Traces of Possible Neolithic Tsunami Found in Israel
Traces of Possible Neolithic Tsunami Found in Israel Prehistoric tsunami disasters had a significant impact on coastal societies,” said lead author Dr Gilad Shtienberg from the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego, and colleagues at the Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology.” “6,000 years of historical records and geological data show that …
Mosaics From The Roman Era Were Just Uncovered In Lebanon
Mosaics From The Roman Era Were Just Uncovered In Lebanon Arab News reports that a six-foot section of Roman mosaic dated to between 60 B.C. and A.D. 300 was uncovered in the city of Baalbek, which is located in eastern Lebanon, during work to install sewage pipes. The two-meter-long artefact was uncovered under a municipality …
Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed H๏τ food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman pᴀssersby. Known as a termopolium, Latin for H๏τ drinks counter, …
10,800 Years Ago, Early Humans Planted Forest Islands in Amazonia’s Grᴀsslands
10,800 Years Ago, Early Humans Planted Forest Islands in Amazonia’s Grᴀsslands Thousands of artificial forest islands were built by Amazon’s earliest human settlers as they tamed wild plants to produce food, a new study reveals. The discovery of the mounds is the latest evidence to show the extensive impact people had on the area. From …
12-year-old boy finds 69 million-year-old dinosaur fossil during a hike with his dad
12-year-old boy finds 69 million-year-old dinosaur fossil during a hike with his dad For as long as he can recall, Nathan Hrushkin had decided to be a palaeontologist, and the 12-year-old had already made a major discovery. When exploring with his dad this summer at a protected site in the Horseshoe Canyon in the Badlands …
57,000-Year-Old Wolf Pup Mummy Uncovered in Canadian Permafrost
57,000-Year-Old Wolf Pup Mummy Uncovered in Canadian Permafrost In Yukon, Canada, a perfectly preserved wolf puppy, hidden away for 57,000 years in permafrost and identified by researchers as “the oldest, most complete wolf,” has been discovered in Yukon, Canada. At the Klondike goldfields, near Dawson City, a miner had seen something in the frozen mud …
66 Roman Army Campsites Identified in Spain
66 Roman Army Campsites Identified in Spain According to a statement released by the University of Exeter, more than 60 Roman Army camps have been identified on the Iberian Peninsula, where Roman soldiers battled local peoples in the first century B.C. While seeking to expand their empire and procure natural resources such as tin and …
Boudicca revolt: EsSєx dig reveals ‘evidence of Roman reprisals’
Boudicca revolt: EsSєx dig reveals ‘evidence of Roman reprisals’ BBC News reports that archaeologists have found a ten-acre settlement made up of 17 roundhouses surrounded by a defensive structure that was burned down and abandoned in the late first century A.D. Researchers think the residents of this high-status village may have participated in the revolt …
Investigation in Israel Reveals Wide Range of Artifacts
3,800-year-old baby in a jar unearthed in Israel Live Science reports that recent archaeological investigations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the ancient port city of Jaffa, which is located on Israel’s Mediterranean coast, have uncovered a middle Bronze Age burial, a pit filled with Hellenistic pottery dated from the fourth to first centuries …
Man who died of constipation 1,000 years ago ate grᴀsshoppers for months
Man who died of constipation 1,000 years ago ate grᴀsshoppers for months One of the worst instances of constipation in the annals of medicine was a native American living in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas between 1,000 and 1,400 years ago. The man’s intestine swelled to six times its usual size due to an …