Medieval tunnel discovered under the castle in Szczecin in Poland
Medieval tunnel discovered under the castle in Szczecin in Poland Archaeologists have uncovered over 270 meters of previously hidden tunnels beneath the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle in Szczecin. They also warned that more detailed research was needed because they could collapse. Some of them come from the Middle Ages. The management of the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle informed …
Tanzanian rock art reveals trios of mysterious anthropomorphic figures
Tanzanian rock art reveals trios of mysterious anthropomorphic figures It was recently discovered that the rock art was located at the Amak’hee rock shelter site in the Dodoma Region of central Tanzania found in June 2018. Most of the paintings were made with a reddish dye; there are also five white images. Dr. Maciej Grzelczyk, a …
Possible 2,700-Year-Old Face Cream Found in China
Possible 2,700-Year-Old Face Cream Found in China According to a Nature report, a team of researchers led by Bin Han of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a bronze vessel containing remnants of a 2,700-year-old cosmetic among the artifacts recovered from a nobleman’s tomb at the Liujiawa site in northern China. The …
New Thoughts on the Origins of the Stonehenge
New Thoughts on the Origins of the Stonehenge Traces of a Neolithic stone circle have been discovered in west Wales, near ancient bluestone quarries in the Preseli Hills, by a team of researchers led by Mike Parker Pearson of University College London, according to a Science Magazine report. Around 3200 B.C.E., Stone Age farmers in …
Lost Civilization? 172000 Year Old River Discovered in Thar Desert India
Lost Civilization? 172000 Year Old River Discovered in Thar Desert India Researchers have found evidence of a “lost” river that ran through the central Thar Desert, near Bikaner, as early as 172 thousand years ago, and may have been a life-line to human populations enabling them to inhabit the region. The findings, published in the …
Erosion Reveals Possible Neolithic Village Site in Scotland
Erosion Reveals Possible Neolithic Village Site in Scotland The Scotsman reports that erosion on the island of Orkney at the northern end of the Bay of Skaill has exposed deer antlers, a boar tooth, a cattle jawbone, and a large stone marked with incised triangles and a series of rectangular bands. The artifacts were found …
10-Foot-Tall Stone Jars ‘Made by Giants’ Stored Human Bodies in Ancient Laos
10-Foot-Tall Stone Jars ‘Made by Giants’ Stored Human Bodies in Ancient Laos Stonehenge inspires awe, but there’s an even more mysterious ancient scene in Laos. The Plain of Jars consists of thousands of prehistoric stone vessels scattered over hundreds of square kilometres near Phonsavan, in the northeastern part of the country—a hilly area, despite the …
Turkey: 1,550-year-old church’s Marble Floor meticulously restored
Turkey: 1,550-year-old church’s Marble Floor meticulously restored The Anadolu Agency reports that an ancient floor surface made up of at least four different colors of marble has been uncovered at the site of the ancient city of Stratonikeia in southwestern Turkey. The latest project on a 1,550-year-old Byzantine church and its marble floors stand out …
Deep in a Cave in France Neanderthals Constructed Mysterious Ring Structures 176,000 Years Ago
Deep in a Cave in France Neanderthals Constructed Mysterious Ring Structures 176,000 Years Ago In February 1990, thanks to a 15-year-old boy named Bruno Kowalsczewski, footsteps echoed through the chambers of Bruniquel Cave for the first time in tens of thousands of years. The cave sits in France’s scenic Aveyron Valley, but its entrance had …
Hidden for 1,000 years-Underground Great Wall of China
Hidden for 1,000 years-“Underground Great Wall” of China The Song Dynasty (960AD-1127AD) battled for 200 years with the Liao and Jin Dynasties, which at the time were ruled by minorities of China’s Northern Territories, the Khitans, and Jurchens respectively. The battleground was an endless flat ground, with no mountains or rivers that could be used to …