Lost Maya city discovered deep in the jungles of Mexico
Lost Maya city discovered deep in the jungles of Mexico Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the remains of a lost Maya city hidden deep within the jungles of the Yucatán Peninsula. The site, located in the Balamkú ecological reserve in the Mexican state of Campeche, contains multiple large pyramids that were built during the Classic …
Pedra do Inga: A 6,000-Year-Old Monument Depicting an Ancient Star Map
Pedra do Inga: A 6,000-Year-Old Monument Depicting an Ancient Star Map Its most prominent symbols depict stars, the Milky Way as well as the constellation of Orion. Most glyphs etched on the mᴀssive stone represent animals, fruits, humans, and constellations, but also a plethora of yet unrecognizable symbols and images. There’s a strange, mᴀssive stone …
See the face of ‘Ava,’ a Bronze Age woman who lived in Scotland 3,800 years ago
See the face of ‘Ava,’ a Bronze Age woman who lived in Scotland 3,800 years ago In 1987, Scottish workers accidentally unearthed the burial of a Bronze Age woman during a road construction project. The stone, coffin-like tomb, called a cist, contained the woman’s skeletal remains alongside grave goods, including a short-necked pottery beaker, a …
Surrounded by bones, ancient Maya canoe may have been used in rituals
Surrounded by bones, ancient Maya canoe may have been used in rituals In 2021, underwater archaeologists from the National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Mexico located a mysterious canoe inside an underwater cave near the Maya city of Chichén Itzá. It was found while workers were building a tourist rail project as part …
Shang-Dynasty Town Discovered in Northern China
Shang-Dynasty Town Discovered in Northern China The mysterious origins of ancient bronzeware found in a part of northern China may have been uncovered, with the discovery of the ruins of a complete Bronze Age town in the area. Archaeologists have now recovered hundreds of astonishing artifacts — including bronze drinking vessels, painted pottery, ornaments inlaid with turquoise …
The Largest Dinosaur Footprint Ever Has Been Found in Australia’s ‘Jurᴀssic Park’
The Largest Dinosaur Footprint Ever Has Been Found in Australia’s ‘Jurᴀssic Park’ On a 25-kilometer (15.5-mile) stretch of coastline in Western Australia, there lies a prehistoric treasure trove. Thousands of approximately 130-million-year-old dinosaur footprints are embedded in a stretch of land that can only be studied at low tide when the sea – and the …
Unlocking 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls were buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted
Unlocking 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls were buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted Scientists have succeeded in reading parts of an ancient scroll that was buried and blacked when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago. The scroll was one of the hundreds that form the world’s oldest surviving library – and researchers say they are now hopeful …
‘Extraordinary’ 800-year-old chain mail discovered in Co Longford shed
‘Extraordinary’ 800-year-old chain mail discovered in Co Longford shed A vest of chain mail, which is more than 800 years old, has been handed into the Knights and Conquests Heritage Centre in Granard, Co Longford. At an event last weekend, a member of the public disclosed that they had a hauberk, or coat of chain …
Meet Sparta, the 28,000 Year Old Perfectly Preserved Lion Cub
Meet Sparta, the 28,000 Year Old Perfectly Preserved Lion Cub Scientists say the remains of a lion cub, named Sparta and found in Siberia in 2018, are 28,000 years old and in excellent condition. They say the lion cu, may still hold some of its mother’s milk inside it. The cub was a female cave …
Men hunt and women gather? A large analysis says the long-held idea is flat-out wrong
Men hunt and women gather? A large analysis says the long-held idea is flat-out wrong It’s long been ᴀssumed that men were hunters and women were gatherers, but a new study reveals that both Sєxes have been equally adept at hunting in hunter-gatherer cultures. An international team of scientists made the finding after examining data …