4,800-Year-Old Fossil of Mother Embracing Baby Found in Taiwan It is a fitting discovery as Mother’s Day approaches. Archaeologists have uncovered the ancient remains of a young mother and an infant child locked in a 4,800-year-old embrace. The remarkable find was among 48 sets of remains unearthed from graves in Taiwan, including the fossils of …

22 ancient tombs were discovered in Central China’s Henan A cluster of 22 ancient tombs spanning nearly 1,600 years have recently been found in Central China’s Henan province. Specifically, two tombs dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), 12 built in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), and eight others from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing …

Shang-Dynasty Town Discovered in Northern China The mysterious origins of ancient bronzeware found in a part of northern China may have been uncovered, with the discovery of the ruins of a complete Bronze Age town in the area. Archaeologists have now recovered hundreds of astonishing artifacts — including bronze drinking vessels, painted pottery, ornaments inlaid with turquoise …

Meet Sparta, the 28,000 Year Old Perfectly Preserved Lion Cub Scientists say the remains of a lion cub, named Sparta and found in Siberia in 2018, are 28,000 years old and in excellent condition. They say the lion cu, may still hold some of its mother’s milk inside it. The cub was a female cave …

A large stone monument depicting the goddess Ishtar has been unearthed in the ancient ᴀssyrian city of Nimrud Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, working with an Iraqi excavation team, have unearthed a large stone monument depicting the goddess Ishtar in the ancient ᴀssyrian city of Nimrud. Archaeologists have uncovered …

Mysterious 18-Km-Long Underground City Found In Iran: Could be At Least 6000 Years Old In Bam village of Esfarayen county in northeast Iran, a routine road construction project has led to an exciting discovery of a vast network of underground corridors linked to the nearby fortress of Shahr-e Belqeys (City of Belqeys). The discovery was …

12,000 Years Ago, Mysterious Egg-Headed People Inhabited China Archaeologists excavated 25 human skeletons with elongated skulls dating back perhaps as long as 12,000 years ago from Houtaomuga archaeological site in northeast China. The strange shape of the skulls symbolizes a part of the ritual in ancient China. The discovery provides additional proof that cranial alterations …

5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map History in Recorded: The Impact Of A Mᴀssive Asteroid For more than 150 years scientists have tried to solve the mystery of a notorious cuneiform clay tablet that reveals that in the past the impact case of so-called Köfel was detected. The circular stone-cast tablet was discovered in the late 1800s …

A 42,000-year-old pendant found in northern Mongolia may be the earliest known phallic art An international team of researchers has found a pendant in northern Mongolia that may be the earliest known example of a carved phallus. This pendant suggests that for at least 42,000 years, our species has been artistically depicting the penis. The …