A stunning 14th-century medieval chapel is uncovered in County Durham, England
A stunning 14th-century medieval chapel is uncovered in County Durham, England Archaeologists have really found considered one of medieval Britain’s most vital architectural works of arts– the long-lost church of north England’s only medieval leaders– the Prince-Bishops of Durham. The precise space of the large 40- meter lengthy baronial church was unidentified for tons of …
Rare Ancient Leopard Painting Discovered On Sarcophagus In Aswan, Egypt
Rare Ancient Leopard Painting Discovered On Sarcophagus In Aswan, Egypt The first pH๏τos from a necropolis discovered a year ago in Egypt, including that of a colourful mask of the Leopard, drawn on a wooden deck of a sarcophagus, a form of “guarding” of the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ, was published by archaeologists with the Egyptian-Italian Mission in West …
Unknown ancient god with astral symbols discovered on a stele at a cult site in Turkey
Unknown ancient god with astral symbols discovered on a stele at the cult site in Turkey In an ancient sanctuary in Turkey, Münster archeologists excavated a unique Roman relief depicting an unknown god. According to a first ᴀssessment, the one and a half meter (five feet) high basalt stele which was used as a ʙuттress …
Worms Frozen for 42,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost Wriggle to Life
Worms Frozen for 42,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost Wriggle to Life Sample of Permafrost sediment has been frozen for 42,000 years and has been recently thawed to expose live nematodes. the roundworms began to move and eat, setting a record for the time an animal can survive cryogenic preservation. In addition to revealing new limits …
12,000-Year-Old Elongated Skulls Discovered in Asia Stun Experts
12,000-Year-Old Elongated Skulls Discovered in Asia Stun Experts A new study has found that elderly people in China had a human head shaping about 12,000 years ago — meaning they bound some children’s maturing skulls, encouraging the heads to grow into elongated ovals — making them the oldest group on record to purposefully squash their …
The Huaca Pucllana: A Mᴀssive Ancient Pyramid You Probably Never Knew Existed
The Huaca Pucllana: A Mᴀssive Ancient Pyramid You Probably Never Knew Existed Lima, Peru is home to many wonders of the world including the Huaca Pucllana pyramid. Huaca Pucllana served as an administrative and ceremonial center in the pre-Inca Lima culture to elite clergymen. Today, Huaca Pucllana now offers its visitors a glimpse into the …
Amazingly preserved 46000-year-old frozen horned lark found in Siberia
Frozen bird discovered in Siberia is 46,000 years old, scientists discover Researchers in Siberia discovered a frozen bird in the permafrost in 2018. Examination of the remains of the bird found that it had lived there more than experts expected. The analysis revealed that the bird is about 46,000 years old and covered by permafrost …
The Hurrian Hymn was discovered in the 1950s on a clay tablet inscribed with Cuneiform text. It’s the oldest surviving melody and is over 3400 years old.
Listen to the oldest song in the world which was written 3,400 years ago In the early 1950s, archaeologists unearthed several clay tablets from the 14th century B.C.E. Found, WFMU tells us, “in the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit,” these tablets “contained cuneiform signs in the Hurrian language,” which turned out to be the oldest known piece of music …
Piece of a skull found in Greece ‘is the oldest human fossil outside Africa’
700,000 years old Skull discovered in Greek cave, completely shatters the Out of Africa theory The “Petralona man”, or “Archanthropus of Petralona”, is a 700,000-year-old human skull discovered in 1959. Since then, scientists have been trying to trace this skull’s origin, a process that has caused considerable controversy. The skull, indicating the oldest human “europeoid” (presenting European traits), was embedded in …
39000 Years Old Frozen Woolly Mammoth found in Siberia, goes on display in Tokyo
39000 Years Old Frozen Woolly Mammoth found in Siberia, goes on display in Tokyo After 39,000 years, a baby wooly mammoth is making her public debut. The prehistoric creature, nicknamed Yuka, is being put on public display in Japan, after being shipped from her home in Siberia, Russia. Yuka was found trapped in ice on …