation that was spurred by impending construction activities by US chip manufacturer Intel. 200 meters separated …
Well-preserved Ming Dynasty tomb unearthed in China’s Shanxi Province
Well-preserved Ming Dynasty tomb unearthed in China’s Shanxi Province Archaeologists from the Shanxi Insтιтute of Cultural Relics and Archeology have unearthed a well-preserved tomb from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Xinzhou city of Northern China’s Shanxi province. To coordinate with a national highway realignment project, archaeologists from the insтιтute and local cultural relics and archaeology …