Surprising archaeologists find 1,000-year-old stainless steel in Iran
Surprising archaeologists find 1,000-year-old stainless steel in Iran Stainless steel as we know it today was created in the early 20th century, in England. But researchers found evidence of the use of an alloy of iron and chromium quite similar to stainless steel – but almost a thousand years old. Discovery, published in Journal of …
Infants from 2100 years ago found with helmets made of children’s skulls
Infants from 2100 years ago found with helmets made of children’s skulls According to the new study, two babies from ancient South American burial mounds have been discovered wearing helmets made from the skulls of other infants. As researchers tell in their report published earlier this month in the science journal, Latin American Antiquity, this …
Native Americans may have reached Polynesia long before Europeans
Native Americans may have reached Polynesia long before Europeans According to an eye-opening study published by Stanford Medicine scholars, early Polynesian sailors possibly arrived in South America decades before Christopher Columbus set foot in the New World. Stanford postdoctoral scholar Alexander Ioannidis and his colleagues give the first definitive proof in a report published in …
Aztec skull tower: Archaeologists unearth new sections in Mexico City
Aztec skull tower: Archaeologists unearth new sections in Mexico City More sections of an extraordinary Aztec tower of human skulls have been excavated by archaeologists in the centre of Mexico City. The National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH) of Mexico said a further 119 skulls had been uncovered. While restoring a building in the …
Dino-mite: N.C. museum gets fossils of dinosaurs that apparently died fighting
Dino-mite: N.C. museum gets fossils of dinosaurs that apparently died fighting Apparently locked in battle on the plains of modern-day Montana, about 66 million years after two dinosaurs died, an unusual fight over who owns the entangled fossils has become a multimillion-dollar issue that depends on the legal definition of “mineral.” The 9th U.S. Circuit …
12000 Years Old Body Of A Anunnaki King Found Completely Intact?
12000 Years Old Body Of A Anunnaki King Found Completely Intact? This discovery was made completely by chance in 2008, and if we know what happened is certainly thanks to the Russian media, and to the television press. It happened in Kurdistan, Iran, a country quite closed to the world, at least in the western …
Bronze Figurine with Gold Eyes Unearthed in Slovakia
Bronze Figurine with Gold Eyes Unearthed in Slovakia In the village of Jánovce, near Poprad, the Spiš Museum in Spišská Nová Ves has presented an important discovery: a Celtic bronze statue. The museum conducted archaeological research in Jánovce in the location of Pod Hradiskom (Under the Hillfort) in spring and autumn of this year, explained …
Sinkhole Reveals 19th-Century Well in Boston Park
Historic Well Discovered Under Mysterious Sinkhole In Boston’s Ronan Park Over the weekend, a mysterious sinkhole was found in Ronan Park by a local, and Archeologist Joe Bagley of the City of Boston announced on Thursday that the sinkhole actually leads to a historical well from the 1800s. According to Bagley, this was discovered by …
Amazing mosaic of the ancient Greek god Poseidon found in Turkey
Amazing mosaic of the ancient Greek god Poseidon found in Turkey Archaeological excavations in the southern Turkish province of Adana’s Yumurtalık district have unearthed a rare mosaic depicting the ancient Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. It is believed to date back to the 3rd or 4th century B.C. The Poseidon mosaic was found in …
Thracian King SevtIII discovered: 2,400-yr-old Solid gold mask weighing 640 gr found near the village of Shipka
Thracian King Sevt III discovered: 2,400-yr-old Solid gold mask weighing 640 gr found near the village of Shipka A 2,400-year-old golden mask that once belonged to a Thracian king was unearthed in a timber-lined tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists reported. The mask, discovered over the weekend, was found in the tomb along with a solid …