8,000-Year-Old Neolithic Temple Discovered at Saudi Port Town
8,000-Year-Old Neolithic Temple Discovered at Saudi Port Town The Saudi Heritage Commission has unveiled the archaeological discoveries made by a Saudi-international scientific team at the site of Al-Faw, located on the edge of Al-Rub’ Al-Khali (the Empty Quarter), south-west of Riyadh. A Saudi-led multinational team of archaeologists conducted a comprehensive survey of the site using …
Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore
Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore An abandoned Caribbean colony unearthed centuries after it had been forgotten and a case of mistaken idenтιтy in the archaeological record has conspired to rewrite the history of a barrier island off the Virginia and Maryland coasts. These seemingly unrelated threads were woven together …
Remains of Mongol Summer Palace Investigated in Turkey
Remains of Mongol Summer Palace Investigated in Turkey Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered the remains of an ancient palace that may have belonged to Hulagu Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan. The site in eastern Turkey’s Van province, in the Çaldıran district, is currently being excavated. Hulagu Khan, a Mongol warlord who lived from about …
Human skeletons, and relics found in Pingtung date back 4,000 years: Archaeologists
Human skeletons, and relics found in Pingtung date back 4,000 years: Archaeologists Taipei, July 27 (CNA) Archaeologists in Taiwan confirmed Wednesday that a large number of human skeletons and shell tools unearthed in Pingtung County are about 4,000 years old, which makes the shell tool site the oldest in the Pacific region. Chiu Hung-lin (邱鴻霖), …
Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago In China
Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago In China Although we still cannot accurately predict earthquakes, we have come a long way in detecting, recording, and measuring seismic shocks. Many don’t realize that this process began nearly 2,000 years ago, with the invention of the first seismoscope in 132 AD by a Chinese inventor called Zhang …
The 150,000-Year-Old Cave Pipes Of China
The 150,000-Year-Old Cave Pipes Of China Oopart (out of place artefact) is a term applied to dozens of prehistoric objects found in various places around the world that seem to show a level of technological advancement incongruous with the times in which they were made. Ooparts often frustrate conventional scientists, delight adventurous investigators open to …
Hollow Earth: The Forbidden Land Of Agartha And The Thule Secret Society
Hollow Earth: The Forbidden Land Of Agartha And The Thule Secret Society In 1943, German Navy Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz stated that the German submarine fleet had “built for the Führer an impregnable fortress at the other end of the world,” in the region of Queen Maude’s Land, Antarctica, later renamed Neuschwabenland. According to German …
High-status Danish Vikings wore exotic beaver furs
High-status Danish Vikings wore exotic beaver furs Beaver fur was a symbol of wealth and an important trade item in 10th Century Denmark, according to a study published July 27, 2022, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Luise Ørsted Brandt of the University of Copenhagen and colleagues. Written sources indicate that fur was a …
Neolithic Tomb Linked to King Arthur Investigated in England
Neolithic Tomb Linked to King Arthur Investigated in England High above one of western Britain’s loveliest valleys, the silence is broken by the sound of gentle digging, scraping and brushing, along with bursts of excited chatter as another ancient feature is revealed or a curious visitor stops by to find out what is going on. …
Helle’s Toilet: Three-Person Loo Seat was Unusual Medieval Status Symbol
Helle’s Toilet: Three-Person Loo Seat was Unusual Medieval Status Symbol A rare 12th-century toilet seat built to accommodate three users at once is to go on display for the first time at the Museum of London Docklands. Nine hundred years after the roughly carved plank of oak was first placed over a cesspit near a …