Researchers in Israel have discovered an intact chicken egg laid about 1,000 years ago—though the delicate object cracked in the lab Researchers in Israel have discovered an intact chicken egg laid about 1,000 years ago—though the delicate object cracked in the lab. “We were astonished to find it,” Alla Nagorsky, an archaeologist with the Israel …

Pyramids Discovered In Russia Twice As Old As Egyptian Could Rewrite Human History The discovery of the world’s earliest pyramids on the Kola Peninsula may confirm the existence of an ancient civilisation on Russian territory. The civilization likely predates the Egyptian civilization for a long time. Archaeological excavations of the Kola Peninsula’s pyramids, which are …

Ancient silver plate adorned with winged gods and griffins is found inside the wooden tomb of a warrior who died in the 4th century BC in Russia Expedition members of IA RAS have found a unique plate depicting winged Scythian gods surrounded by griffons during their excavations of the burial ground Devitsa V in Ostrogozhsky …

3,000-Year-Old Road, Drainage Pipe Unearthed in China Relics of drainage pipe, road and rut remains have been found in the ruins of Haojing, an ancient capital city dating back to the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 B.C.-771 B.C.), according to the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology. The drainage pipe was uncovered in the foundation of the No. …

Intact DNA from a 7,200-year-old Woman reveals Unknown Human lineage Archaeologists have discovered ancient DNA in the remains of a woman who died 7,200 years ago in Indonesia, a find that challenges what was previously known about the migration of early humans. The remains, belonging to a teenager nicknamed Bessé, were discovered in the Leang Panninge …

Long-Hidden “Pyramid” Found in Indonesia Was Likely an Ancient Temple When Dutch colonists became the first Europeans to discover Gunung (Mount) Padang in the early 20th century, they must have been awestruck by the sheer scale of their ancient stone surroundings. Here, scattered across a vast hilltop in the West Java province of Indonesia, lay …

Mᴀssive Ancient Wall Discovered in Iran Belongs to Unknown Ancient Civilization Archaeologists have identified the remains of a stone wall in Iran about the length of the famous Hadrian’s Wall that was built across England by the Romans.  The wall, which extends about 71 miles (115 kilometres), was found in Sar Pol-e Zahab County in …

Extremely Well-Preserved Woolly Rhino Is Discovered in Siberia’s Melting Permafrost Melting permafrost in the icy north of Siberia is revealing a veritable graveyard of frozen prehistoric animals. In recent decades, locals and scientists in the Russian Republic of Yakutia have uncovered the ancient carcᴀsses of two cave lion cubs, a bison, a horse, a baby woolly …

‘Beautiful’ 900-year-old Crusader sword discovered by diver off the coast of Israel A man diving off the coast of northern Israel, not far from his home, recently stumbled onto a 900-year-old sword dated to the time of the Crusades. Shlomi Katzin, a resident of the town of Atlit, spotted the sword and other centuries-old artefacts …