Jug With 870 Silver Coins From The 17th And 18th Centuries Found In Slovakia Archaeologists in Lučivná, a village under the Tatras, dug out a small earthenware jug with 870 pieces of silver coins. “We cleaned two-thirds of the coins, so far the oldest one is from 1665 and the youngest from 1733. Hungarian mintage …

Secret Catacombs With Incredible Ancient Skeletons Covered In Priceless Jewelry They call them the Catacomb Saints – ancient Roman corpses that were exhumed from the catacombs of Rome, given ficтιтious names and sent abroad as relics of saints from the 16th century to the 19th century. They were decorated with extreme lavishness, as you can …

What was Otzi the Iceman’s last meal, 5,300 years ago? In 1991, German tourists discovered, in the Eastern Italian Alps, a human body that was later determined to be the oldest naturally preserved ice mummy, known as Otzi or the Iceman. Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on July 12 who have conducted …

Archaeologists have found a previously unknown Roman city with buildings of monumental proportions in Spain’s Aragon Region Archaeologists from the University of Zaragoza in Spain have discovered a previously unknown Roman city with buildings of monumental proportions. The urban complex, which existed between the first and second centuries, had “buildings of immense sizes” as well …

Portuguese scientists discover a 100,000-year-old case of deafness Around 100,000 years ago somewhere in Morocco a hunter-gatherer started stumbling about suffering vertigo and hearing loss. Now, almost 50 years since parts of his skeleton were found as fossils, scientists in Coimbra University have announced the discovery of the “oldest case of deafness in a human …

7.5 Million Annual Elephant Skulls Fossil Were Found in Turkey “Choerolophodon Pentelic” A complete skull fossil from 7.5 million years ago was discovered on the bank of the Yamula Dam in the central Kayseri Province of Turkey. This is a major discovery. The skull belongs to Choerolophodon Pentelic, known as the ancestor of elephants. The …

Ancient grave found right under kindergarten Builders found human bones when doing reconstruction on a kindergarten in Brestovany, a village near Trnava. They called archaeologists from the Monuments Board of Trnava and the Western Slovakia Museum in Trnava who found that the builders had discovered a grave. More detailed research showed that it is a …

Severe Drought Unveils Ruins of Hidden Ancient ‘Bridge of Nero’ in Rome A severe drought in Italy has revealed an archaeological treasure in Rome: a bridge reportedly built by the Roman emperor Nero that is usually submerged under the waters of the Tiber River.  The dropping water levels of the Tiber, which according to Reuters(opens …

Unique sword casts new light on Viking voyages across the North Sea The sword was found in three pieces by two metal detector enthusiasts, independent of each other, in the Jåttå/Gausel area in Stavanger, already renowned for the grave of the so-called Gausel queen. Found in 1883, it is considered to be one of the …