A 70-million-year-old dinosaur baby unearthed in China is one of the best-preserved fossils ever found
A 70-million-year-old dinosaur baby unearthed in China is one of the best-preserved fossils ever found A dinosaur embryo perfectly curled up in its fossilized egg was analyzed by a team of researchers in southeastern China. The rundown: The fossil, estimated to be between 72 and 66 million years old, belonged to an oviraptorosaur — a beaked, toothless …
White Lead Identified in 2,500-Year-Old Containers in China
White Lead Identified in 2,500-Year-Old Containers in China Chinese researchers have unearthed bronze containers with lead white residue that the ancient Chinese used for face-whitening makeup around 300 years before the ancient Greeks started making their own. A team of researchers from the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and the Shaanxi Academy …
Hoard of Islamic era gold and silver coins found behind Egyptian temple
Hoard of Islamic era gold and silver coins found behind Egyptian temple Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a nearly 1,000-year-old cache of gold and silver coins behind a temple in Esna, a city located along the Nile River. The hoard, which was discovered by a team of researchers from Egypt’s Supreme Council for Archaeology, includes …
Hercules Statue Unearthed in Northern Greece
Hercules Statue Unearthed in Northern Greece On Friday, September 16, 2022, the excavation research was carried out by a team from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AuTH) in Philippi, with the director of the excavation Professor Natalia Poulos and collaborators ᴀssistant Professor Anastasios Tantsis and Emeritus Professor Aristotle Menzos, was completed, the Ministry of Sport …
New archaeological discoveries provide insight into the Yellow River origins of the Chinese civilization
New archaeological discoveries provide insight into the Yellow River origins of the Chinese civilization A gold “funeral mask” dating back to more than 3,000 years ago was excavated from the tomb of an ancient noble in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China’s Henan Province, officials with China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration announced at a recent press …
Newly found Chinese artefacts illuminate the mysterious ancient kingdom
Newly found Chinese artefacts illuminate the mysterious ancient kingdom A bronze altar and a dragon with a pig’s nose are among a trove of items discovered in sacrificial pits that shed new light on the buried secrets of an ancient Chinese civilization. Archaeologists on Monday announced the “significant” series of finds at the Sanxingdui ruins …
Late Bronze Age Tomb Opened in Israel
Late Bronze Age Tomb Opened in Israel An intact ancient burial cave – a rarity in and of itself – has been discovered on the southern Israeli coast, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Sunday. A tractor moved a rock during construction for a new park by Kibbutz Palmahim and thusly Dror Czitron, an inspector for …
19th-Century Coal Chute Uncovered in Nova Scotia
19th-Century Coal Chute Uncovered in Nova Scotia When digging began on the Cogswell Interchange project near downtown Halifax, some unique discoveries were bound to be found. The British established the Town of Halifax in 1749 and that history resurfaces from time to time. Recent excavations to add a new detour road in the area revealed a small …
New Kingdom Sarcophagus Discovered at Saqqara
New Kingdom Sarcophagus Discovered at Saqqara To the south of the causeway of King Unas in Saqqara necropolis, the archaeological mission of the Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, headed by Ola El-Aguizy, stumbled upon the sarcophagus of Ptahemwia from the reign of King Ramses II, whose tomb was discovered last year in Saqqara. Mostafa Waziry, …
Beads show that European trade in the African interior used Indigenous routes
Beads show that European trade in the African interior used Indigenous routes Tiny glᴀss beads discovered in mountain caves about 25 miles from the shores of Lake Malawi in eastern-central Africa provide evidence that European trade in the continent’s hinterland was built on Indigenous trade routes from the coast to the interior that had existed …