The oldest submerged city: A 5000 old sunken perfectly designed city in southern Greece There is a little village called Pavlopetri, in the Peloponnesus region of southern Greece, where a nearby ancient city dating back 5,000 years resides. This is however not a typical archeological site, the city is located about 4 meters underwater and …

For the First Time in a Century, Norway Will Excavate Viking Ship Burial Smithsonian Mag reports that Sveinung Rotevatn, Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment, announced that the 65-foot Gjellestad ship will be excavated in order to protect what is left of it from being destroyed by fungus. Archaeologists are racing against the clock to …

Hillfort revealed to be the largest Pictish site ever discovered in Scotland The fort, overlooking the small village of Rhynie, is believed to be one of the largest ancient settlements ever discovered in Scotland. Researchers think that as many as 4,000 people may have lived in more than 800 huts on the Tap O’Noth in …

Norway’s melting ice is revealing priceless ancient artifacts “The moment these artifacts melt out of the ice, they’re immediately vulnerable to the elements,” says James H, in an interview with national geographic. Ancient artifacts preserved in snow and ice over thousands of years in Norway’s mountains are emerging at an unprecedented rate, and archaeologists are …

Ice Age Graveyard Discovered Containing 22 Giant Sloths Preserved In Their Own Feces A surprising find was made in Ecuador by paleontologists – a group of giant Ice Age sloths. The 22 sloths of elephants, from the ice age, were found as fossilized. Paleontologists made the grand discovery preserved in asphalt during a dig at the …

In mint condition! Millions of pounds-worth of pristine 5th-century gold coins are found buried in a pot under an Italian theatre. It was an amphora, not a pot, but archaeologists found a literal jackpot in a dig in northern Italy last week. No word on if there was a rainbow. Hundreds of gold coins dating …

Mt. Vesuvius Eruption Exploded Skulls And Vaporized Bodies, Roman Archaeologists Find More than two million people visit Pompeii every year and hundreds of thousands visit the ruins of Herculaneum,  the second city buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in August 79 AD. It was not much longer than 24 hours for the volcanic eruption. Thousands …

Eighteenth-Century Mᴀss Grave Unearthed in Romania A mᴀss grave from the eighteenth century was discovered in West Romania by the team of researchers from the West University of Timişoara according to a Romania-Insider report. The grave holds the remains of six adults and one child who are thought to have died during a plague outbreak …

Clare man discovers cliff fort near his home while flying a drone in Ireland A respected software maker and drone operator have discovered an unexplained cliff near his home in Co Clare. During the present lockdown Matthiew Kelly, a satellite, communication, and electronics specialist, worked a drone near Crag, Lahinch when he made his archeological …