Tourist Damages A Valuable Italian Sculpture And Just Walks Away The Austrian 50-year-old man who broke three toes of a statue in the 19th century while posing for a picture has been identified by the Italian police. On July 31 in the Hipsoteca Museum in Possagno Northern Italy, the 200-year-old plaster cast model of Antonio Canova’s statue …

Archaeologists unearth third-century’ human mountains’ It was discovered near Rome when archaeologists found the remains of a man who was considered a giant when he died in the third century A.D. It’s an unbelievably rare find – because today gigantism affects three in a million people worldwide. The condition begins in childhood when a malfunctioning …

Neolithic “Woodhenge” Discovered in Portugal The 4,500-year-old ring of large ‘ shafts ‘ has been uncovered by archaeologists in the great Durrington Walls and the famous site at Woodhenge, just a few kilometers from Stonehenge, in southern Britain. The newly-discovered circle is over 2 km in diameter and has been carbon-dated to 2500 BC. The archaeologists …

World’s Oldest Toy Car – Could This 5,000-Year-Old Discovery Be The Earliest Evidence Of The Wheel? Many gearheads grew up playing with toy cars. Loyalties to H๏τ Wheels or Matchbox were as divisive as those between Ford and Chevy are today. But kids have been fascinated by wheels since long before these companies—or even the …

Evidence of Medieval Battle Discovered in Polish Forest In a forest in Sanok, hundreds of arrowheads and crossbow bolts from a major battle with King Casimir the Great in the 14th century were found. Biała Góra archeologists say they believe that they now locate Casimir’s Great campaign battleground in Red Ruthenia (formerly part of southeastern …

Archaeology breakthrough: Scientists discover chilling ‘nest’ of ancient humans in a cave The discovery was made in a cave in France, which contained the remains of prehistoric hunter-gatherers who died some 30,000 years ago. First discovered 20 years ago, the Grotte de Cussac cave is located in the southwest of the country. Frequented by members of the Gravettian …

Archaeology breakthrough: ‘Incredible’ discovery of the oldest remains of English royals The remains of the English royalty of 1,000 years ago were discovered by the archeologists-the oldest find of the kind and a new light on the royal family history. One of the most significant archeological findings in the last few years is that the …

Ancient bones in disturbed peat bogs are rotting away, alarming archaeologists LUND, SWEDEN—According to a Science Magazine report, researchers led by Adam Boethius of Lund University found that preservation conditions at a Mesolithic site in southern Sweden have deteriorated significantly in the 75 years since excavations first began there. Ageröd is one of many peat …

Greece: Ancient theatre unearthed on the island of Lefkada After archeological excavations on Koulmos hill in Lefkada, a huge new ancient theater was discovered, test sections were cut in the area, specifically on the hill ‘s northeast slope which forms a downward amphitheatric hollow, ending in a long, flat section. Archaeological excavations on the Ionian island …