Scientists Examine Iceman’s Neolithic Hunting Kit
Scientists identify 5,300-year-old sinew bowstring used by Otzi the Iceman Swiss researchers are astounded to have identified Ötzi’s bowstring. Even though the Iceman had still been working on his bow, he carried a finished twisted string in his quiver which was made of animal fibers and not of plant fibers. It is elastic, extremely resilient, …
Archaeologists uncover part of the 16th-century ship in central Stockholm
Archaeologists uncover part of the 16th-century ship in central Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden’s capital, can be popular for a lot, but it was an unexpected event to discover a 500-year-old shipwreck in the center of the city. The most likely shipwreck is from the Swedish cargo ship Samson, built-in 1598 at Enånger in Hälsingland by AndersPedersson. Relics …
Huge Statue of God Horus Found in Egyptian Temple
Huge Statue of God Horus Found in Egyptian Temple Throughout excavations at the site of remains of The House of Millions of Years Temple for AmenH๏τep III, the Egyptian-German Joint Archeological Mission in the Koam-al-Hetan area of Luxor’s West Bank discovered an “enormous” statue of Horus. In a statement issued on Thursday, the statue, which shows …
Lost ‘Atlantean Treasures’ Unearthed in Crete
Lost ‘Atlantean Treasures’ Unearthed in Crete In excavations on the west of the islet of Chrysi by Lasithi Ephorate, large numbers of porfyra and houses of Minoan settlements survived the ancient carved fish ponds across the coast. The several broken porfyra shells found in the rooms of the houses are evidence of a very early cottage …
Archaeologists uncover two Bronze Age ‘royal’ tombs lined with GOLD that promise to unlock secrets about life in ancient Greece 3,500 years ago
Archaeologists uncover two Bronze Age ‘royal’ tombs lined with GOLD that promise to unlock secrets about life in ancient Greece 3,500 years ago Historians from the classic department of the American University of Cincinnati are readdressing what is known of early Greek history based on their once-in-a-lifetime discovery of two treasure-filled tombs that were once lined …
Ancient anti-witchcraft potion found at old Northamptonshire pub
Ancient anti-witchcraft potion found at old Northamptonshire pub Throughout Western Europe, about 200,000 witches were murdered, burned, or hanged, between 1484 and 1750 according to historians, while between 1644 and 1646, around 300 so-called witches were killed. In the 1560s, the practice of witchcraft was a major offense. Many witches in Britain were often old …
Neolithic Seawall Discovered in Mediterranean Waters
Neolithic Seawall Discovered in Mediterranean Waters Scientists have discovered an ancient seawall constructed by the Neolithic people to protect their village from a sea-level rise over 7,000 years ago. This wall, which is 330 meters off the Carmel coast of Israel, had been constructed over a mile of riverbed stone, in order to build a barrier …
Possible 16th-Century Spanish Anchors Found Near Mexico
Possible 16th-Century Spanish Anchors Found Near Mexico The exact location where the anchors were found was when the Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes was sinking his ships in order to prevent a return to Cuba by opposing the leaders of his army. Anchor studies have shown that their morphology places the anchors to the 16th century. Their orientation …
Roman Fort Discovered Hidden Beneath English Bus Station
Roman Fort Discovered Hidden Beneath English Bus Station The local town council reported that archeologists surveying Exeter, England, a bus station had found evidence of a defensive fort dating back to Britain’s Roman conquest. Per a press release, workers excavating the structure—built during the early 1960s and scheduled to be replaced by a new station and accompanying leisure …
Scientists Reawaken Cells From a 28,000-Year-Old Mammoth
Scientists Reawaken Cells From a 28,000-Year-Old 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 2010, and scientists in …