New Discoveries Found Under Demolished Historic Palace In Egypt – Al-Monitor
New Discoveries Found Under Demolished Historic Palace In Egypt – Al-Monitor An Egyptian archaeological mission working on the site of the Tawfiq Pasha Andraos Palace – which was recently demolished – unveiled a number of amphoras and lamps dating from the Byzantine era. Mustafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said on October …
193-million-year-old nesting ground with more than 100 dinosaur eggs offers evidence that they lived in herds
193-million-year-old nesting ground with more than 100 dinosaur eggs offers evidence that they lived in herds A 193-million-year-old nesting ground containing more than 100 dinosaurs eggs is upending paleontologists’ understanding of an early dinosaur species. Research published Thursday describes a collection of eggs and juvenile and adult skeletons from a dinosaur called Mussaurus patagonicus, which were …
Holding cell for gladiators and wild animals uncovered in excavation of Richborough Roman amphitheatre
Holding cell for gladiators and wild animals uncovered in excavation of Richborough Roman amphitheatre Archaeologists say that the amphitheatre in Richborough, Kent, could hold up to 5,000 spectators who cheered on charging gladiators and roaring wild animals in epic fights. Today, the Roman-era amphitheatre in Richborough, Kent, blends into the landscape. But it was once …
Eerie Lake Erie is home to a giant ship graveyard: Nearly 2,500 sunken vessels
Eerie Lake Erie is home to a giant ship graveyard: Nearly 2,500 sunken vessels Lurking below the surface of Lake Erie is a ship graveyard that is estimated to include up to 2,500 vessels, with the earliest wreck dating to the 1800s when it was part of the water route from the Atlantic Ocean to …
‘Astounding’ Roman statues unearthed at Norman church ruins on the route of HS2
‘Astounding’ Roman statues unearthed at Norman church ruins on route of HS2 Archaeologists in central England working on the HS2 project have uncovered a set of incredible rare Roman statues whilst excavating a Norman Church in Stoke Mandeville. In the final stages of the excavation at the site of the old St Mary’s Norman church …
Rare 1,000-year-old canoe found in a cenote near Chichén Itzá
Rare 1,000-year-old canoe found in cenote near Chichén Itzá A remarkably well-preserved Maya canoe — built for use some 1,100 years ago — has been found in a freshwater pool, or ‘cenote’, in Yucatán, southern Mexico. The wooden artefact — more than five feet in length — was found near the ruined city of Chichen Itza by Insтιтuto …
The newly named human species may be the direct ancestor of modern humans
Newly named human species may be the direct ancestor of modern humans Live Science reports that paleoanthropologist Mirjana Roksandic of the University of Winnipeg and her colleagues suggest renaming some human ancestors after examining fossils dating from 774,000 to 129,000 years ago. The newly proposed species, Homo bodoensis — which lived more than half a …
Amazingly Preserved Mummies in China Yield New Clues to Bronze Age Life
Amazingly Preserved Mummies in China Yield New Clues to Bronze Age Life According to a Gizmodo report, an international team of researchers has analyzed the genomes of some of the oldest of the naturally preserved mummies from northwest China’s Xiaohe cemetery, which is located in the desert sands of the Tarim Basin. The remains, which …
Evidence of Prehistoric Humans Found on the Falkland Islands
Evidence of Prehistoric Humans Found on the Falkland Islands The enigmatic, now-extinct Falkland Islands wolf had human visitors on the remote archipelago up to 1,070 years ago. The find suggests that Indigenous people could have originally brought the foxlike creatures, also known as the warrah, to the islands. Scientists have debated how the islands’ only …
Industrial-Sized Tannery Detected at Medieval Abbey in England
Industrial-Sized Tannery Detected at Medieval Abbey in England It is Britain’s biggest and most famous monastic ruin and one that conjures up bucolic images of peace, reflection and very little noise apart, perhaps, from the occasional waft of Gregorian chanting. In reality, archaeologists have revealed, Fountains Abbey near Ripon was as busy, noisy and industrialised as anywhere …