Early Bronze Age Burials Uncovered in Istanbul
Early Bronze Age Burials Uncovered in Istanbul Hurriyet Daily News reports that archaeological investigation in Istanbul ahead of the construction of a subway station near the European shore of the Bosphorus uncovered burials dated to between 3500 and 3000 B.C. A giant pier was built in the area and a canvas was laid on it …
Bent Sword Found in 5th-Century Soldier’s Grave in Greece
Bent Sword Found in 5th-Century Soldier’s Grave in Greece Live Science reports that Errikos Maniotis of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and his colleagues have uncovered seven graves, including a 1,600-year-old soldier’s arch-shaped grave, in an early Christian basilica discovered in 2010 ahead of subway construction in northern Greece. The soldier was buried with a shield, …
The Mysterious Bronze Objects That Have Baffled Archaeologists for Centuries
The Mysterious Bronze Objects That Have Baffled Archaeologists for Centuries One August day in 1987, Brian Campbell was refilling the hole left by a tree stump in his yard in Romford, East London, when his shovel struck something metal. He leaned down and pulled the object from the soil, wondering at its strange shape. The …
‘Vampire’ discovered in a mᴀss grave
‘Vampire’ discovered in a mᴀss grave What may have been an exorcism of a vampire in Venice is now drawing bad blood among scientists arguing over whether gravediggers were attempting to defeat an unᴅᴇᴀᴅ monster. The controversy begins with a mᴀss grave of 16th-century plague victims on the Venetian island of Nuovo Lazzaretto. The remains …
Lost civilization: Ancient Golan rock art sheds light on the mysterious culture around Israel
Lost civilization: Ancient Golan rock art sheds light on the mysterious culture around Israel The chance discovery of lines carved into the boulders of an ancient tomb in what is now the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights could offer new insight into an enigmatic culture that thrived thousands of years ago. In a small clearing in the …
American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse
American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse Five granite slabs rise in a star formation on a desolate field in Georgia, United States. – one weighs more than 20 tons, and there is a capstone on top of them. Nobody knows who constructed them or why they were put there, but one common theory is …
1 billion-year-old fossil ‘balls’ may be Earth’s earliest known multicellular life
1 billion-year-old fossil ‘balls’ may be Earth’s earliest known multicellular life Scientists have discovered a rare evolutionary “missing link” dating to the earliest chapter of life on Earth. It’s a microscopic, ball-shaped fossil that bridges the gap between the very first living creatures — single-celled organisms — and more complex multicellular life. The spherical fossil contains two different …
World War I Soldiers’ Artifacts Found in Alpine Cave
World War I Soldiers’ Artifacts Found in Alpine Cave According to a CNN report, continuing glacier melt has revealed additional World War I artefacts in a cave near the peak of Mount Scorluzzo in northern Italy. Twenty Austrian soldiers took shelter in the cave, which is located near the strategic Stelvio Pᴀss, and camouflaged it …
A cache of 1,500-Year-Old Gold Pendants Found in Norway
A Cache of 1,500-Year-Old Gold Pendants Found in Norway Science Norway reports that seven gold pendants, or bracteates, estimated to be 1,500 years old have been unearthed in southeastern Norway by archaeologists Jessica Leigh McGraw, Margrete Figenschou Simonsen found in a field and near a small hill at the edge of the field. If this …
Child’s Coffin Discovered at the Real Alcázar of Seville
Child’s Coffin Discovered at the Real Alcázar of Seville El País reports that the remains of a child were discovered under the floor near the main altar in the chapel at the Real Alcázar of Seville, a royal palace in southern Spain. The burial was found during work to restore the palace’s sixteenth-century ceramic tiles, …