1,500-Year-Old Christian Ivory Reliquary Box Discovered in Austria
1,500-Year-Old Christian Ivory Reliquary Box Discovered in Austria Archaeologists have discovered an exceptional Christian ancient ivory reliquary box in Austria that is thought to be around 1,500 years old. Innsbruck archaeologists have been excavating in an old hilltop settlement in southern Austria since the summer of 2016. They made the incredible discovery of a Christian reliquary concealed in …
Study Impacts Understanding of First Australians’ Possible Route
Study Impacts Understanding of First Australians’ Possible Route The discovery of thousands of stone artefacts and animal bones in a deep cave in Timor Island has led archaeologists to reᴀssess the route that early humans took to reach Australia. Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU), Flinders University, University College London (UCL) and the ARC …
‘Complete lack of sunlight’ killed a Renaissance-era toddler, CT scan reveals
‘Complete lack of sunlight’ killed a Renaissance-era toddler, CT scan reveals A “virtual autopsy” of the mummified remains of a toddler buried inside a family crypt in Austria reveals that the child died from a lack of sunlight, a new study finds. Believed to be Reichard Wilhelm, the first-born son of a Count of Starhemberg, …
Mummified Baby From Centuries Ago May Have Died From Lack of Sunlight
Mummified Baby From Centuries Ago May Have Died From Lack of Sunlight For centuries, the crypt of one of the oldest aristocratic families in Austria has preserved a tragic secret. A boy, perhaps no older than a year or two in age, who died not from a lack of food, or injury. But for a …
Gold ‘sun bowl’ discovered near Bronze Age swamp
Gold ‘sun bowl’ discovered near Bronze Age swamp Archaeologists excavating a 3,000-year-old settlement in Austria have unearthed a golden bowl with the image of a sun adorning its underside. “At the bottom of the bowl, a sun disc with 11 rays is depicted,” Michał Sip, an archaeologist with the German company Novetus, who is leading …
Archaeologists find a gold solar bowl in a 3,000-year-old settlement in Austria
Archaeologists find a gold “solar bowl” in a 3,000-year-old settlement in Austria It was, in the words of archaeologist Michał Sip, the “discovery of a lifetime.” Unearthed ahead of construction of a railway station in Ebreichsdorf, just south of Vienna, the roughly 3,000-year-old golden bowl features a sun motif and is the first of its kind found …
31,000-year-old burial holds the world’s oldest known identical twins
31,000-year-old burial holds the world’s oldest known identical twins The presence in the history of human twins is not unheard of. It is nothing short of fascinating to find relatively well-preserved skeletons of a pair of baby twins from thousands of years ago, though. A burial site from 31,000 years ago was found by an …