Archaeologists Find A 2,500-Year-Old Grave In Siberia That Contains An Ancient Warrior Couple
Archaeologists Find A 2,500-Year-Old Grave In Siberia That Contains An Ancient Warrior Couple On an investigation to a 2,500-year-year-old tomb of an ancient warrior and princess was discovered in Siberia. The pair are believed to have died in their 30s and were buried with a baby and an ‘elderly’ servant woman, archaeologists say. The woman …
50 Million Year Old Fossil Identified as Relative of Ostriches
50 Million Year Old Fossil Identified as Relative of Ostriches The bird fossils were found more than a decade ago, completely intact with bones, feathers, and soft tissues in a former lake bed in Wyoming. Nesbitt cannot hide a grin as he calls the fossil a once-in-a-lifetime discovery for palaeontologists. “This is among one of …
CT Scans Suggest Egyptian Pharaoh Was Brutally Executed on the Battlefield
CT Scans Suggest Egyptian Pharaoh Was Brutally Executed on the Battlefield Seqenenre Taa II, the Egyptian pharaoh, may have died on the battlefield, surrounded by attackers carrying daggers, swords, and spears. According to a recent computed tomography (CT) scan of the pharaoh’s damaged mummy, which revealed new facial wounds that ancient embalmers tried to disguise. A …
New technique reveals hidden detail in an ancient Etruscan painting
New technique reveals hidden detail in an ancient Etruscan painting Multi-illumination hyperspectral extraction (MHX) has been used to reveal previously unseen details in 2,500-year-old Etruscan tomb paintings, according to a Live Science report. For instance, they found new details in a painting from the “Tomb of the Monkey” and scenes of an underworld in another …
Hiker Accidentally Discovers 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword in Norway
Hiker Accidentally Discovers 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword in Norway After hiking across the plateau that covers the region between the west and east sides of Norway, Goran Olsen sat down to take a break. That’s when he spotted a rusty sword blade lying under some rocks on the well-travelled mountain path. Archaeologists have identified Olsen’s find …
Six thousand-year-old tombs found in northwest Argentina
Six thousand-year-old tombs found in northwest Argentina Radio Cadena Agramonte reports that 12 graves dated between 6,000 and 1,300 years ago were unearthed in northwestern Argentina by a team of researchers from the University of Buenos Aires–National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), during investigations over the past 15 years. According to the source, most …
Bronze Age Spear Discovered on the Island of Jersey
Bronze Age Spear Discovered on the Island of Jersey A metal detector on a Jersey beach reportedly discovered a 13-inch-long copper spearhead, which is about 3,000 years old, experts claim. According to recent studies, The ‘rare and complete’ spearhead, which still has remnants of the wooden shaft still attached, dates back to the Late Bronze Age, …
The Varna Man, who lived around the 5th Millennium BC, is the wealthiest burial at that time
The Varna Man, who lived around the 5th Millennium BC, is the wealthiest burial at that time The site, located on the outskirts of the Black Sea resort of Varna, was discovered accidentally when tractor operator Raicho Marinov was cutting a trench to lay an electric cable for a local factory. He suddenly noticed small …
20-million-year-old fossilised tree discovered by scientists in Greece
20-million-year-old fossilised tree discovered by scientists in Greece Two Greek scientists on the volcanic island of Lesbos claim they have uncovered a fossilized tree that is about 20 million years old. In the middle of road-work near an ancient forest on the eastern Mediterranean island, a particularly unusual discovery was found. The area was petrified …
A ‘Lamborghini’ Of Chariots Is Discovered At Pompeii. Archaeologists Are Wowed
A ‘Lamborghini’ Of Chariots Is Discovered At Pompeii. Archaeologists Are Wowed Researchers at Pompeii have confirmed the discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot from a villa near the famed Italian archaeological site, calling it an “exceptional discovery.” The chariot was identified as “an exceptional discovery” that “has no parallel in Italy thus far,” according to …