5,000-year-old Bryde’s whale skeleton unearthed in Thailand An unusual, partly fossilized skeleton belonging to a Bryde whale, estimated to be about 5,000 years old, has been discovered by researchers in Thailand at an inland site west of Bangkok. At the beginning of November, a skeleton weighing 12.5 meters (41ft), about the length of a truck, …

Israeli Archaeological Dig Uncovers 9,000-year-old Mega City The largest ever Neolithic settlement discovered in Israel and the Levant, say archaeologists  — is currently being excavated ahead of highway construction five kilometres from Jerusalem. Because of its scale and the preservation of its material culture, the 9,000-year-old site, situated near the town of Motza, is the ‘Big Bang’ for …

The miniature Sculpture of a bird was Carved 13,500 years ago A miniature bird statue carved out of burnt bone has been unearthed by archaeologists in Lingjing, China. At over 13,000 years it is believed to be the oldest East Asian work of art ever found. Humans have been creating sculptures since the Upper Paleolithic …

800-Year-Old Inscription Discovered in Southern India Archeologists have stumbled on a Chola period stone inscription at a lake bund in Mookanur village near Sankarapuram in Kallakurichi district in Tamil Nadu, India. According to experts, King Vanenja Perumalana Vanakovarayan created the inscription about a canal and connecting lakes during Rajendra Cholan III regime in the Sagarai …

This bright metallic meteorite crashed in India, and it looks pretty cool A meteorite-like object weighing about 2.8 kilograms fell from the sky in Sanchore town of Rajasthan’s Jalore district. The mysterious object, which is believed to be worth crores of rupees, created a one-foot-deep crater in the ground. The locals informed the police and …

Amber fossils reveal the true colours of 99-million-year-old insects Nature is full of colours, from the radiant shine of a peacock’s feathers or the bright warning colouration of toxic frogs to the pearl-white camouflage of polar bears. Usually, fine structural detail necessary for the conservation of colour is rarely preserved in the fossil record, making …

Yonaguni Monument: Man-made structure or natural geological formation THE YONAGUNI-JIMA KAITEI CHIKEI, LITERALLY translated as “Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography,” is an underwater mystery off the coast of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.  The mᴀssive underwater rock formation is speculated to have existed for more than 10,000 years, but whether the formation is completely man-made, entirely natural, or has …

Saudi Arabia Opens Its First UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Hegra’ After 2,000 Years Saudi Arabia is now opening the ancient archaeological site – Hegra – for the public in order to promote historical sites. Hegra, which has been unchanged for nearly 2000 years, is the first UNESCO World Heritage site in the Kingdom. This lesser-known …

3000-year-old temple-era gold bead found by 9-year-old Jerusalem boy A nine-year-old boy, the Temple Mount Sifting Project (TMSP) revealed earlier this week, found the first-ever Temple-era gold granule bead during wet sifting of earth from the Temple Mount. In August, while sifting through the soil with his kin, Binyamin Milt, a resident of Jerusalem, unearthed a …