A pyramid-shaped mound holding 30 corpses may be the world’s oldest war monument
A pyramid-shaped mound holding 30 corpses may be the world’s oldest war monument The mᴀssive burial mound, which includes the corpses of at least 30 Syrian warriors and is now underwater, may be the oldest battle monument ever uncovered, according to experts. Tel Banat’s ruins stretch back at least 4,300 years. This monument is also …
2,000-Year-Old Realistic Green Mask Found Nestled Inside an Ancient Pyramid
2,000-Year-Old Realistic Green Mask Found Nestled Inside an Ancient Pyramid Alejandro Sarabia, Saburo Sugiyama, Enrique Perez Cortes & Nawa Sugiyama have reported this discovery, announced this finding registered during explorations conducted in the 65-meters high pyramidal structure from 2008 to 2011. The 116-meter-long tunnel drilled in 1930 by the archaeologist Eduardo Noguera was used to …
The oldest civilisation in the Americas: Have you heard of it?
The oldest civilisation in the Americas: Have you heard of it? Almost five thousand years ago, humankind came together in a way never seen before. We began to turn our backs on the traditional hunter-gatherer form of survival. Tribal communities based around families began to form into larger hierarchical systems. The techniques to build permanent …
Earliest known war driven by climate change, researchers say
Earliest known war driven by climate change, researchers say Researchers discovered 61 bones in the Nile Valley region in the 1960s, the earliest evidence of human conflict. The deaths were first attributed to a single armed battle. However, a recent reexamination of the 13,000-year-old bones revealed that individuals died over a period of years as …
3,800-Year-Old Gold Ornament Unearthed in Germany
3,800-Year-Old Gold Ornament Unearthed in Germany Live Science reports that a gold artefact thought to have been worn as a hair ornament has been found in a woman’s grave in southwestern Germany. Archaeologists have uncovered the 3,800-year-old burial of a woman who was around 20 years old when she died in what is now Tübingen, …
Beloved Gaza bookshop becomes a casualty of Israel-Hamas conflict
Beloved Gaza bookshop becomes a casualty of Israel-Hamas conflict “If I compare it to what is happening, it is minimal, but destroying the main bookstore we have is something serious,” said Refhat Alarir, an academic. At 6 am on Tuesday, Sameer Mansoor answered the call at his Gaza City home. This Israeli army was asking …
Archaeology news: 100 million-year-old ancient turtle fossil discovered in Texas, USA
Archaeology news: 100 million-year-old ancient turtle fossil discovered in Texas, USA Archaeologists have discovered a new, 100 million-year-old turtle fossil in Texas, USA. The ancient remains are believed to be the earliest remnants of the side-necked turtle in North America and have unravelled some of the mysteries surrounding reptile migration from the relatively unknown Cenomanian …
2,000-Year-Old Intact Tomb Discovered in Malta
2,000-Year-Old Intact Tomb Discovered in Malta A Punic tomb dating back over two thousand years was discovered during works carried out by the Water Services Corporation (WSC) in Żabbar. The tomb, which was still sealed, was opened, revealing a number of urns containing the cremated remains of human bones. Given the site’s archaeological sensitivity, the …
A Unique Native American Map Everyone Should See
A Unique Native American Map Everyone Should See Finding an address on a map can be taken for granted in the age of GPS and smartphones. But centuries of forced relocation, disease and genocide have made it difficult to find where many Native American tribes once lived. Aaron Carapella, a self-taught mapmaker in Warner, Okla., …
Huge spiral found in the Indian desert may be the largest drawing ever made
Huge spiral found in the Indian desert may be the largest drawing ever made A huge spiral covering 100,000 square metres discovered in the Indian desert may be the largest drawing ever made, according to experts, who say it dwarfs the Nazca lines in South America. The spiral artwork is made up of a series …