Giant 1,100-pound bone belonging to sauropod found in France
Giant 1,100-pound bone belonging to sauropod found in France The femur of a giant dinosaur was found this week by French paleontologists at an excavation site in southwest France where, since 2010, remains of some of the largest animals ever to live on land have been excavated. The thigh bone of a giant dinosaur was …
Japanese scientists ‘reawaken’ cells of 28,000 Old woolly mammoth
Japanese scientists ‘reawaken’ cells of 28,000 Old woolly mammoth Her name is Yuka: an ancient woolly mammoth that last lived some 28,000 years ago, before becoming mummified in the frozen permafrost wastelands of northern Siberia. But now that icy tomb is no longer the end of Yuka’s story. The mammoth’s well-preserved remains were discovered in …
Traces of Possible Zapotec Temple Detected in Southern Mexico
Traces of Possible Zapotec Temple Detected in Southern Mexico A hidden “entrance to the underworld” built by the ancient Zapotec culture has been discovered beneath a Catholic church in southern Mexico, according to a team of researchers using cutting-edge ground-scanning technology. The complex system of underground chambers and tunnels was built more than a millennium …
Paint like an Egyptian: X-rays reveal creative process behind ancient tomb art
Paint like an Egyptian: X-rays reveal creative process behind ancient tomb art Every painter has a process, but the painstaking revisions and countless tiny edits are invisible to those who only see the final product. In a study published today in PLOS ONE, researchers used x-rays to reveal how 3000-year-old paintings inside Egypt’s Theban Necropolis …
Dublin H๏τel dig unearths 1,000-year-old burial site
Dublin H๏τel dig unearths 1,000-year-old burial site About 100 skeletal remains from the Middle Ages have been unearthed during excavations for a Northern Ireland firm’s new H๏τel in Dublin. Burial sites dating back more than 1,000 years were found at Capel Street where an abbey, St Mary’s, once stood. At least two of the remains …
Archaeologists Find Mᴀssive 3,000-Year-Old Statue in Cairo Slum
Archaeologists Find Mᴀssive 3,000-Year-Old Statue in Cairo Slum Archaeologists have found a 26-foot statue submerged in ground water in a Cairo slum that the Antiquities Ministry has hailed as one of the most important discoveries ever. Experts say it probably depicts the revered Pharaoh Ramses II, who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. The …
The Newgrange of Ireland is older than the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge
The Newgrange of Ireland is older than the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge Newgrange is a 5,200-year-old ancient tomb located in the Boyne Valley in Ireland’s Ancient East. Archaeologists have classified Newgrange as a pᴀssage tomb, but Newgrange is now considered to be much more than a pᴀssage tomb. Newgrange was built about 5,200 years ago …
Viking sword from warrior’s grave unearthed in family’s yard in Norway
Viking sword from warrior’s grave unearthed in family’s yard in Norway A man digging in his yard to build an extension of his house in southern Norway has unearthed the 1,100-year-old grave of a Viking warrior who was buried with weapons. The finds include a rusty iron sword in two pieces; its hilt style enabled …
Tiny, 540-Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor Didn’t Have an Anus
Tiny, 540-Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor Didn’t Have an Anus A speck-size creature without an anus is the oldest known prehistoric ancestor of humans, a new study finds. Researchers found the remains of the 540-million-year-old critter — a bag-like sea organism — in central China. The creature is so novel, it has its own family (Saccorhytidae), as …
Fossil Hunters Uncover 71-Million-Year-Old Trove in Antarctica
Fossil Hunters Uncover 71-Million-Year-Old Trove in Antarctica A team of scientists from around the world have uncovered more than a tonne of fossils and dinosaur remains while on an extremely gruelling and frosty expedition to Antarctica. Fossils from the end of the age of dinosaurs, some of which were estimated to be 71 million years …