The Truth Behind The 4000-Year-Old Skeletons Of “A Mother Who Was Trying To Shield Her Child” Images of skeletons from the Lajia site in the Qinghai province of China are captivating. Painstaking excavation and pedestaling of the bones reveals adults and children in a 4,000-year-old embrace. But while these images have gotten media attention today, …

Scientists discover intact Ice Age woolly rhino in Siberia Russian researchers have just announced the discovery of a remarkably well-preserved woolly rhinoceros that was excavated in August 2020. According to The Siberian Times, the specimen is between 20,000 and 50,000 years old, and was found in such pristine condition that much of its internal organs …

Experts believe the 7,000-year-old circular stone structures were once houses, complete with doorways and roofs in Saudi Arabia Archaeologists have excavated eight ancient “standing stone circles” in Saudi Arabia that they say were used as houses. Eight of the 345 stone circles identified by aerial surveys in the Harrat ‘Uwayrid lava field in Saudi Arabia have …

A 4000-year-old Fabric Found in a Cave of Skulls in the Judean Desert is the Oldest Dyed with Insect Dye Researchers discovered an ancient textile dyed with kermes (Kermes vermilio) in Israel’s Cave of Skulls that dates back to the Middle Bronze Age. This textile, found in the Judean Desert and made of linen and …

Japanese scientists ‘reawaken’ cells of a 28,000-Year-Old woolly mammoth Her name is Yuka: an ancient woolly mammoth that last lived some 28,000 years ago, before becoming mummified in the frozen permafrost wastelands of northern Siberia. But now that icy tomb is no longer the end of Yuka’s story. The mammoth’s well-preserved remains were discovered in …

51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting may be the world’s oldest storytelling art A cave painting on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi may be the oldest evidence of narrative art ever discovered, researchers say. The artwork, which depicts a human-like figure interacting with a warty pig, suggests people may have been using art as a way of …

Archaeologists Discovered 8th-century BC Settlement in Uzbekistan A team of Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists discovered an ancient settlement dating back to the 8th century BC in Uzbekistan, near the country’s Surxondaryo River, also known as Surkhandarya. A square-shaped architectural structure with several rooms, including a kiln and waste pits, is present at the recently excavated …

The World’s Earliest Ground Stone Needles Found in Western Tibetan Plateau In western Tibet, six peculiar stone artifacts were discovered in 2020 by archaeologists excavating close to the shore of Lake Xiada Co. Each was about half the length of a golf tee, with a pointed tip at one end and an eyelike opening at …

An Ancient Site Found in UAE may be Sixth-Century Lost City of Tu’am Ruins from the sixth century have been discovered during excavations in the United Arab Emirates Umm Al Quwain region, which may be the remains of the lost city of Tu’am. The discovery on Al Sinniyah Island is potentially one of the most …