10-foot-tall Bronze Age geoglyph of a bull found in Siberia Is A First
10-foot-tall Bronze Age geoglyph of bull found in Siberia Is A First A geoglyph of a bull discovered in Siberia dates back more than 4,000 years, making it twice as old as the famed Nazca lines of Peru and millennia older than Uffington’s chalk-lined White Horse. Geoglyphs, which often have spiritual or religious meaning, are …
1,800-year-old rock tombs found in Turkey’s ancient city Blaundus
1,800-year-old rock tombs found in Turkey’s ancient city Blaundus In the ancient city of Blaundus, located in the Ulubey neighbourhood of the western Anatolian city of Uşak, a total of 400 rock-cut graves dating from around 1,800 years ago and adorned with various motifs were discovered. Excavations continue in the ancient city of Blaundus, situated on …
1,800-Year-Old Offering to the Gods Discovered Beneath Pyramid of Teotihuacan
1,800-Year-Old Offering to the Gods Discovered Beneath Pyramid of Teotihuacan Several bouquets of offering flowers have been discovered 59 feet below the temple of the god Quetzalcóatl – a pyramid that still stands in the Mexican ruined city of Teotihuacan. Quetzalcóatl, or ‘Plumed Serpent’ was an important god during ancient Mesoamerica, a historical region that …
Prehistoric aliens in Malta? Hypogeum’s trove of elongated skulls to get cutting-edge study
Prehistoric aliens in Malta? Hypogeum’s trove of elongated skulls to get cutting-edge study In the oldest underground temple and necropolis in the world – the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, here in Malta – was discovered a collection of skulls that show peculiar abnormalities and/or pathologies: sometimes inexistent cranial knitting lines abnormally developed temporal parтιтions; evidence of …
Amateur Divers Discover Trove of 53 Roman Gold Coins in Spain
Amateur Divers Discover Trove of 53 Roman Gold Coins in Spain Two amateur divers swimming along the Spanish coast have discovered a huge hoard of 1,500-year-old gold coins, one of the largest on record dating to the Roman Empire. The divers, brothers-in-law Luis Lens Pardo and César Gimeno Alcalá, discovered the gold stash while vacationing …
40,000-Year-Old Chamber Of Secrets Discovered At Gorham’s Cave Complex
40,000-Year-Old Chamber Of Secrets Discovered At Gorham’s Cave Complex A cave chamber sealed off by sand for some 40,000 years has been discovered in Vanguard Cave in Gibraltar — a finding that could reveal more about the Neanderthals who lived in the area around that time. “Given that the sand sealing the chamber was [40,000] years …
18,000 Years Ago, Humans Raised World’s Most Dangerous Bird as Pets: Study
18,000 Years Ago, Humans Raised World’s Most Dangerous Bird as Pets: Study As early as 18,000 years ago, humans in New Guinea may have collected cᴀssowary eggs near maturity and then raised the birds to adulthood, according to an international team of scientists, who used eggshells to determine the developmental stage of the ancient embryos/chicks …
Parasite eggs in old toilet came from pork eaten 1,300 years ago
Parasite eggs in old toilet came from pork eaten 1,300 years ago Nara Prefecture–Denizens of the Asuka Period (592-710) feasted on pork and may have done so routinely, archaeologists deduced from parasite eggs excavated from a toilet structure found in the ruins of the ancient capital of Fujiwarakyo. The eggs, which serve as scientific evidence …
2,000-Year-Old Scale Weights identified in Japan
2,000-Year-Old Scale Weights identified in Japan KASUGA, Fukuoka Prefecture–Prehistoric people in Japan apparently used an advanced system of weights and measurements on a decimal basis, excavations at a Yayoi Pottery Culture Period (1000 B.C.-A.D. 250) site here suggest. Researchers identified what is known as a decuple weight with 10 times the reference unit mᴀss of …
‘Ancestor’ of Mediterranean mosaics discovered in Turkey
‘Ancestor’ of Mediterranean mosaics discovered in Turkey The discovery of a 3,500-year-old paving stone, described as the “ancestor” of Mediterranean mosaics, offers illuminating details into the daily lives of the mysterious Bronze Age Hitтιтes. The ᴀssembly of over 3,000 stones — in natural shades of beige, red and black, and arranged in triangles and curves …