Ukrainian Soldiers Discover Archaeological Treasures While Digging Defenses in Port City Odessa
Ukrainian Soldiers Discover Archaeological Treasures While Digging Defenses in Port City Odessa Trench warfare is a way of life in Ukraine: In an unsettling echo of past wars, the hand-dug ditches provide defensive cover for troops as Russia’s invasion stretches on. Now, reports the Kyiv Independent, a Ukrainian defence unit discovered something unexpected while digging …
Underground Labyrinth With Secret Pᴀssages, Tunnels In Dobrogea Plateau, Romania
Underground Labyrinth With Secret Pᴀssages, Tunnels In Dobrogea Plateau, Romania In many cases, the world below us is just as fascinating as the ground we walk on. Across Europe, there is a hidden, often millennia-old subterranean realm of tunnels stretching from the north in Scotland leading down to the Mediterranean. It is an underground world …
New Huge Viking Ship Discovered By Radar In Øye, Norway – What Is Hidden Beneath The Ground?
New Huge Viking Ship Discovered By Radar In Øye, Norway – What Is Hidden Beneath The Ground? A new Viking Age ship has been discovered by archaeologists in Norway during a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey. This exciting find reveals a huge Viking boat buried beneath the ground in Øye, in Kvinesdal. This archaeological discovery is …
Tomb Saviors: Two Giants Found In Ancient Graveyard Could Have Been Body Guards
Tomb Saviors: Two Giants Found In Ancient Graveyard Could Have Been Body Guards Giant statues crafted more than 3,000 years ago could have been guardians of an ancient graveyard, say experts. The mysterious Bronze Age giants were found at a necropolis near Mont’e Prama in Cabras, a small town in the western part of the …
A rare 2,300-year-old tomb in Istanbul holds a partially cremated body
A rare 2,300-year-old tomb in Istanbul holds a partially cremated body A 2,300-year-old brick tomb contains the cremated remains of an individual whose body was likely placed in the tomb and then set on fire, archaeologists in Istanbul have announced. A tomb-like this is a rare find, archaeologists say. At the time this person was …
An underground city unearthed in Turkey may have been a refuge for early Christians
An underground city unearthed in Turkey may have been a refuge for early Christians Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have unearthed a vast underground city that was built almost 2,000 years ago and could have been home to up to 70,000 people. The subterranean complex may have been a protected space that early Christians used to …
Stunningly Well-Preserved Arrows With Feathers Revealed By Melting Ice Sheets In Norway
Stunningly Well-Preserved Arrows With Feathers Revealed By Melting Ice Sheets In Norway A spectacularly preserved arrow from the Iron Age — complete with its iron arrowhead, sinew wrappings and aerodynamic feather fletching — is now in the hands of glacial archaeologists in Norway. It’s rare for arrow fletching to preserve, as the delicate feathers that …
Skeletons in Dutch Mᴀss Grave Are British Soldiers
Skeletons in Dutch Mᴀss Grave Are British Soldiers More than 80 British soldiers who were buried in a mᴀss grave in the Netherlands 200 years ago died of disease rather than during combat, archaeologists have revealed. The mᴀss grave, which contains 82 skeletons, was found by chance in the town of Vianen in November 2020. …
Major discovery: Iron Age complex found under a house in Turkey village, says study
Major discovery: Iron Age complex found under a house in Turkey village, says study A bungled looting scheme has led archaeologists to an underground Iron Age complex in Turkey that may have been used by a fertility cult during the first millennium B.C., a new study finds. The ancient complex, which has yet to be …
18th-Century Bones of Sick Soldiers Identified in the Netherlands
18th-Century Bones of Sick Soldiers Identified in the Netherlands Eighty-two skeletons found in a mᴀss grave in the Dutch city of Vianen were mainly British soldiers who died of illness in an 18th Century field hospital, archaeologists say. The remains were found outside the city’s old wall in November 2020 and then researched by forensic …