DNA Analysis Identifies Neanderthal Family Members The first snapsH๏τ of a Neanderthal community has been pieced together by scientists who examined ancient DNA from fragments of bone and teeth unearthed in caves in southern Siberia. Researchers analysed DNA from 13 Neanderthal men, women and children and found an interconnecting web of relationships, including a father …

A 6,000-year-old skull found in a cave in Taiwan possibly confirms the legend of an Indigenous tribe A team of researchers with members from Australia, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam found a 6,000-year-old skull and femur bones in a cave in a mountainous part of Taiwan that might prove the existence of an ancient Indigenous tribe. …

273 million-year-old living fossils found Species found to have existed since the Paleozoic era was found in the depths of the ocean near Japan. It has been understood that life forms that have lived on the ocean floor for millions of years existed much longer than human history, according to the fossil record, and that …

Byzantine gold coins hidden in a wall in the 7th century were uncovered by Israeli archaeologists Archaeologists in Israel say 44 pure gold coins dating to the 7th Century have been found hidden in a wall at a nature reserve. Weighing about 170g, the hoard found at the Hermon Stream (Banias) site was hidden during …

Medieval subterranean corridors were found by accident in northeast Iran The workers working on a routine road construction project near Shahr-e Belqeys (City of Belqeys) in northeast Iran made an unexpected discovery. Shahr-e Belqeys is a castle located in Esfarayen County in North Khorasan Province, Iran. The fortress dates back to the Sasanian Empire. It is the second …

Ancient Islamic mosaics uncovered on the shores of Kinneret Ancient mosaics belonging to an early Islamic settlement have been uncovered by archaeologists from a German university in the Kinneret. The mosaics, found near Khirbat al-Minya, are believed to have acted as a contact point for Umar and local Arab tribes dating to the fifth century BCE. Khirbat …

The Discovery of Jesus Christ’s Childhood Home An English archaeologist may have just made one of the most intriguing discoveries of the last two millennia: the childhood home of Jesus Christ. Ken Dark, an archaeologist at the England’s University of Reading, has published his findings in a new book, The Sisters of Nazareth Convent: A …

Evidence of Opium Use by Canaanites in 14th Century BC Found A new study by the Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv University, and The Weizmann Insтιтute of Science has revealed the earliest known evidence of the use of the hallucinogenic drug opium, and psychoactive drugs in general, in the world. The opium residue was found …

Gold Mask Found in Shang Dynasty Tomb in Central China A gold funeral mask, thought to be more than 3,000 years old, has been discovered in the tomb of an ancient noble in the city of Zhengzhou in central China.  It’s one of the oldest gold objects ever found in central China, as contemporary treasures …