This is how China is ruining Buddhist treasure in Pakistan Occupied Ladakh Since the Chinese company develops Diamer-Bhasha, a dam in Pakistan’s Gilgit – Baltistan region occupied Ladakh, most of the Buddhist relics in an around some of the ancient villages would be submerged. The dam has come as an end to the rich Buddhist culture …

What Ear Infections Going Back 15,000 Years Tell Us About Human Health Tel Aviv University researchers have found evidence of ear infections of the remains of people living in the Levant around 15,000 years ago in the skull. The lead author Dr. Hila May of the Anatomy and Anthropology Department, TAU Sackler Faculty of Medicine, …

14,000-Year-Old Ancestor of Native Americans Identified in Russia Since the Upper Paleolithic, modern humans have lived near Baikal Lake, and left a rich archeological record behind. The region’s ancient genomes also uncovered multiple genetic turnovers and admixture events, indicating that the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age was facilitated by human mobility and complex …

Researchers Find 1,400-Year-Old Rooms Under Jerusalem’s Western Wall Previously, archeologists discovered three ancient subterranean chambers located in the bedrock under the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem.  Two thousand years ago, the chambers were consisting of an open courtyard and two rooms, were carved on top of one another and connected by hewn staircases. According to …

Dental Tartar Yields Food Data from Japan’s Edo Period Rikai Sawafuji of the University of the Ryukyus, Shintaroh Ueda of the University of Tokyo, and their colleagues analyzed samples of tartar from the teeth of 13 people who were buried in what is now eastern Tokyo in the latter half of the Edo Period, from …

Text Found on Supposedly Blank ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Sea Scroll Fragments Four fragments of the manuscript ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Sea Scroll, located in the John Rylands Library of the University of Manchester, which were previously thought to be blank, do in fact contain text. The finding reveals that Manchester University is the only UK insтιтution with authenticated textual fragments …

99 million years old dinosaur-era bird wings found trapped in amber The new specimens come from a famous amber deposit in northeastern Myanmar, which has produced thousands of exquisite specimens of insects of all shapes and sizes Beijing: In a first, scientists have discovered specimens of complete wings of tiny, prehistoric birds that were trapped …

The cache of Ancient coins and Jewelry From the time of Alexander the Great discovered he explorers of the grotto in Israel discovered a small cache of coins and jewellery from the time of Alexander the Great that archaeologists believe was hidden by refugees during an ancient war. Eitan Klein of the Israeli Antiquities Authority said …

Over 6000 ancient tombs discovered by archaeologists in China CHENGDU, May 14 (Xinhua) — More than 6,000 ancient tombs dating back between the Warring States Period (475 B.C.-221 B.C.) and the Ming Dynasty (1368―1644）have been discovered in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, local archaeological authorities said Thursday. In China, archaeologists have found thousands of burials on …