A Painted Vault Lid Discovered In the Royal Palace Of Ek’ Balam Will Shed Light On the History Of The Acropolis Of Ek’
A Painted Vault Lid Discovered In the Royal Palace Of Ek’ Balam Will Shed Light On the History Of The Acropolis Of Ek’ Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered a painted ancient vault lid, decorated with a depiction of a serpent. The Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexico, through the National Insтιтute of Anthropology …
Remarkably Well-Preserved 2,500-Year-Old Canoe Discovered In Swiss Lake
Remarkably Well-Preserved 2,500-Year-Old Canoe Discovered In Swiss Lake Archaeologists have discovered a remarkably well-preserved dugout canoe from the Early Iron Age in Lake Neuchâtel in western Switzerland. According to the Vaud canton’s archaeology department, the 13-meter-long canoe was resting at a depth of 3.5 meters on a sandbank on the north shore of the lake. …
Huge Ancient Sarayini Underground City Is Twice As Large As Previously Thought
Huge Ancient Sarayini Underground City Is Twice As Large As Previously Thought Scientists knew the ancient underground city they examined was huge, but now it’s obvious it’s twice as large as previously thought! What secrets does this mysterious ancient place hide? How many underground tunnels, galleries, chambers, and unknown rooms still await discovery? The ancient …
This Is One Of The Oldest Pieces Of Cloth In The World And It’s Made Of Bast Fibers!
This Is One Of The Oldest Pieces Of Cloth In The World And It’s Made Of Bast Fibers! Archaeological discoveries provide us with vital information about the daily life of our ancestors. What did ancient people eat and drink, and what kind of clothes did they wear? These are some of the many questions occupying …
Possible 400-Year-Old Ritual Objects From Egypt Identified
Possible 400-Year-Old Ritual Objects From Egypt Identified ‘People in the Early Ottoman Period consulted popular sorcerers, alongside their formal belief in the official religion, say the Israeli archeologists The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) released on Monday archeological findings of “magical” artifacts on the Darb al-Hajj pilgrimage route from Egypt to Saudi Arabia, which pᴀssed through …
Animal Tracks And Human Footprints In Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Rock Art In Namibia
Animal Tracks And Human Footprints In Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Rock Art In Namibia Namibia is rich in hunter-gatherer rock art from the Later Stone Age (LSA); this is a tradition of which well-executed engravings of animal tracks in large numbers are characteristic. The sites examined in this study are located in the Doro! nawas mountains of …
New Discovery Reveals Why And When The Sahara Desert Was Green
New Discovery Reveals Why And When The Sahara Desert Was Green A pioneering study has shed new light on North African humid periods that have occurred over the past 800,000 years and explains why the Sahara Desert was periodically green. The research, published in Nature Communications, showed periodic wet phases in the Sahara were driven …
8,000-year-old Cave paintings found in Türkiye’s İnkaya Cave depict life and death
8,000-year-old Cave paintings found in Türkiye’s İnkaya Cave depict life and death A number of cave paintings dating back some 8,000 years have been found in İnkaya cave in the Marmara province of Balıkesir during a field study conducted by ᴀssociate Prof. Dr. Derya Yalçıklı from Çanakkale (18th March) University, in 2015. During the same …
Ancient Footprints Offer Evidence Humans Wore Shoes 148,000 Years Ago
Ancient Footprints Offer Evidence Humans Wore Shoes 148,000 Years Ago A new analysis of ancient footprints in South Africa suggests that the humans who made these tracks might have been wearing hard-soled sandals. Ichnological evidence from three palaeosurfaces on the Cape Coast, in conjunction with a neoichnological study, suggests that humans may indeed have worn …
Europe’s oldest known village teetered on stilts over a Balkan lake 8,000 years ago
Europe’s oldest known village teetered on stilts over a Balkan lake 8,000 years ago Archaeologists in the Balkans have discovered the likely remains of an 8,000-year-old village built out over an ancient lake — the earliest-known village of any kind in Europe. The lake, located on the border between Albania and North Macedonia, holds hundreds …