
Archaeologists find a 2,700-year-old toilet in a luxurious palace in Jerusalem
Archaeologists find 2,700-year-old toilet in luxurious palace in Jerusalem Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a private toilet dating from the seventh century B.C.E., a time when such a luxury would have been unheard of. According to Amy Spiro of the Times of Israel, the crew discovered the carved limestone fixture ahead of construction in Jerusalem’s …

Ancient maps of Jupiter’s path show Babylonians’ advanced maths
Ancient maps of Jupiter’s path show Babylonians’ advanced maths Analysis of an ancient codebreaking tablet has revealed that Babylonian astronomers had calculated the movements of Jupiter using an early form of geometric calculus some 1,400 years before we thought the technique was invented by the Europeans. This means that these ancient Mesopotamian astronomers had not …

A Valley in Kazakhstan Home to Countless Mᴀssive Stone Spheres
A Valley in Kazakhstan Home to Countless Mᴀssive Stone Spheres Close to the town of Shetpe in Western Kazakhstan lies the Valley of Balls – or Torysh, as it is known in Kazakh. It consists of numerous ball-like rock formations strewn across a wide range of steppe land. The balls range in size from tiny …

Roman Temple Discovered in Ancient City of Tyre
Roman Temple Discovered in Ancient City of Tyre A new Roman temple has been discovered by archaeologists in the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre, located off the coast of Lebanon. The joint excavation, led by María Eugenia Aubet (Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona), Ali Badawi (General Directorate of Antiquities of Lebanon), and Francisco J. Núñez …

1,000-Year-Old Silver Coins Unearthed in the United Arab Emirates
1,000-Year-Old Silver Coins Unearthed in the United Arab Emirates Ancient silver dirham coins minted one millennium ago in Morocco, Persia, Al-Rai, the Khorasan region, Armenia and Transoxiana have been discovered in Sharjah. A team from Sharjah Archaeology Authority made the discovery in the central region of the emirate. The Islamic coins were stored in an …

Nazca Lines of Kazakhstan: More Than 50 Geoglyphs Discovered
Nazca Lines of Kazakhstan: More Than 50 Geoglyphs Discovered More than 50 geoglyphs with various shapes and sizes, including a mᴀssive swastika, have been discovered across northern Kazakhstan in Central Asia, say, archaeologists. These sprawling structures, mostly earthen mounds, create the type of landscape art most famously seen in the Nazca region of Peru. Discovered …

10-foot-tall Bronze Age geoglyph of a bull found in Siberia Is A First
10-foot-tall Bronze Age geoglyph of bull found in Siberia Is A First A geoglyph of a bull discovered in Siberia dates back more than 4,000 years, making it twice as old as the famed Nazca lines of Peru and millennia older than Uffington’s chalk-lined White Horse. Geoglyphs, which often have spiritual or religious meaning, are …

18,000 Years Ago, Humans Raised World’s Most Dangerous Bird as Pets: Study
18,000 Years Ago, Humans Raised World’s Most Dangerous Bird as Pets: Study As early as 18,000 years ago, humans in New Guinea may have collected cᴀssowary eggs near maturity and then raised the birds to adulthood, according to an international team of scientists, who used eggshells to determine the developmental stage of the ancient embryos/chicks …

Parasite eggs in old toilet came from pork eaten 1,300 years ago
Parasite eggs in old toilet came from pork eaten 1,300 years ago Nara Prefecture–Denizens of the Asuka Period (592-710) feasted on pork and may have done so routinely, archaeologists deduced from parasite eggs excavated from a toilet structure found in the ruins of the ancient capital of Fujiwarakyo. The eggs, which serve as scientific evidence …

2,000-Year-Old Scale Weights identified in Japan
2,000-Year-Old Scale Weights identified in Japan KASUGA, Fukuoka Prefecture–Prehistoric people in Japan apparently used an advanced system of weights and measurements on a decimal basis, excavations at a Yayoi Pottery Culture Period (1000 B.C.-A.D. 250) site here suggest. Researchers identified what is known as a decuple weight with 10 times the reference unit mᴀss of …