Paleontologists Unearth Dozens of Giant Dinosaur Eggs in Fossilized Nest in Spain Archaeologists have extracted 30 тιтanosaur dinosaur eggs found in a two-ton rock in northern Spain and believe there could be as many as 70 deeper inside the boulder. The тιтanosaur was a long-necked sauropod that lived until the extinction event at the end …

Pictish Carved Stone Unearthed in Scotland Archaeologists have uncovered a Pictish symbol stone close to the location of one of the most significant carved stone monuments ever uncovered in Scotland. The team from the University of Aberdeen hit upon the 1.7metre-long stone in a farmer’s field while conducting geophysical surveys to try and build a …

7000-year-old grain reveals the origin of the Swiss stilt houses Nowhere else are so many Neolithic pile dwellings known around the Alps. However, how this particular construction boom got its start is a mystery. Researchers at the University of Basel have now uncovered new evidence: Settlers on Lake Varese in northern Italy may have played …

Looted Artifacts Returned to France The United States has returned a set of illegally obtained artefacts, including a skull from the Parisian catacombs and golden ingots from an Atlantic shipwreck, to their rightful owner: France.  The prized objects, which also included an ancient Roman coin, were handed over on Wednesday during an official “resтιтution” ceremony …

1,500-year-old bakery structure found in Turkey’s Perre In the ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Perre, located in the southeastern province of Adıyaman, archaeologists found a 1500-year-old bakery structure on Monday. Starting in 2001, the excavations have been carried out at intervals in the ancient city of Perre. A historical Roman fountain, large block …

The World’s Oldest Intact Shipwreck Has Been Discovered at the Bottom of Black Sea The oldest intact shipwreck ever has been found resting on the bottom of the Black Sea. Protected by the oxygen-free water at the seafloor, the ship has been sitting undisturbed since 400 B.C., researchers from the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project …

Vikings Weren’t All Scandinavian, Ancient DNA Study Shows The term “Viking” tends to conjure up images of fierce, blonde men who donned horned helmets and sailed the seas in longboats, earning a fearsome reputation through their violent conquests and plunder. But a new study published in the journal Nature suggests the people known as Vikings didn’t exactly …

Mystery solved about the origin of the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf The source of the materials used to make the Venus of Willendorf, a 30,000-year-old figurine that counts among the world’s oldest artefacts, have long eluded experts. The figurine, which resembles a woman with fulsome breasts and round hips, is made of a rock known …

Holey cow! Evidence of Stone Age veterinary ‘surgery’ A hole in the skull of a Stone Age cow was likely made by humans about 5,000 years ago, probably by a primitive veterinarian or trainee surgeon, scientists said. The hole appears to have been painstakingly carved into the animal’s head, but whether it was an operation …