Bronze Dagger Discovered in Slovakia

Bronze Dagger Discovered in Slovakia

Bronze Dagger Discovered in Slovakia During their time off, relaxing by the River Váh, near Hlohovec, a local came across an object that they found interesting. Only when they returned home, did they discover that it was an archaeological find and paid a visit to the nearest museum? Similar finds should be handed over to …

5,000-Year-Old Town Discovered Underwater in Greece

5,000-Year-Old Town Discovered Underwater in Greece

5,000-Year-Old Town Discovered Underwater in Greece Archaeologists surveying the world’s oldest submerged town have found ceramics dating back to the Final Neolithic. Their discovery suggests that Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece, was occupied some 5,000 years ago — at least 1,200 years earlier than originally thought. These remarkable findings have been made …

Archaeology bombshell: 7,000-year-old find older than Pyramids stuns scientists

Archaeology bombshell: 7,000-year-old find older than Pyramids stuns scientists

Archaeology bombshell: 7,000-year-old find older than Pyramids stuns scientists The archaeological discovery was hiding in plain sight for centuries, tucked away in a field near the village Łysomice in northern Poland. But with the aid of Google Earth scans, archaeologists were able to spot concentric outlines of where the ancient structures, or pans, once stood. …

Ancient pyramid SHOCK: How tombs older than Egyptian pyramids reveal CANNIBAL horrors

Ancient pyramid SHOCK: How tombs older than Egyptian pyramids reveal CANNIBAL horrors

Ancient pyramid SHOCK: How tombs older than Egyptian pyramids reveal CANNIBAL horrors Pyramid-like structures hidden across north-central Poland have stunned archaeologists with evidence of bloodcurdling neolithic rituals. These so-called “Polish pyramids” in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region are believed to predate the Great Pyramids of Giza by thousands of years. Archaeologists estimate the tombs were built between the 4th …

8000-year old underwater burial site reveals human skulls mounted on poles

8000-year old underwater burial site reveals human skulls mounted on poles

8000-year old underwater burial site reveals human skulls mounted on poles A team of researchers with Stockholm University and the Cultural Heritage Foundation has uncovered the remains of a number of Mesolithic people in an underwater grave in a part of what is now Sweden. In their paper published in the journal Antiquity, the group …

Swiss archaeologists dig up the youngest Roman amphitheatre

Swiss archaeologists dig up the youngest Roman amphitheatre

Swiss archaeologists dig up youngest Roman amphitheatre A construction project in Kaiseraugst, Switzerland has unearthed a lost ancient Roman amphitheatre that was once used for gladiator fights and animal hunts. Dating to the 300s CE, it’s about 50 meters (164ft) long and 40 meters (131ft) wide. The amphitheatre was found in Augusta Raurica, located on …

Mysterious Ancient Greek ‘Phaistos Disc’ in LOST language finally decoded to reveal Sєxy secret

Mysterious Ancient Greek ‘Phaistos Disc’ in LOST language finally decoded to reveal Sєxy secret

Mysterious Ancient Greek ‘Phaistos Disc’ in LOST language finally decoded to reveal Sєxy secret Gareth Owens, linguist, archaeologist, and Erasmus Program Coordinator at the Cretan Insтιтute of Technology, has unveiled a new study that allegedly solves 99 per cent of the mystery of the ancient Phaistos disc. The researcher has devoted 30 years to trying …

8,000-year-old female figurine uncovered in central Turkey

8,000-year-old female figurine uncovered in central Turkey

8,000-year-old female figurine uncovered in central Turkey An 8,000-year-old statuette of what could be a fertility goddess has been unearthed at a Neolithic site in Turkey, according to archaeologists. The figurine, discovered at Çatalhöyük in central Turkey, was wrought from recrystallized limestone between 6300 and 6000 B.C. That material is rare for an area where …

In Germany, a rare hoard of 2000-year-old Curved Celtic gold coins was discovered

In Germany, a rare hoard of 2000-year-old Curved Celtic gold coins was discovered

In Germany, a rare hoard of 2000-year-old Curved Celtic gold coins was discovered A volunteer archaeologist has discovered an ancient stash of Celtic coins, whose “value must have been immense,” in Brandenburg, a state in northeastern Germany. The 41 gold coins were minted more than 2,000 years ago, and are the first known Celtic gold …

Mosaic with slave thanking God for his freedom unearthed in Turkey

Mosaic with slave thanking God for his freedom unearthed in Turkey

Mosaic with slave thanking God for his freedom unearthed in Turkey A mosaic made by a freed slave to thank God for his emancipation was unearthed during the excavation at the 6th-century Church of the Holy Apostles in southern Hatay province. The Church of the Holy Apostles was found in an orange grove in the Arpaçiftlik …