Fort, Church, and Temple Remains Uncovered in Southern Egypt
Fort, Church, and Temple Remains Uncovered in Southern Egypt Egypt Today reports that researchers from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities have discovered traces of a temple dated to the Ptolemaic dynasty, a Roman fort, and part of a Coptic-period Christian church at the Shiha Fort site in southern Egypt. The Supreme Council of Antiquities’ Egyptian …
5th Century Roman Marble Table Unearthed in Bulgaria
5th Century Roman Marble Table Unearthed in Bulgaria According to an Archaeology in Bulgaria report, more than 100 pieces of a household table dated to the fourth century A.D. have been found in one of the towers at the Petrich Kale Fortress, which is located on a plateau in northeastern Bulgaria near the coast of the Black …
Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images
Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images When Egypt was conquered by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798, he took along with his vast army more than 150 scientists and scholars. The scholars fanned out throughout Egypt, explaining the natural and cultural history of the land, mapping archaeological sites from Alexandria to Aswan, and bringing for the …
City Found 360 Feet Below Missouri City, Giant Human Skeleton Found
City Found 360 Feet Below Missouri City, Giant Human Skeleton Found When coal miners at Moberly, Missouri were drilling a shaft 360 foot deep, broke into a cavern revealing “a wonderful buried city,” multiple sources reported in 1885. Masonry and artefacts in extraordinary rude design have been found. Like stone tables, bronze and flint knives, …
9,350-Year-Old Stonehenge-Style Monolith Found in the Mediterranean Sea
9,350-Year-Old Stonehenge-Style Monolith Found in the Mediterranean Sea At least 9,300 years ago, Stone Age hunter-gatherers in a now-submerged area of the Mediterranean Sea accomplished a feat beyond what today’s experts thought possible for the time: they cut a 15-ton limestone pillar with precision, drilled holes in it and transported it nearly 984 feet (300 …
Discovery of mᴀssive island ritual site where people gathered 5,500 years ago
Discovery of mᴀssive island ritual site where people gathered 5,500 years ago The discovery of a cursus monument site at Tormore on the Isle of Arran, which is more than a kilometer long, is helping to reshape Neolithic history in Scotland with such landmarks usually ᴀssociated with the east coast. Cursus monuments were often defined …
Survey Reveals Viking-era Site in Northern Norway
Survey Reveals Viking-era Site in Northern Norway Arne Anderson Stamnes, an archaeologist at the NTNU University Museum, was observed methodically making his way back and forth across the fields just east of the campsite in the municipality of Bodø in November 2019. He is towing a ground-penetrating radar device behind the four-wheeler he is driving. GPR …
Dated to c. 1600 BC, the Nebra sky disk is one of the most important archaeological finds in the 20th century
Dated to c. 1600 BC, the Nebra sky disk is one of the most important archaeological finds in the 20th century In the eastern German town of Halle, the 3,600-year-old Sky Disk of Nebra, the world’s oldest image of the cosmos, is the centerpiece of Europe’s greatest Bronze Age exhibition. When it was brought to …
Bulgarian Gangsters Busted for Looting 4,600 Ancient Artifacts from Historical sites
Bulgarian Gangsters Busted for Looting 4,600 Ancient Artifacts from Historical sites After two years of investigation by Bulgarian, British, and German authorities, an international crime ring planning to smuggle thousands of ancient artifacts into England has been caught. According to The Times, the 4,600 items ranged from spears and coins to funeral urns, ceramics, and arrowheads. …
Experts find 2,000 ruin sites near the Maya train route project in Mexico
Experts find 2,000 ruin sites near the Maya train route project in Mexico Archaeologists in Mexico have provided a study from specialists that cites have more than 2,000 pre-Hispanic ruins or clusters of artifacts along the planned path of the president’s controversial “Maya Train” project on the Yucatan peninsula. The discovery of sites using LiDAR elevation mapping …