An archaeologist says he’s discovered the world’s oldest pyramids 7,400 Years older than Egyptian pyramids Sam Osmanagich kneels down next to a low wall, part of a 6-by-10-foot rectangle of fieldstone with an earthen floor. If I’d come upon it in a farmer’s backyard here on the edge of Visoko—in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 miles …

2,000 Ancient Figurines Unearthed on Greek Island An excavation of the ancient acropolis on the Cycladic island of Kythnos has unearthed more than 2,000 intact votive figurines deposited by worshippers at the sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone over the course of seven centuries. Hundreds of clay figurines of women, children, actors, Dionysian characters, pigs, turtles, …

Stone Penis Found in Medieval Spanish Ruins Had Violent Purpose Archaeologists found a six-inch stone penis while excavating the Tower of Meira (Torre de Meira) in the city of Ría de Vigo in the northwest region of Spain. Phallic symbolism is commonly found in prehistoric artifacts, but it is less common in finds from the …

Freshwater and marine shells used as ornaments 30,000 years ago were discovered in Spain In Malaga’s Cueva de Ardales, up to 13 freshwater and marine shells that were carefully transformed by humans between 25,000 and 30,000 years ago have been discovered. According to a study published in the environmental scientific journal Environmental Archaeology, the first …

Orichalcum, the lost metal of Atlantis, may have been found in a shipwreck off Sicily MYSTERIOUS metal ingots linked to the mythical civilisation of Atlantis have been recovered from an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Sicily. Archaeologists last month recovered a wealth of ingots of an unusual golden alloy from the wreck sitting in …

Unprecedented drought reveals 7500-year-old Spanish Stonehenge Rising temperatures and drought conditions have caused serious problems for human populations all over the world, according to the World Health Organization. Those dramatic changes in landscape brought on by lowering water levels, though, have also led to a number of notable discoveries, as Insider notes. One area particularly …

God Pan statue unearthed at Istanbul’s historical church of St. Polyeuctus A Pan statue thought to belong to the Roman period was recovered during excavation works carried out by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) teams at Saraçhane Archaeology Park, where the Church of St. Polyeuctus is located. There are modest ruins of a structure that was …

Archaeologists find a 5,000-year-old piece of wood in Orkney, which they describe as “astonishing” Archaeologists continue to make surprising discoveries in Orkney. Although organic materials are quite difficult to find, archaeologists have found a 5,000-year-old piece of wood in Orkney. Archaeologists discovered the wood while excavating the Ness of Brodgar, which was home to a …

Archaeologists discovered a 2,000-year-old rock-carved face at Spain’s Tossal de La Cala castle Archaeologists have discovered a rock-carved face at Toscal De La Cala, a Roman fort in Benidorm, on the east coast of Spain. Archaeologists from the University of Alicante discovered a 2,000-year-old rock-carved “inscultura” face with three artistic representations of a human face, …