60,000 Mayan structures preserved under dense Guatemalan jungle
Lasers Reveal 60,000 Ancient Maya Structures in Guatemala Researchers have identified more than 60,000 previously unknown structures in northern Guatemala after extensive aerial LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) surveys. Their findings show that the region’s pre-Columbian civilization was “far more complex and interconnected than most Maya specialists had supposed,” according to National Geographic. Scientists mapped …
Amateur metal detector uncovers 22,000 Roman coins
Amateur metal detector uncovers 22,000 Roman coins An enthusiast of an East Devon metal detector has stumbled on one of Britain’s largest hoards of Roman coins ever discovered, prompting a local museum to launch a campaign to buy the “remarkable” collection for the nation. It is the fifth-largest discovery of Roman coins in Britain, comprising …
Extremely rare mᴀss grave of decapitated Vikings found in the UK
Extremely rare mᴀss grave of decapitated Vikings found in the UK Archaeologists made the gruesome discovery of 51 Viking corpses buried in the UK – with researchers claiming they may have been killed in sacrifice. Archaeologists believed that the violent killing happened 1000 years ago – the 51 skeletons had languished near Weymouth, Dorset. Oxford …
A hidden temple was recently discovered in an ancient Roman city that’s mostly still underground
A hidden temple was recently discovered in an ancient Roman city that’s mostly still underground The temple was once part of the city of Falerii Novi, which was abandoned more than 1,000 years ago and buried by time. Archaeologists recently mapped the entire town in remarkable detail with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) revealing previously unknown structures, …
10-Year-Old Boy Finds Centuries-Old Sword in Northern Ireland
10-Year-Old Boy Finds Centuries-Old Sword in Northern Ireland Fionntan Hughes, Ten years old received a metal detector for his birthday in July. Hughes discovered a centuries-old sword hidden about a foot underground the first time he took it out for a walk, reports Eimear Flanagan for BBC News. On the banks of the Blackwater River near …
Looters destroy 2,000-year-old Sudan archaeological site in search for gold
Looters destroy 2,000-year-old Sudan archaeological site in search for gold When last month a team of archeologists deep in Sudan’s deserts arrived at Jabal Maragha’s ancient site, they thought they’d been lost. The site had vanished. But they hadn’t made a mistake. In fact, gold-hunters with giant diggers had destroyed almost all sign of the …
1,000000-year-old artificial underground complex has been discovered
1,000000-year-old artificial underground complex has been discovered Dr Alexander Koltypin recently came out to state that the process through which we identify just how old a relic or a ruin really it shouldn’t be considered the definitive end of the debate as it is heavily flawed, to say the least. In most cases, there is …
Ancient mammoth ivory carving technology reconstructed by archaeologists
Ancient mammoth ivory carving technology reconstructed by archaeologists A team of archaeologists from Siberian Federal University and Novosibirsk State University provided a detailed reconstruction of a technology that was used to carve ornaments and sculptures from mammoth ivory. The team studied a string of beads and an ancient animal figurine found at the Paleolithic site …
India: Archaeologists found 9,000 years old city beneath the surface of modern-day Dwarka
India: Archaeologists found 9,000 years old city beneath the surface of modern-day Dwarka. The discovery of the legendary city of Dvaraka which is said to have been founded by Sri Krishna is an important landmark in the validation of historical relevance of Mahabharata. It has set at rest the doubts expressed by historians about the …
The Ancient Ruins On and Beneath the Sacred Lake тιтicaca
The Ancient Ruins On and Beneath the Sacred Lake тιтicaca Marine archaeologists have discovered an ancient ceremonial site identified as exceptional in the Andes, recovering ritual offerings and the remains of slaughtered animals from a reef in the centre of Lake тιтicaca. The extraordinary haul points to a history of highly charged ceremonies in which the …