20,000-year-old cave painting ‘dots’ are the earliest written language, study claims. But not everyone agrees.
20,000-year-old cave painting ‘dots’ are the earliest written language, study claims. But not everyone agrees. At least 20,000 years ago, humans living in Europe created striking cave paintings of animals that they paired with curious signs: lines, dots and Y-shaped symbols. These marks, which are well known to researchers, might relate to the seasonal behavior …
Discovery of 60 mummies in Egyptian city of Luxor points to elaborate burial ground
Discovery of 60 mummies in Egyptian city of Luxor points to elaborate burial ground A team of Spanish archaeologists have discovered tombs housing around 60 mummies in the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor, according to Spanish press reports. The Spanish news agency Efe posted a video on YouTube, describing how the Spanish archaeological mission known …
3000 years old wooden wishing well discovered in Germany
3000 years old wooden wishing well discovered in Germany In the town of Germering, in the Germany state of Bavaria, archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a well-preserved Bronze Age wooden well filled with ritual deposits. People may have sunk jewelry and ceramics as offerings in the special water spring, similar to how coins are …
A Little Girl From London Finds a 700,000-Year-old Ancient Bear Tooth
A Little Girl From London Finds a 700,000-Year-old Ancient Bear Tooth Etta, from Hackney in London, made her discovery while on a family holiday on 22 July on Norfolk beach at West Runton. While she was looking down she found something that she thought it was a fossilised bit of wood so she put it …
A Mysterious Partially Submerged Structure in Ireland is a Prehistoric Tomb, New Research Finds
A Mysterious Partially Submerged Structure in Ireland is a Prehistoric Tomb, New Research Finds The tomb-like Carraig á Mhaistin stone structure, uncovered in Ireland’s Cork Harbour years ago, is now believed to be a megalithic dolmen. Previously, experts have been unsure whether it was prehistoric or a 19th-century “folly.” New research conducted by archaeologist Michael …
This Circular Island in Argentina Not Only Floats, But Also Rotates Constantly
This Circular Island in Argentina Not Only Floats, But Also Rotates Constantly South America’s second longest river, the Paraná, which has a length of 4,880 kilometers, flows through three countries: Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. 4,880 kilometers is no short distance – it gives plenty of opportunities for discovering amazing things. In the case of the …
Study Investigates Source of Amazon’s Dark Earth
Study Investigates Source of Amazon’s “Dark Earth” Indigenous people in the Amazon may have been deliberately creating fertile soil for farming for thousands of years. At archaeological sites across the Amazon River basin, mysterious patches of unusually fertile soil dot the landscape. Scientists have long debated the origin of this “dark earth,” which is darker …
Ice Age Hunting Camp Identified in Mexico
Ice Age Hunting Camp Identified in Mexico This story begins anywhere from 4,000 to 17,000 years ago, when woolly mammoths roamed the Earth. It picks up in Mexico in the mid-1950s, when the remains of a couple of those mammoths — and stone tools with traces of human use — were found in the central …
Byzantine monk chained with iron rings unearthed near Jerusalem
Byzantine monk chained with iron rings unearthed near Jerusalem A skeleton chained with iron rings was discovered at Khirbat el-Masani, about four kilometers northwest of Jerusalem, along the ancient route connecting Lod with Jerusalem via Nebi Samuel/Nabi Samwil. The 1500-year-old skeleton, chained with iron rings, belonged to a Byzantine monk. No doubt, he wanted to …
New study investigates the development of the Scandinavian gene pool over the latest 2000 years
New study investigates the development of the Scandinavian gene pool over the latest 2000 years A new study resolves the complex relations between geography, ancestry, and gene flow in Scandinavia – encompᴀssing the Roman Age, the Viking Age, and later periods. Researchers investigated a 2,000-year genetic transect through Scandinavia spanning the Iron Age to the …