99-Million-Year-Old Fossil Flower Found Encased in Burmese Amber Oregon State University researchers have identified a spectacular new genus and species of flower from the mid-Cretaceous period, a male specimen whose sunburst-like reach for the heavens was frozen in time by Burmese amber. “This isn’t quite a Christmas flower but it is a beauty, especially considering …

Traces of Possible Neolithic Tsunami Found in Israel Prehistoric tsunami disasters had a significant impact on coastal societies,” said lead author Dr Gilad Shtienberg from the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego, and colleagues at the Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology.” “6,000 years of historical records and geological data show that …

Mosaics From The Roman Era Were Just Uncovered In Lebanon Arab News reports that a six-foot section of Roman mosaic dated to between 60 B.C. and A.D. 300 was uncovered in the city of Baalbek, which is located in eastern Lebanon, during work to install sewage pipes. The two-meter-long artefact was uncovered under a municipality …

3,800-year-old baby in a jar unearthed in Israel Live Science reports that recent archaeological investigations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the ancient port city of Jaffa, which is located on Israel’s Mediterranean coast, have uncovered a middle Bronze Age burial, a pit filled with Hellenistic pottery dated from the fourth to first centuries …

9,500-year-old Syrian decorated skulls The human skulls date back between 9,500 and 9,000 years ago, (on which) lifelike faces were modeled with clay earth. DAMASCUS: Archaeologists said on Sunday they had uncovered decorated human skulls dating back as long as 9,500 years ago from a burial site near the Syrian capital Damascus.       “The human skulls …

Was Climate Change More Destructive Than Genghis Khan? According to a statement released by the University of Lincoln, dryer conditions may be to blame for the collapse of medieval civilizations along Central Asia’s rivers, rather than the Mongol invasions led by Genghis Khan in the early thirteenth century. The Aral Sea basin in Central Asia …

Surprising archaeologists find 1,000-year-old stainless steel in Iran Stainless steel as we know it today was created in the early 20th century, in England. But researchers found evidence of the use of an alloy of iron and chromium quite similar to stainless steel – but almost a thousand years old. Discovery, published in Journal of …

12000 Years Old Body Of A Anunnaki King Found Completely Intact? This discovery was made completely by chance in 2008, and if we know what happened is certainly thanks to the Russian media, and to the television press. It happened in Kurdistan, Iran, a country quite closed to the world, at least in the western …

Incredible Footage as Giant Spinning ice disk is formed on a River in China Residents in a northern Chinese city have flocked to see a giant ice disc rotating on a river, a rare natural phenomenon that occurs in cold climates. Incredible footage shows the ice circle, measuring about 33 feet (10 metres) wide, spinning …