Iron dagger with wooden handle, skeletal remains found at Konthagai, India The 40-cm-long weapon with a 6-cm-long wooden handle was found at a depth of 77 cm. An iron dagger with a wooden handle was found inside a burial urn unearthed at Konthagai village, which is part of the Keeladi cluster where the seventh phase …

Scientists Present 20,000-Year-Old Woolly Rhinoceros Unearthed in Siberia, Report Says Aided by melting permafrost, long-extinct creatures such as the woolly rhino are being uncovered and casting new light on prehistoric eras. Around 20,000 years ago, a young woolly rhinoceros went about its day like usual in the icy region of what is now northern Siberia. …

Archaeologists unearth 1st Jerusalem evidence of quake from Bible’s Book of Amos Books of Amos and Zechariah in the Old Testament describe an earthquake that rocked the city of Jerusalem about 2,800 years ago and archaeologists have now found the first evidence of the biblical event. The Israel Antiquities Authority’s (IAA) excavations in the City of David …

World’s oldest-known coin mint identified in China A team of researchers from Zhengzhou University, the Modern Analysis and Computer Center of Zhengzhou University and Peking University, all in China, has found evidence of what appears to be the oldest coin-minting operation ever uncovered. In their paper published on the Cambridge University site Antiquity, the group …

Iraq says the US returning 17,000 looted ancient treasures Next month, museum-goers in Iraq are in for a surprise. Eighteen years after it was looted from the city, a clay tablet bearing the Epic of Gilgamesh, regarded as one of the world’s oldest surviving pieces of literature, is set to return to the place of …

Has the ‘Lost City of the Gospels Finally Been Found? Excavations this summer on the northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee have uncovered what may be evidence of the ancient city, Bethsaida-Julias, home to three of Jesus’ apostles: Peter, Andrew, and Philip (John 1:44; 12:21). It was also a location for Jesus’ ministry (Mark …

Saudi Arabia’s Hima cultural site added to UNESCO world heritage list Hima, in the Gulf state’s southwest, is home to one of the largest rock art complexes in the world. Najran, Saudi Arabia:  The sixth site in Saudi Arabia has been added to UNESCO’s world heritage list, the UN organisation announced on Saturday. Hima, in …

Stone Age tools, cave paintings discovered in India could be clues to ‘prehistoric factory’ Mangar, Haryana: Prehistoric cave paintings belonging to the Paleolithic era, and rock shelters as well as tools and tool-making equipment, presumably dating back to the lower or early Paleolithic era have been found hiding in plain sight in the Aravallis. The …

Arkaim: Stonehenge of Russia and its Unspeakable Secrets Who in his life had never heard of Stonehenge? An enigmatic prehistoric monument north of the city of Salisbury, England, for more than 5,000 years, today it is a place that continues to develop speculation and theories beyond rationality. The terrain was excavated, radiographed, measured and examined. …