How Old Is the Rock Art at La Lindosa?
How Old Is the Rock Art at La Lindosa? More than 12,000 years ago, South America was teeming with an astonishing array of ice age beasts — giant ground sloths the size of a car, elephantine herbivores and a deerlike animal with an elongated snout. These extinct giants are among many animals immortalized in an 8-mile-long …
7,000-Year-Old Evidence of Geese Domestication Found in China
7,000-Year-Old Evidence of Geese Domestication Found in China A team of researchers affiliated with multiple insтιтutions in Japan and China has found evidence of goose domestication in China approximately 7,000 years ago. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes their study of goose bones found at Tianluoshan—a …
Palaeontologists Unearth Dozens of Giant Dinosaur Eggs in Fossilized Nest in Spain
Paleontologists Unearth Dozens of Giant Dinosaur Eggs in Fossilized Nest in Spain Archaeologists have extracted 30 тιтanosaur dinosaur eggs found in a two-ton rock in northern Spain and believe there could be as many as 70 deeper inside the boulder. The тιтanosaur was a long-necked sauropod that lived until the extinction event at the end …
Egypt breakthrough: How lost Tutankhamun artefact was found after ‘vanishing for decades’
Egypt breakthrough: How lost Tutankhamun artefact was found after ‘vanishing for decades’ Tutankhamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule at the end of the 19th Dynasty during the New Kingdom. Known as “the boy king,” he inherited the throne at just nine years old and mysteriously died less than …
Archaeologists stunned as ‘Britain’s most exciting’ mystery solved after 4,000 years
Archaeologists stunned as ‘Britain’s most exciting’ mystery solved after 4,000 years In 2004, WesSєx Archaeologists Ltd were called in by architects to excavate land at Cliffs End Farm prior to building a new housing development. Suspicions were heightened after earlier investigations showed that the site had been occupied during the early and late Bronze Age, …
Ernest Shackleton’s Lost Ship Endurance, Found Off Antarctica Coast After 107 Years
Ernest Shackleton’s Lost Ship Endurance, Found Off Antarctica Coast After 107 Years An expedition that set out in search of the lost ship of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton has found it — 106 years after the vessel sank off Antarctica. The wooden ship Endurance has been located remarkably intact about 10,000 feet underwater in the …
Large Roman Villa Site in England Surveyed
Large Roman Villa Site in England Surveyed The scale of a sprawling villa that housed one of the most important mosaics found in Britain in decades has been revealed. The Rutland mosaic was made public in November – but the size of the complex around it was only hinted at. Now ground-penetrating surveys have shown an area …
Pictish Carved Stone Unearthed in Scotland
Pictish Carved Stone Unearthed in Scotland Archaeologists have uncovered a Pictish symbol stone close to the location of one of the most significant carved stone monuments ever uncovered in Scotland. The team from the University of Aberdeen hit upon the 1.7metre-long stone in a farmer’s field while conducting geophysical surveys to try and build a …
Archaeologists find more than 6,500-year-old pearl beads in Qatar’s tomb
Archaeologists find more than 6,500-year-old pearl beads in Qatar tomb The discovery of the oldest known natural pearl bead in Qatar has yet again shone the spotlight on the pearl-diving history of the peninsular country that is on its toes as the host of the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup to be played about eight …
7000-year-old grain reveals the origin of the Swiss stilt houses
7000-year-old grain reveals the origin of the Swiss stilt houses Nowhere else are so many Neolithic pile dwellings known around the Alps. However, how this particular construction boom got its start is a mystery. Researchers at the University of Basel have now uncovered new evidence: Settlers on Lake Varese in northern Italy may have played …