Islamic-Era Palace Gate Uncovered in Spain The abandoned gate of the fabled Islamic palace-town Medina Azahara in the 10th century, which was destroyed by fire during a 1010 civil war, has been discovered in southern Spain. Abd Rahman III, the first caliph of Córdoba, began in 936-1940 AD to build a palace – whose name means …

Human Skulls Mounted on Stakes Found at 8,000-Year-Old Burial Archaeological Site in Sweden In a mysterious underwater grave that has baffled archeologists, a group of 8,000 years old human skulls has been discovered, some of them embedded in stakes. One of the pierced skulls, found preserved in what was once a prehistoric lake in Sweden, was …

Archaeologist hails ‘extraordinary’ Viking village find in Dublin Researcher excavations have modified our understanding of the oldest Viking settlement in Dublin with a black pool or Dubh Linn which was considered to be much larger than originally expected. The excavation alongside Dublin Castle has also revealed the oldest police cells in the city and a …

Greek Farmer Accidentally Discovers 3,400-Year-Old Minoan Tomb Hidden Under Olive Grove Sometime between 1400 and 1200 B.C., two Minoan men were laid to rest in an underground enclosure carved out of the soft limestone native to southeast Crete. Both were entombed within larnakes—intricately embossed clay coffins popular in Bronze Age Minoan society—and surrounded by colorful …

Exquisite 2,000-year-old sapphire ring thought to have belonged to Roman Emperor Caligula The Roman emperor Caligula, who had been governing for four years from AD 37 until his ᴀssᴀssination, was said to own an exquisite 2,000-year-old ring of Sapphire. The sky blue hololith, made from a single piece of the precious stone, is believed to …

Drought Reveals “Spanish Stonehenge” Older Than the Pyramids After 50 years of immersion on the bottom of a basin, in Spain, a 5,000-year-old monument emerged. There are 144 granite blocks on the megalithic site, which are over 6 feet high, known as ‘ Spanish Stonehenge. ‘ Its similarity to the UNESCO World Heritage site in …

Lost tomb with 72 ancient skeletons from extinct Canary Islands civilization found by drone after 1,000 years Amateur archeologists on the holiday island of Gran Canaria discovered a grave containing ancient remains of men of a lost pre-Hispanic civilization. The mummified remains of 72 skeletons belonging to natives of the ‘Guanche’ society were discovered by …

Set of 5000-year-old board game pieces discovered in Turkey Within the scope of Ilısu Dam rescue excavations, the missing pieces of a historical play set, which was found in 2012 in the southeastern province of Siirt’s Başur Mound, have been unearthed. Rescue excavations have been completed in Başur Mound, which is shown as one of the most important …

Unknown ancient god with astral symbols discovered on a stele at the cult site in Turkey In an ancient sanctuary in Turkey, Münster archeologists excavated a unique Roman relief depicting an unknown god. According to a first ᴀssessment, the one and a half meter (five feet) high basalt stele which was used as a ʙuттress …