Centuries-old skeleton with mᴀssive, crippling bone growth unearthed in Portugal
Centuries-old skeleton with mᴀssive, crippling bone growth unearthed in Portugal A rare and gruesome bone growth protruding from a 14th to 19th-century woman’s thigh bone mushroomed after she suffered severe trauma, anthropologists in Portugal have found. The 3-inch (8 centimeters) lump sprouted precisely where a muscle joins the inner thigh bone and the public bone …
Scientists Trace an Ore Source for the Benin Bronzes
Scientists Trace an Ore Source for the Benin Bronzes The Benin Bronzes — some roughly 3,000 stunning bronze artworks sculpted by African metalsmiths between the 16th and 19th centuries — were crafted from metal mined from Germany’s Rhineland region, a new study finds. Researchers had long suspected that the masterfully crafted sculptures — created by …
Ancient Wooden Tags Offer Clues to Egypt’s Climate
Ancient Wooden Tags Offer Clues to Egypt’s Climate Swiss scientists are reconstructing the climate of the ancient world using small wooden artefacts hung on mummified remains. Throughout history, the earth’s climate has undergone natural fluctuations. Although insignificant compared with the current crisis, these fluctuations would nevertheless have been enough to make and unmake empires. According …
The Last Moments of 500-Year-Old Child Mummies
The Last Moments of 500-Year-Old Child Mummies Three Incan children who were sacrificed 500 years ago were regularly given drugs and alcohol in their final months to make them more compliant in the ritual that ultimately killed them, new research suggests. Archaeologists analyzed hair samples from the frozen mummies of the three children, who were …
What did Homo sapiens eat 170,000 years ago? Roasted, supersized land snails
What did Homo sapiens eat 170,000 years ago? Roasted, supersized land snails Slow-motion large land snails made for easy catching and good eating as early as 170,000 years ago. Until now, the oldest evidence of Homo sapiens eating land snails dated to roughly 49,000 years ago in Africa and 36,000 years ago in Europe. But tens of …
Bronze Age and Roman-era settlements unearthed in Newquay
Bronze Age and Roman-era settlements unearthed in Newquay Archaeologists from the Cornwall Archaeological have uncovered ancient dwellings from the Bronze Age and a Roman period settlement in Newquay, England. The discovery was made at the site of a new housing development in Newquay. The excavations team found three Bronze Age roundhouses and a Roman-period settlement …
Deer stone discovered in Kyrgyzstan
Deer stone discovered in Kyrgyzstan A deer stone was found in the Tarmal-Sai settlement in the Kochkor district of the Naryn region in eastern Kyrgyzstan. Deer stones, also known as reindeer stones, are ancient megaliths with symbols carved into them. Mongolia is rich with stone sculptures such as deer stones and complex heritage sites that …
Marble inlay floors were found in a Sunken Roman villa in Baia, the Las Vegas of the ancient world
Marble inlay floors were found in a Sunken Roman villa in Baia, the Las Vegas of the ancient world Expansion of research activities in the Terme del Lacus area in the sunken Baia park, known as the ‘Las Vegas’ of the ancient world, has revealed new elements of ancient Roman luxury villas. In the Gulf …
Archaeologists discovered an enigmatic complex of rooms, interiors of which covered with figural scenes unique to Christian art
Archaeologists discovered an enigmatic complex of rooms, the interiors of which were covered with figural scenes unique to Christian art Archaeologists of the Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw discovered an enigmatic complex of rooms made of sun-dried brick, the interiors of which were covered with figural scenes unique to Christian …
Roman girl adorned with 1800-year-old jewelry found in a lead coffin on Mount Scopus
Roman girl adorned with 1800-year-old jewelry found in a lead coffin on Mount Scopus “After the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and the exodus of the Jewish population, late Roman Jerusalem—renamed Aelia Capitolina—had a mixed population. During this period, some young girls were buried and adorned with fine gold jewelry. The jewelrys was discovered in …