Archaeologists discover the 18th-century wooden road
Archaeologists discover the 18th-century wooden road Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved stretch of a late 17th or early 18th-century wooden road in Jarosław, southeastern Poland. At 100 feet long, it is one of the longest wooden roads ever discovered in what is now Poland. The remains were discovered in February during archaeological exploration of the …
Possible shaman’s snake stick from 4,400 years ago discovered in a Finnish lake
Possible shaman’s snake stick from 4,400 years ago discovered in a Finnish lake Archaeologists in Finland have uncovered an intricately carved wooden staff that may have been used by Stone Age shamans for rituals. More than half a metre long, the perfectly preserved life-sized wooden stick is a carving of a snake, shaped as if …
Ancient Roman Military Camp Uncovered in Portugal
Ancient Roman Military Camp Uncovered in Portugal Pioneering technology has helped experts find a lost camp built and used by thousands of Roman soldiers sent to conquer Northwest Iberia. The discovery is the largest and oldest Roman military fortified enclosure excavated so far in Galicia and northern Portugal. The foundations of the enclosure wall date …
Mᴀssive Early Human Skull Found in China Examined
Mᴀssive Early Human Skull Found in China Examined According to a Science Magazine report, palaeontologist Qiang Ji of Hebei GEO University and his colleagues have examined a hominin skull discovered on the banks of the Songhua River in northeastern China in 1933. Almost 90 years ago, Japanese soldiers occupying northern China forced a Chinese man …
Dozens of ancient pyramids found at a single site in Sudan
Dozens of ancient pyramids found at a single site in Sudan At least 35 small pyramids, along with graves, have been discovered clustered closely together at a site called Sedeinga in Sudan. Discovered between 2009 and 2012, researchers are surprised at how densely the pyramids are concentrated. In one field season alone, in 2011, the …
Atlantis found in west Africa the evidence is overwhelming
Atlantis found in west Africa the evidence is overwhelming You have to give credit to the amateur archaeologist/historian that goes by the name of Bright Insighton YouTube, as he has a knack for ᴀssembling highly relevant facts and evidence to demonstrate that history is not always what we think it is or what has been …
The Largest Cave ever found on earth. so big, it has its own ecosystem
The Largest Cave ever found on earth. so big, it has its own ecosystem The Son Doong Cave in Vietnam is the largest cave pᴀssage in the world. This huge and intricate cave system was created by water that percolated down from a rainforest above, ultimately carving into the rock. Deep inside the cave sits …
Ancient Egyptian Head Cones Were Real, Grave Excavations Suggest
Ancient Egyptian Head Cones Were Real, Grave Excavations Suggest Most of the garments depicted in ancient Egyptian art are relatively straightforward to decipher, but there’s a particular wearable article that has baffled archaeologists. In statuary, murals, funerary stelae, coffins and relief sculptures dating between 3,570 and 2,000 years ago, people repeatedly appeared wearing cones on …
Pompeii dig uncovers 2000-year-old remains of rich man and slave killed by Vesuvius volcanic eruption
Pompeii dig uncovers 2000-year-old remains of rich man and slave killed by Vesuvius volcanic eruption Archaeologists uncovered the skeleton remains of two males who perished about 2,000 years ago in Pompeii, Italy, after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The bones are thought to be those of a wealthy man and his male …
Mexican cave contains signs of human visitors from 30,000 years ago
Mexican cave contains signs of human visitors from 30,000 years ago At first glance, Chiquihuite Cave in Mexico’s Zacatecas state is an unlikely place to find signs of early humans, let alone evidence that might change the story of the peopling of the Americas. It sits a daunting 1000 meters above a valley, overlooking a …