Largest-Known Flower Preserved in Amber Is Nearly 40 Million Years Old The largest-known fossilized flower encased in amber, dating back nearly 40 million years, was again discovered in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Researchers have reexamined the rare amber fossil, which was first identified as the property of a pharmacist by the name of …

Genome Study Reveals Family Ties in Bronze Age Greece If you wanted to hang on to your land in Bronze Age Greece, you could do worse than marry your cousin. A team of international researchers analyzing the genomes of ancient human remains has discovered that, unlike in other European societies of the period, first cousins in Minoan …

Remains of Lost WWII Pilot Identified Authorities have positively identified the remains of an Army Air Forces pilot from Ohio who died when his plane was sH๏τ down over Germany during World War II, the Defense Department announced Thursday. On May 29, 1944, 1st Lt. Carl Nesbitt was the pilot of a B-17G Flying Fortress …

Ancient Warrior’s Tomb Unearthed in Romania Workers building a new highway in Romania have unearthed the treasure-laden tomb of a wealthy warrior and his horse. The tomb dates to the fifth century A.D., when the region was controlled by a people known as the Huns. The tomb is filled with more than 100 artifacts, including …

World’s oldest runestone found in Norway, archaeologists say Archaeologists in Norway have found what they claim is the world’s oldest runestone, saying the inscriptions are up to 2,000 years old and date back to the earliest days of the enigmatic history of runic writing. The flat, square block of brownish sandstone has carved scribbles, which …

City Under a City: Metro Reveals Thessaloniki’s Ancient Past The metro construction in Greece’s Thessaloniki has brought ancient ruins from the city’s life back in the 4th century BC to the surface. The excavation has brought to light Thessaloniki’s central 6th-century highway, a marble plaza, a fountain and a headless statue of Aphrodite. Thousands of ancient finds such …

3 mummified skeletons were found in Iznik, western Turkey Archaeologists discovered mummified skeletons dating from the 2nd century A.D. within two sarcophagi at the Hisardere Necropolis in Bursa’s Iznik district. The excavation is being conducted out by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism under the direction of Aygün Ekin Meriç, an academic at Dokuz Eylül …

Iznik Archaeology Museum reveals 2,500-year-old love letter Iznik is an ancient habitation that hosts various civilizations due to its fertile lands, trade routes, and many other reasons. Ancient Nicaea, now called İznik, is a farming town surrounded by mᴀssive medieval walls set on the shore of a broad lake 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Yalova. …

A new study reveals that “Bog Bodies” were part of a Millennia-old tradition Archaeologists have studied hundreds of ancient “Bog Bodies” discovered in Europe’s wetlands, revealing that they were part of a millennia-old tradition. Besides new analysis shows the majority of these individuals met a ‘gruesome’ end before being intentionally discarded into the wet, spongy …