Marble Source for Greek Archaic Sculpture Identified
Marble Source for Greek Archaic Sculpture Identified The source of marble for a statue of Apollo on the Greek island of Delos has been a mystery to art historians and archaeologists for decades. The stone’s chemistry pointed geochemists to the southern end of the nearby island of Naxos, but no one thought there were ancient …
Researchers say fossil shows humans, dogs lived in C. America in 10,000 BC
Researchers say fossil shows humans, dogs lived in C. America in 10,000 BC San Jose, Costa Rica: The fossil of a jaw bone could prove that domesticated dogs lived in Central America as far back as 12,000 years ago, according to a study by Latin American scientists. The dogs, and their masters, potentially lived alongside giant …
Possible Neanderthal Hunting Tactic Explored
Possible Neanderthal Hunting Tactic Explored Juan Negro crouched in the shadows just outside a cave, wearing his headlamp. For a brief moment, he wasn’t an ornithologist at the Spanish National Research Council’s Doñana Biological Station in Seville. He was a Neandertal, intent on catching dinner. As he waited in the cold, dark hours of the …
Mᴀss Grave of 13th Century Warriors Uncovered by Archaeologists in Lebanon
Mᴀss Grave of 13th Century Warriors Uncovered by Archaeologists in Lebanon Archaeologists digging near a Middle Eastern castle have unearthed two mᴀss graves containing the grisly remains of Christian soldiers vanquished during the medieval Crusades — and some of them could have even been personally buried by a king. The chipped and charred bones of …
Israel winery: 1,500-year-old Byzantine wine complex found
Israel winery: 1,500-year-old Byzantine wine complex found A 1,500-year-old wine-making complex, said to have been the world’s largest at the time, has been discovered in Israel, archaeologists say. Five presses were unearthed at the huge Byzantine-era winery at Yavne, south of Tel Aviv, which is estimated to have produced two million litres a year. After …
Primordial Hyper-Eye Discovered: Astonishing 390 Million-Year-Old Hyper-Compound Eye With 200 Lenses
Primordial “Hyper-Eye” Discovered: Astonishing 390 Million-Year-Old Hyper-Compound Eye With 200 Lenses A fossilized trilobite first studied by an amateur palaeontologist half a century ago has provided researchers with a whole new way of seeing the world, in a very literal sense. X-rays taken of the ancient arthropod back in the early 1970s have been given …
Obsidian ‘Spirit Mirror’ Used by Elizabeth I’s Court Astrologer Has Aztec Origins
Obsidian ‘Spirit Mirror’ Used by Elizabeth I’s Court Astrologer Has Aztec Origins According to a recent study, an obsidian “spirit mirror” used by a confidant of Queen Elizabeth I was actually a product of Aztec culture. The obsidian mirror, made of volcanic glᴀss, and three other comparable items at the British Museum were discovered to …
Prehistoric hooks and sinkers show early humans used advanced fishing techniques
Prehistoric hooks and sinkers show early humans used advanced fishing techniques Courthouse News Service reports that a 13,000-year-old collection of 19 bone fishhooks and six grooved pebbles thought to have been used as sinkers has been unearthed on the banks of the Jordan River in northern Israel by a team of researchers led by Antonella …
Amazon rainforest rock art ‘depicts giant Ice Age creatures’
Amazon rainforest rock art ‘depicts giant Ice Age creatures’ This huge collection of ancient cliff art paints a dramatic picture of early humans and giant beasts in the Amazon. Early inhabitants worshipped and hunted elephant-like mastodons and giant horses – alongside other Ice Age animals – back when the lush rainforest was a parched savannah. …
The Atacama Giant: The Largest Prehistoric Anthropomorphic Geoglyph in the World
The Atacama Giant: The Largest Prehistoric Anthropomorphic Geoglyph in the World The Atacama Giant is a large anthropomorphic geoglyph in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The Atacama Giant is one out of nearly 5,000 geoglyphs – ancient artwork that is drawn into the landscape – that have been discovered in the Atacama in the last three …