The ancient Kingdom Discovered Beneath Mound in Iraq An ancient city called ‘Idu’ has been discovered in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. Hidden beneath a 32 foot (10 metres) mound, the city is thought to have been a hub of activity between 3,300 and 2,900 years ago.  Inscriptions made for kings in walls, tablets …

3,000-year-old clan cemetery uncovered in central China PH๏τo provided by the Anyang Insтιтute of cultural relics and archaeology on Jan. 5, 2022, shows a horse buried with the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ at the Shaojiapeng site, which is decorated with shell strings. (Anyang Insтιтute of cultural relics and archaeology/Handout via Xinhua) A large-scale tomb cluster dating back to …

7,200-year-old skeleton unearthed in Indonesia reveals unknown human group The ancient remains of a hunter-gatherer girl who died over 7,000 years ago in Indonesia, has revealed clues to a mysterious group of humans from the past. The discovery, made in 2015, in the Leang Panninge cave on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island is the first discovery of ancient human …

India’s largest known burial site is 4,000 yrs old, confirms carbon dating One day in 2005, Shriram Sharma, a farmer from Sanauli village Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, was carrying about his day, and ploughing his field. Little did he know that what was otherwise part of his daily routine would lead to an accidental discovery …

Archaeologists stunned by ancient Babylonian device: ‘More advanced than we thought’ Babylon was the city where some of the most influential empires of the ancient world ruled. For a long time, it was the capital of the Babylonian Empire, and was considered to be the global centre of commerce, art and learning, and is even …

The real utopia: This ancient civilisation thrived without war Many believe the idea of a utopian society is an impossible fantasy. But there may have been one mysterious, ancient group of people that was able to fulfil the dream of life without conflict or rulers. Remains of the Indus civilisation, which flourished from 2600 to …

2,700-year-old leather armor proves technology transfer happened in antiquity Researchers at the University of Zurich have investigated a unique leather scale armour found in the tomb of a horse rider in Northwest China. Design and construction details of the armour indicate that it originated in the Neo-ᴀssyrian Empire between the 6th and 8th centuries BCE …

Russian Statue Discovered to Be Older Than the Pyramids Gold prospectors first discovered the so-called Shigir Idol at the bottom of a peat bog in Russia’s Ural mountain range in 1890. The unique object—a nine-foot-tall totem pole composed of ten wooden fragments carved with expressive faces, eyes and limbs and decorated with geometric patterns—represents the …

Israeli archaeologists find Roman, medieval treasures in ancient shipwrecks off Mediterranean coast Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds of Roman and medieval silver coins. The finds made near the ancient city of Caesarea were dated to the Roman and Mamluk …