After 1,300 years, water to again flow from monumental fountain in the City of Gladiators in Turkey
After 1,300 years, water to again flow from monumental fountain in the City of Gladiators in Turkey The approximately 2,000-year-old monumental fountain in the ancient city of Kibyra in Golhisar, Burdur in southwestern Turkey will start flowing with fresh water again thanks to the restoration project of the ancient city. After four months of dedicated …
World’s oldest heart preserved in 380 million-year-old armored fish
World’s oldest heart preserved in 380 million-year-old armored fish A team of Australian scientists has discovered the world’s oldest heart, part of the fossilized remains of an armored fish that died some 380 million years ago. The fish also had a fossilized stomach, liver, and intestine. All the organs were arranged much like similar organs …
Additional Mummies Uncovered Near Vizier’s Tomb in Luxor
Additional Mummies Uncovered Near Vizier’s Tomb in Luxor A group of Egyptologists from Spain have discovered two tombs that housed almost 60 mummies at site in the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor. “The most important thing this year is the discovery of two tombs, almost six meters deep,” made up of “two chambers each and …
Hundreds of 4,500-yr-old tombs found in central China
Hundreds of 4,500-yr-old tombs found in central China Archaeologists have found more than 300 tombs dating back around 4,500 years in central China’s Henan Province, which are of great significance to studying the burial system and social structure of prehistoric China. Located in the Suyang relics site in the city of Luoyang, the tomb complex …
Medieval gold ‘lynx’ earrings from Ani Ruins
Medieval gold ‘lynx’ earrings from Ani Ruins A pair of lynx-shaped gold earrings have been unearthed near the ruins of Ani, the once great metropolis known as the “city of a thousand and one churches”, on Turkey’s eastern border, across the Akhuryan River from Armenia. The Medieval earrings, which weigh 22 grams and have engraved …
Stone Points Found in Idaho Dated to 15,700 Years Ago
Stone Points Found in Idaho Dated to 15,700 Years Ago Oregon State University archaeologists have uncovered projectile points in Idaho that are thousands of years older than any previously found in the Americas, helping to fill in the history of how early humans crafted and used stone weapons. The 13 full and fragmentary projectile points, …
Possible Funerary Structures Uncovered at Peru’s Huaca Bandera
Possible Funerary Structures Uncovered at Peru’s Huaca Bandera Culture Ministry’s researchers digging at Huaca Bandera —located in the district of Pacora in Lambayeque region— have found architectural structures of the Mochica elite, as well as human remains linked to important ancestral iconography. The head of the Decentralized Culture Directorate (DDC) in Lambayeque, Julio Fernandez, reported that …
‘Complete lack of sunlight’ killed a Renaissance-era toddler, CT scan reveals
‘Complete lack of sunlight’ killed a Renaissance-era toddler, CT scan reveals A “virtual autopsy” of the mummified remains of a toddler buried inside a family crypt in Austria reveals that the child died from a lack of sunlight, a new study finds. Believed to be Reichard Wilhelm, the first-born son of a Count of Starhemberg, …
Vast tunnel found beneath ancient Egyptian temple
A vast tunnel found beneath an ancient Egyptian temple Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a vast tunnel beneath a temple in the ancient city of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria. The 4,281-foot-long (1,305 meters) tunnel, which brought water to thousands of people in its heyday, was discovered by an Egyptian-Dominican Republic archaeological team, the Egyptian …
2,000-Year-Old Sculptures Unearthed in Turkey
2,000-Year-Old Sculptures Unearthed in Turkey During the ongoing archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Aizanoi in the Çavdarhisar district of the western province of Kütahya, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, the heads of the Greek mythology gods Eros and Dionysus and the demigod Herakles have come to light. Another find …