World oldest poppy goes on display to mark remembrance Sunday
World oldest poppy goes on display to mark Remembrance Sunday A mysterious scrapbook of pressed flowers that a soldier sent to his sweetheart while he was fighting in the First World War has come to light. The book belonged to a woman named only as Lizzie and was used by her to keep flowers that …
Ghost fleet hidden in plain sight: Archaeologists are uncovering more than a dozen historic vessels from Nansemond River Virginia.
Ghost fleet “hidden in plain sight”: Archaeologists are uncovering more than a dozen historic vessels from Nansemond River What’s underneath? This is the big question that a group of archaeologists is delving and digging in Suffolk. Suffolk history buff Kermit Hobbs stumbled over something that caught his attention from the Nansemond River two years ago. …
Jadeite tool discovered in ancient underwater salt works
Jadeite tool discovered in ancient underwater salt works In the enigmatic culture of the Maya people, Jade took up a special place, crafted into elaborate trinkets rich with ancient meaning and lore. But this precious stone was not meant for decorative or ornamental finery. Jade – in the form of its mineral variety, jadeite – also seems …
Buried Roman basilica at Ostia Antica spotted by Google Earth
Buried Roman basilica at Ostia Antica spotted by Google Earth The slight bump of the grᴀssy field in Ostia Antica close to Rome is just that for the untrained eye: archaeologist Marcello Turci it is a pointer to an amazing discovery; a large chunk of ancient Roman property, the size of two football pitches, lurking centimeters …
Researchers Find Ancient 3,600-Year-Old Mummy Near Luxor, Egypt
Researchers Find Ancient 3,600-Year-Old Mummy Near Luxor, Egypt LUXOR, EGYPT—BBC reports that a wooden coffin containing a mummy, a small coffin made of mud, and funerary equipment dating to the 17th Dynasty (ca. 1635–1550 B.C.) were found in a mudbrick chapel in the Dra Abul Naga necropolis, which is located on Luxor’s West Bank. The …
Farmer Finds Roman Treasure Trove Scattered Across Field
Crown of Polish Archaeology! Farmer looking for abandoned antlers stumbles upon largest EVER haul of Roman coins One of the largest ever hauls of treasure from the Roman period to be found in Poland and the largest ever in the Lublin region has been uncovered in Hrubieszów near Lublin. Excited archaeologists think that the treasure …
Archaeology bombshell: 7,000-year-old find older than Giza Pyramids stuns scientists in Poland
Archaeology bombshell: 7,000-year-old find older than Giza Pyramids stuns scientists in Poland For years the archeological discovery was hidden in a field in the north of Poland, in plain sight, near the village of Lysomice. But with the aid of Google Earth scans, archaeologists were able to spot concentric outlines of where the ancient structures, …
Corinthian Helmet From the Battle of the marathon (490 BC) Found with the Warrior’s Skull Inside
Corinthian Helmet From the Battle of the marathon (490 BC) Found with the Warrior’s Skull Inside This remarkable Corinthian style helmet from the Battle of Marathon was reputedly found in 1834 with a human skull still inside. It now forms part of the Royal Ontario Museum’s collections, but originally it was discovered by George Nugent-Grenville, who was the British High …
Cave Full of Untouched Maya Artifacts Found at Chichén Itzá
Cave Full of Untouched Maya Artifacts Found at Chichén Itzá In Mexico, archeologists found some 200 Mayan artifacts that seem to have been untouched for 1,000 years. In a cave of ruins in the ancient Mayan City of Chichen Itza on the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico, objects were discovered. The discovery has been revealed at a …
Neandertals had older mothers and younger fathers
Neandertals had older mothers and younger fathers Work in three different countries reveals that neanderthals in Iceland are more like neanderthals in Croatia than neanderthals in Russia, according to research conducted in cooperation with three insтιтutions. In comparison, mothers with children were older and fathers were younger in neanderthal communities. When Africa’s ancestors left 50,000 years …