11,000-year-old Spiritualized Deer Masks Whisper Tales Of A Forgotten World
11,000-year-old Spiritualized Deer Masks Whisper Tales Of A Forgotten World The headdresses are the star exhibits in A Survival Story – Prehistoric Life at Star Carr which gives visitors a fascinating glimpse into life in Mesolithic-era Britain following the end of the last Ice Age. At the time people were building their homes on the shore of …
Frozen moss reveals fatal final journey of 5,300-year-old ice mummy
Frozen moss reveals fatal final journey of 5,300-year-old ice mummy According to a study released on October 30th, 2019, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by James Dickson of the University of Glasgow (UK) and colleagues at the University of Innsbruck, Alongside the famous Ötzi, the Iceman is buried, at least 75 species of bryophytes -mosses …
7,000-year-old Fortress Found Under the Yumuktepe Mound, Turkey
7,000-year-old Fortress Found Under the Yumuktepe Mound, Turkey At the Yumuktepe mound in southern Turkey’s Mersin province, a fortress wall dating back 7000 years from the Chalcolithic period was unlodged. As an ongoing settlement 9,000 years since the neolithic era, the Yumuktepe Mound is extremely important. Two and a half months of excavations at the …
Spanish Armor Plate Discovered in North Carolina
Spanish Armor Plate Discovered in North Carolina, U.S.A Spanish soldiers took over the Native city of Catwba, Joara, about 60 miles east of Asheville, on an excursion from Florida about 450 years ago. Fort San Juan is the first known European settlement to be established in the south-east of the USA about fourteen years before the …
Well-Preserved Byzantine Church Uncovered in Israel
Well-Preserved Byzantine Church Uncovered in Israel The Church of the Byzantine Age was discovered by Israeli archeologists on Wednesday in a neighborhood west of Jerusalem. The Israel Antiquities Authority showed some of the objects of the almost 1.500-year-old church after three years of excavations. During this discovery, scientists found many sophisticated mosaics depicting birds, fruit …
Medieval pilgrim tombs found below Rome street
Medieval pilgrim tombs found below Rome street ROME, ITALY—BBC reports that medieval burials were unearthed during utility work on the Via del Governo Vecchio in central Rome. The graves had been damaged by previous construction projects. According to Archeological Superintendence the city found two graves dating from the Middle Ages during gas works on Via del …
Ornately-tattooed 3,000-year-old mummy discovered by archaeologists
Ornately-tattooed 3,000-year-old mummy discovered by archaeologists In 2016, an ancient Egyptian mummy with symbolic tattoos was discovered by a team of archeologists, they thought were first of their kind. The 3000-year-old mummified woman was tattooed with various symbols, including cows, lotus and divine eyes, which could represent her religious status or practices. It was the …
Ancient City of ‘Mahendraparvata’ Hidden Beneath Cambodian Jungle
Ancient City of ‘Mahendraparvata’ Hidden Beneath Cambodian Jungle The “lost city of Cambodia” was eventually rediscovered by researchers. The city was officially called Mahendraparvata and was the first capital of the Angkorian Empire–a Hindu Buddhist empire that had been in Southeast Asia from the 9th to the 15th centuries. Although archeologists and historians have been …
8,000-Year-Old Pearl, Found In Abu Dhabi, Is World’s Oldest.
8,000-Year-Old Pearl, Found In Abu Dhabi, Is World’s Oldest. An 8,000-year-old pearl that archaeologists say is the worlds oldest will be displayed in Abu Dhabi, according to authorities who said Sunday it is proof the objects have been traded since Neolithic times. Dubbed the ‘Abu Dhabi Pearl’, it was found in layers carbon-dated to 5800-5600 …
Backyard Bones May Have Been Buried by 19th-Century Students
Human remains found in Aberdeen garden may have been buried by medical students 187 years ago OLD ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND—BBC reports that 115 human bone fragments recovered from a private garden in northeastern Scotland by archaeologist Alison Cameron may have been buried by medical student Alexander Creyk and his roommates, who lived on the property in …