More than 4,500 skeletons discovered in Islamic Necropolos in Spain
More than 4,500 Skeletons Discovered in Islamic Necropolos in Spain CNN reports that more than 4,500 graves have been identified at a cemetery in northeastern Spain, in an area thought to have been largely untouched by the Arab invasion of the Iberian peninsula in the early eighth century A.D. In an 8th-century burial ground in …
University of Cambridge: Remains of 1,300 scholars are found under a building
University of Cambridge: Remains of 1,300 scholars are found under a building Some were sickly Cambridge University scholars, other homeless wayfarers or simply the infirm. Having fallen on hard times, and being too poor to care for themselves, they all ended up receiving spiritual succour during their last days in the medieval Hospital of St …
Remains of Two Killed in Vesuvius Eruption Are Discovered at Pompeii
Remains of Two Killed in Vesuvius Eruption Are Discovered at Pompeii Mᴀssimo Osanna, director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, announced the discovery of the remains of two men lying close together in a villa corridor on the outskirts of the ancient city, according to a BBC News report. This month, excavations at a suburban villa …
‘Oldest tattoo’ found on 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummies
‘Oldest tattoo’ found on 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummies The village of Deir el-Medina in ancient Egypt, 3,000 years ago, housed a community of artisans, all of whom lived and worked together on tombs in the Kings’ Valley. But new evidence has emerged that tombs were not their only creative outlet. A number of tattoos on the …
World’s oldest leather shoe which is 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid.
World’s oldest leather shoe which is 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid. In a cave in Armenia, a fully preserved shoe has been discovered, 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and 400 years older than Stonehenge in the UK. A team of global archaeologists found the 5,500-year-old shoe, the …
A Lost Roman City Has Been Found 1,700 Years After a Tsunami Sank It
A Lost Roman City Has Been Found 1,700 Years After a Tsunami Sank It After several years of archaeological discovery in quest of the ancient city of Neapolis, a vast 1,700-year-old Roman settlement has been found off the coast of Tunisia. As mentioned by a Roman soldier and historian, Ammien Marcellin, Neapolis is believed to …
Medieval soldier found with sword and knives at the bottom of a Lithuanian lake
Medieval soldier found with sword and knives at the bottom of a Lithuanian lake Middle Ages more than 500 years ago The soldiers’ bodies settled on the bottom of a lake in Lithuania, covered beneath mud for decades. Well, those submerged ruins have finally been discovered. During the underwater inspection at the old Dubingiai Bridge …
Wall In Bolivia Contains More Than 5,000 Dinosaur Footprints
Wall In Bolivia Contains More Than 5,000 Dinosaur Footprints Cal Orko, an immense limestone slab 1.5 km (0.9 miles) long and over 100 meters high (328 ft), is situated 5 km (3 miles from downtown Sucre, Bolivia. Visitors will look through time on this steep face (72 degrees inclination) to when dinosaurs roamed the Earth …
Archaeologists Discovered An Ancient City Buried 30 Miles Outside Rome Without Ever Digging It Up
Archaeologists Discovered An Ancient City Buried 30 Miles Outside Rome Without Ever Digging It Up To figure out what they look like, archaeologists no longer have to excavate submerged villages. The entire ancient city of Falerii Novi, some 30 miles outside Rome, has recently been mapped by a group of Belgian and UK researchers, using …
1,300-Year-old Hindu temple discovered in Northwest Pakistan
1,300-Year-old Hindu temple discovered in Northwest Pakistan 1300-year-old Hindu Temple of Lord Vishnu was discovered in Swat district of Pakistan. It is the first temple of Gandhara civilisation discovered in Swat district. It has been discovered by Pakistani and Italian archaeological experts at a mountain in northwest Pakistan’s Swat district. According to the reports, the archaeologist …