Metal monolith found by a helicopter crew in Utah desert
Metal monolith found by a helicopter crew in Utah desert In a remote part of Utah, after being spotted by state employees counting sheep from a helicopter, a mysterious monolith was found. The structure appeared to be planted in the soil, estimated to be between 10ft and 12ft tall (about 3 metres). It was made …
UK Archaeologist Claims To Have Found Jesus Christ’s Childhood Home In Israel
UK Archaeologist Claims To Have Found Jesus Christ’s Childhood Home In Israel The stone altar 2,800 years old offers insights into the acquisition of Atroth in Jordan. An archaeologist from Britain sheds new light on a fascinating ancient site under a convent in Nazareth. Ken Darke, a professor at the University of Reading, investigates the …
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 …