Decorative Roof Tiles from Tang Dynasty Temple Analyzed
Decorative Roof Tiles from Tang Dynasty Temple Analyzed According to a statement released by Kanazawa University, researchers from Kanazawa University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences examined the end caps of more than 400 curved roof tiles recovered from Ximing Temple, which is located at the site of the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618–907) imperial …
2,700 Year Old Yogi in Samadhi Found in Indus Valley Civilization Archaeological Site
2,700 Year Old Yogi in Samadhi Found in Indus Valley Civilization Archaeological Site While Yoga is being sold by Corporate Gurus today, it is necessary to remember that Yoga as a system of Spiritual development was in vogue probably by or before the Rig Veda which is dated around 5000 BC. However, I have provided …
2,800-Year-Old Urartu Jars Uncovered In Eastern Turkey
2,800-Year-Old Urartu Jars Uncovered In Eastern Turkey At this time, using the common hand tool trowel, some researchers are looking into the secrets of an ancient kingdom. Historians believe they have discovered ruins that are estimated to be over 2,800 years old in the eastern Van region, Turkey. The pithos burial chambers, which are like large ceramic …
Archaeologists Discover Additional ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Sea Scroll Fragments In Desert Caves
Archaeologists Discover Additional ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Sea Scroll Fragments In Desert Caves Archaeologists in Israel have found new fragments of a ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Sea Scroll for the first time in 60 years. The parchment fragments, which number in the hundreds, were most likely buried in a desert cave between 132 and 136 A.D., during the unsuccessful Bar Kokhba …
Oldest woven basket in the world found in Israel dates back 10,000 years
Oldest woven basket in the world found in Israel dates back 10,000 years Archaeologists in Israel have discovered several 2,000-year-old biblical scroll fragments, a 6,000-year-old skeleton, ancient coins and what is thought to be the world’s oldest woven basket in a cave, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Tuesday. The basket was found empty and …
Chinese mummy suggests brain surgery was carried out 3,600 years ago
Chinese mummy suggests brain surgery was carried out 3,600 years ago A three-and-a-half-millennia-old skull has uncovered evidence of an early form of brain surgery. The mummified woman’s perforated skull was discovered in the Xiaohe tomb in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Experts said that the hole, which measures around 2 inches (50mm) in diameter, was …
The Oldest Mummies in The World Are Turning Into Black Slime
The Oldest Mummies in The World Are Turning Into Black Slime Climate change is converting the world’s oldest mummies into black slime, which were buried more than 7,000 years ago in the arid desert of northern Chile. Increasing humidity has been observed to cause an outbreak of bacteria living on the preserved skin of Chinchorro …
Ancient Christian settlement discovered in Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis
Ancient Christian settlement discovered in Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis The Egyptian antiquities ministry announced Saturday that a French-Norwegian excavation team uncovered new Christian ruins in Egypt’s Western Desert, exposing monastic life in the area in the fifth century AD. During its third excavation campaign at the Tal Ganoub Qasr al-Agouz site in the Bahariya Oasis, the …
Archaeologists discover ancient Rome may have been much larger than previously believed
Archaeologists discover ancient Rome may have been much larger than previously believed The discovery made in 2015 of a large, 2500-year-old residence, in the central part of Rome, points to the possibility that the ancient city was considerably bigger than previously thought during its archaic period. Found on the Quirinal Hill, somewhere between modern-day Via …
Sunken treasure? Divers stumble upon a priceless ancient gold
Sunken treasure? Divers stumble upon a priceless ancient gold The biggest cache of gold coins ever uncovered off Israel’s Mediterranean coast has been discovered by scuba diving, with around 2,000 pieces dating back over 1,000 years, according to the country’s antiquities authority. “The largest treasure of gold coins discovered in Israel was found on the …