City wall discovered that’s 1,000 years older than Rome, lost civilization found in China The ancient walls of a lost city in southern China have been uncovered in a remarkable find by archaeologists. The northern section of the city was found at the Sansingdui archaeological site located in Sichuan province. It dates back than 3,000 years to …

Vast 9,000-year-old ‘metropolis’ discovered buried near Jerusalem A huge prehistoric settlement dating back 9,000 years unearthed near Jerusalem by Israeli archaeologists during preparations for a new highway could rewrite the history of humans in the region.  Home to around 3,000 individuals during the Stone Age the settlement, near modern-day Motza, disproves the long-standing theory that …

Ritual site of a Mesopotamian god of war found in Iraq that was used for animal sacrifices Archaeologists have discovered 5,000-year-old sacred places in Iraq for 5,000 years which have been used for rituals intended to appease a Mesopotamian warrior god. The team working at the Telloh site believes it was used for parties, animal …

5,000-year-old Iraqi city discovered under a 10 meter-deep mound In the Kurdistan province of northern Iraq, an ancient town called ‘Idu’ was discovered. Hidden under a mound of 32 feet (10 meters), it is believed that the city was an entertainment center between 3,300 and 2,900 years ago. King inscriptions made for walls, tablets, and …

120,000-Year-Old Footprints Found in Saudi Arabia Science Magazine reports that seven hominin footprints dated to some 120,000 years ago with optically stimulated luminescence were identified among hundreds of animal prints in northern Saudi Arabia’s Nefud Desert. They may have paused for a drink of freshwater or to track herds of elephants, wild ᴀsses, and camels …

100-million-year old giant sperm found trapped in amber The world’s oldest animal sperm has been found in a tiny crustacean trapped in Amber about 100 million years ago in Myanmar by the international partnership of researchers from London’s Queen Mary University and the Chinese Academy of Science in Nanjing. Dr. He Wang of the Chinese …

The 2,600-Year-old palace is found buried under the ruins of a shrine blown up by Isis in Mosul Archaeologists ᴀssessing the damage caused by Islamic State militants to the tomb of the prophet of Jonah have made a surprise discovery. Experts found a previously untouched palace dating back to 600BC buried under the ruins of …

World-first Perfectly Preserved Ice age bear found in Russia In the Russian Arctic, the fully preserved remains of an Ice Age cave bear were discovered – the first specimen of the animal that has ever been identified with soft tissues. The remarkable discovery was found in the Lyakhovsky Islands in the Far North of Russia …

1,200-Year-Old Sculpture Unearthed in Southern India The Hindu reports that an eighth-century A.D. sculpture of Lord Vishnu, one of the principal Hindu deities. M. Maruthu Pandiyan of the Madurai Government Museum said the style of the sculpture corresponds to the Pandya dynasty, a Tamil-speaking group that ruled in South India and Sri Lanka as early …