1,800-year-old rock tombs found in Turkey’s ancient city Blaundus In the ancient city of Blaundus, located in the Ulubey neighbourhood of the western Anatolian city of Uşak, a total of 400 rock-cut graves dating from around 1,800 years ago and adorned with various motifs were discovered. Excavations continue in the ancient city of Blaundus, situated on …

Prehistoric aliens in Malta? Hypogeum’s trove of elongated skulls to get cutting-edge study In the oldest underground temple and necropolis in the world – the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, here in Malta – was discovered a collection of skulls that show peculiar abnormalities and/or pathologies: sometimes inexistent cranial knitting lines abnormally developed temporal parтιтions; evidence of …

Amateur Divers Discover Trove of 53 Roman Gold Coins in Spain Two amateur divers swimming along the Spanish coast have discovered a huge hoard of 1,500-year-old gold coins, one of the largest on record dating to the Roman Empire. The divers, brothers-in-law Luis Lens Pardo and César Gimeno Alcalá, discovered the gold stash while vacationing …

40,000-Year-Old Chamber Of Secrets Discovered At Gorham’s Cave Complex A cave chamber sealed off by sand for some 40,000 years has been discovered in Vanguard Cave in Gibraltar — a finding that could reveal more about the Neanderthals who lived in the area around that time.  “Given that the sand sealing the chamber was [40,000] years …

‘Ancestor’ of Mediterranean mosaics discovered in Turkey The discovery of a 3,500-year-old paving stone, described as the “ancestor” of Mediterranean mosaics, offers illuminating details into the daily lives of the mysterious Bronze Age Hitтιтes. The ᴀssembly of over 3,000 stones — in natural shades of beige, red and black, and arranged in triangles and curves …

Archaeologists Find Several Jars Full of Emeralds Connected to El Dorado, Spain Archaeologists in Colombia have found eight ceramic jars, with metallic figurines and emeralds inside, within a temple and its adjacent graves.  The ancient Muisca (also called the Chibcha) crafted the jars called “ofrendatarios” about 600 years ago. The Muisca, a people whose civilization …

Possible Grave of Medieval Christian Hermit Excavated in Spain This summer, a tomb embedded in the rock by the main entrance to the San Tirso and San Bernabé Hermitage situated in the karst complex of Ojo Guareña (Merindad de Sotoscueva, Burgos) was excavated; its structure of slabs holds the skeleton of an adult individual in …

Three Phases of Wooden Wagon Way Uncovered in Scotland BBC News reports that three layers of wooden tracks constructed for the horse-drawn Tranent Waggonway have been uncovered in East Lothian by researchers from the 1722 Waggonway Project. The Tranent Waggonway in East Lothian was first constructed in 1722. It was initially built for hauling coal from …

Divers Just Found Four 2,200-Year-Old Roman Battering Rams Used During The Punic Wars The First Punic War, fought between Ancient Rome and Carthage for supremacy over the western Mediterranean, began in 264 B.C. It was the most prolonged naval conflict in antiquity. For 23 years on the seas from Sicily to North Africa, warships clashed …