Norfolk treasure newly declared as England’s biggest Anglo-Saxon coin hoard
Norfolk treasure newly declared as England’s biggest Anglo-Saxon coin hoard 131 gold coins unearthed sporadically over the past 30 years from a single field in west Norfolk have been declared the largest trove of such items from the Anglo-Saxon period discovered in England. The coins, as well as four other gold objects dating around 1,400 …
Dig in Turkey finds theatre commode in the ancient city of Smyrna
Dig in Turkey finds theater commode in ancient city of Smyrna An ancient latrine unearthed in western Turkey WHEN? would have let more than a dozen people drop trou and ‘socialize’ and they did their business. The remains of the convivial commode were discovered in the ruins of a 2,000-year-old theatre in the ancient city of …
Chaco Canyon Polydactyly: A Thousand-Year-Old Foot Fetish?
Chaco Canyon Polydactyly: A Thousand-Year-Old Foot Fetish? If you’re a 12-toed guy struggling to make it in this ten-toed world, you may want to find a time machine and travel back about a thousand years to the Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. According to new research, a group of people once lived there who respected, …
330,000 Year Old Man made wall Found in New Zealand
330,000 Year Old Man made wall Found in New Zealand In 1996, the alternative historian Barry Brailsford drew the world’s attention to the Kaimanawa wall in New Zealand. The curious structure lies in the Kaimanawa State Forest, south of Lake Taupo on North Island. A tremendous amount of controversy erupted surrounding the wall after Brailsford …
Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia excavate ‘forgotten kingdoms’
Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia excavate ‘forgotten kingdoms’ Amid the arid desert and mountains of Al Ula in northwest Saudi Arabia, archaeologists are working to excavate the remnants of the ancient and long-forgotten kingdoms of Dadan and Lihyan. Al Ula, a flagship tourist destination since it opened in 2019, is known chiefly for the majestic tombs …
Fossil of an early hominid child who died almost 250,000 years ago found in South Africa
Fossil of early hominid child who died almost 250,000 years ago found in South Africa The fossil remains of an early hominid child who died almost 250,000 years ago have been discovered in a cave in South Africa by a team of international and South African researchers. The team announced the discovery of a partial skull and …
2,000-Year-Old Amethyst Seal Found in Israel
2,000-Year-Old Amethyst Seal Found in Israel An amethyst gemstone seal from the Second Temple period has a unique engraving: a bird and a branch with five fruits, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). The 2,000-year-old seal was discovered in the bedrock foundations of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel. The tiny artefact has a …
2,000-Year-Old Battle Site Uncovered in Switzerland
2,000-Year-Old Battle Site Uncovered in Switzerland The finds – including a dagger, well-preserved slingsH๏τ stones, coins, nails and part of a shield – are ᴀssumed to have been left on the battlefield after a clash between Romans and a local tribe at around 15BC. Lucas Schmid, who volunteers for the local archaeological ᴀssociation, uncovered the …
A mummy discovered in a vast burial ground of Egypt’s pharaohs could change how ancient history is understood
A mummy discovered in a vast burial ground of Egypt’s pharaohs could change how ancient history is understood A new analysis of an ancient Egyptian mummy suggests that advanced mummification techniques were used 1,000 years earlier than previously believed, rewriting the understood history of ancient Egyptian funerary practices. The discovery centres around a mummy, known …
New Horrifying Secrets of Peru’s Ancient Civilizations Unearthed in The Andes
New Horrifying Secrets of Peru’s Ancient Civilizations Unearthed in The Andes The foothills of the Andes mountains are revealing their bloody secrets: the ancient skeletons of sacrificed children. Archaeologists have unearthed 29 human bodies entombed approximately 1,000 years ago at Huaca Santa Rosa de Pucalá, an archaeological site in the Lambayeque region of northwestern Peru. …