Extremely Well Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Child Shoe Discovered In Salt Mine Scientists conducting mining archaeological investigations have discovered an extremely well-preserved 2,000-year-old child shoe in a salt mine! The special find was made by the German Mining Museum Bochum, Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources. Excavations were carried out under the direction of the head of the …

Face Of Norwegian Boy Who Lived 8,000 Years Ago Reconstructed Using DNA analysis and modern forensic techniques, scientists have reconstructed the face of a Stone Age boy who lived in Norway. The Vistegutten – the boy from Viste died at only 14 years old. Why he pᴀssed away so early is unknown because it seems …

Lion’s Head Sculpture Discovered in Sicily A still unfinished marble gargoyle in the form of a lion’s head in Sicily delights researchers. During excavations in Sicily, a research team led by archaeologists from the Ruhr University in Bochum, Prof. Dr. Jon Albers made a spectacular find: they discovered a marble lion’s head on a street in …

‘Extremely rare’ Roman temple discovered on supermarket building site Sarsina is a sleepy, rural town of barely 3,000 residents straddling the pristine Apennine mountains in Italy’s Emilia Romagna region, surrounded by stunning views and grazing sheep. While it has a glorious past, as a strategic defensive outpost for the Roman Empire and the birthplace of …

Face of “Bonnie Prince Charlie” Recreated From Death Mask Researchers say they have created the “most lifelike” reconstruction of the face of Bonnie Prince Charlie. A team at the University of Dundee’s Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification used death masks to recreate the Scottish prince’s looks. After his death in 1788, a cast of …

The three-headed statue of Goddess Hecate discovered in Turkey’s Mersin In the ancient city of Kelenderis in Mersin, located in the south of Turkey, the statue of the 3-headed goddess Hecate, which is evaluated to be 2300 years old, and ceramics belonging to the Hellenistic period were unearthed. The ancient city of Kelenderis is located at …

A medieval victim still in his chainmail discovered in Sweden The Battle of Visby was a violent Medieval battle near the town of Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland, fought between the inhabitants of Gotland and the Danes, with the latter emerging victorious. The battle left a lasting archaeological legacy; mᴀsses of slaughtered soldiers …

The largest hoard of Viking silver was found accidentally while filming a news report about illegal treasure hunting The Spillings Hoard  is the world’s largest Viking silver treasure, found on Friday 16 July 1999 in a field at the Spilling farm northwest of Slite, on northern Gotland, Sweden. The silver hoard consisted of two parts …

Mysterious ruins discovered at the bottom of Lake Van, Türkiye’s largest lake At the bottom of Lake Van, Türkiye’s largest salty soda lake with 3,712 square kilometers, divers discovered a cemetery and areas bearing the traces of an old village. Lake Van (Van Gölü in Turkish) is the largest lake in Turkey and the second …