The earliest known depiction of biblical heroines Jael and Deborah was discovered at a Jewish synagogue in Israel
The earliest known depiction of biblical heroines Jael and Deborah was discovered at a Jewish synagogue in Israel The earliest known depiction of biblical heroines Jael and Deborah was discovered at a Jewish synagogue at Huqoq in Israel, A team of specialists and students led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Jodi …
Rishi Rajpopat, the Indian Ph.D. student at Cambridge, cracks 2,500-year-old ‘father of linguistics’ Panini code
Rishi Rajpopat, the Indian Ph.D. student at Cambridge, cracks 2,500-year-old ‘father of linguistics’ Panini code A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student at the University of Cambridge, it emerged as his thesis was published on Thursday. Rishi Rajpopat made the …
4,000-Year-Old Toolkit Found Near Stonehenge Was Used for Goldwork, New Study Finds
4,000-Year-Old Toolkit Found Near Stonehenge Was Used for Goldwork, New Study Finds Archaeologists determined that an ancient toolkit found near Stonehenge was used to make a variety of gold objects. According to new research published in the journal Antiquity, microscopic residue on the surface of the tools is ancient gold, revealing these stone-and-copper-alloy items were used …
A 5,000-year-old large house has been discovered in China’s Yangshao Village
A 5,000-year-old large house has been discovered in China’s Yangshao Village Henan Provincial Insтιтute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology archaeologists have excavated the ruins of house foundations dating back more than 5,000 years in the Yangshao Village site in Central China. The country’s China.org.tr reports that the remains of a large building with rammed earth have …
Archaeologists have unearthed two early Aksumite Churches in Africa
Archaeologists have unearthed two early Aksumite Churches in Africa New discoveries in the port city of Adulis on Eritrea’s Red Sea coast show that two ancient churches discovered more than a century ago were built during the reign of the legendary Kingdom of Aksum, which ruled Northeast Africa for the entire first millennium AD. The …
Archaeologists uncover an ancient mosaic of the living room of brutal Publius Vedius Pollio
Archaeologists uncover an ancient mosaic of the living room of brutal Publius Vedius Pollio In the Pausilypon Archaeological Park, archaeologists from the University of Naples’ “L’Orientale” uncovered an ancient mosaic. The park is located in Posillipo, which was an elite quarter of Naples in modern-day Italy during the Roman period. The park is accessible via …
Cambridge University Will Repatriate Benin Bronzes
Cambridge University Will Repatriate Benin Bronzes The Charity Commission has granted consent for the University of Cambridge to return 116 artefacts to Nigeria. The objects, known as the Benin Bronzes, were taken by British armed forces during the sacking of Benin City in 1897, the university said. The legal ownership of the items will be …
Study Suggests Walking May Be Linked to Treetop Foraging
Study Suggests Walking May Be Linked to Treetop Foraging The ancestors of humans may have begun moving on two legs to forage for food among the treetops in open habitat, researchers have suggested, contradicting the idea that the behaviour arose as an adaptation to spending more time on the ground. The origins of bipedalism in …
Did the Aztecs Use Mountains to Track the Sun?
Did the Aztecs Use Mountains to Track the Sun? Without clocks or modern tools, ancient Mexicans watched the sun to maintain a farming calendar that precisely tracked seasons and even adjusted for leap years. Before the Spanish arrival in 1519, the Basin of Mexico’s agricultural system fed a population that was extraordinarily large for the …
5,000-year-old ‘bog body’ found in Denmark may be a human sacrifice victim
5,000-year-old ‘bog body’ found in Denmark may be a human sacrifice victim Archaeologists have discovered the ancient skeletal remains of a so-called bog body in Denmark near the remnants of a flint ax and animal bones, clues that suggest this person was ritually sacrificed more than 5,000 years ago. Little is known so far about …