Ukraine discovers a 5,000-year-old megalithic Stonehenge like monument! Archaeological digs still reveal historical aspects that remain puzzling to some. Such is the case with these archaeologists who are on a mission in Ukraine in the village of Novooleksandrivka, about ten kilometres south of the city of Dnipro. According to them, they discovered a place where …

Prehistoric Teeth Pendants Worn in Ancient Dance 8,000 Years Ago Incite Body Movements “Ornaments composed of elk teeth suspended from or sown onto clothing emit a loud rattling noise when moving,” says auditory archaeologist and Academy of Finland Research Fellow Riitta Rainio from the University of Helsinki. “Wearing such rattlers while dancing makes it easier …

A Long-Lost Legendary Roman Fruit Tree Germinated From 2,000-Year-Old Seeds Plants have been produced from date palm seeds that have been buried for 2,000 years in old ruins and caves. This extraordinary achievement demonstrates the kernels’ long-term vitality after being nestled in succulent Judean dates, a fruit variety that has been lost for millennia. The …

Underwater Stonehenge That Predates the Pyramids Confirmed in Switzerland Archaeologists studying Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne have unearthed the remnants of a submerged Bronze Age village, suggesting people occupied the Lake Lucerne area 2,000 years earlier than previously thought. As Swissinfo.ch reports, the new finds suggest that the area around the lake was settled 2,000 years earlier than previously …

18th-century graveyard found at the former Caribbean plantation The ᴀssociated Press reports that investigation ahead of a construction project revealed an eighteenth-century cemetery on St. Eustatius, an island in the northeastern Caribbean Sea colonized by the Dutch in 1636.  An 18th-century burial ground has been discovered at a former sugar plantation on the Dutch Caribbean …

Prehistoric animal carvings found for the first time in Scotland Prehistoric animal carvings thought to be thousands of years old have been found for the first time in Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) said the carvings – thought to be between 4,000 and 5,000 years old – were discovered inside Dunchraigaig Cairn in Kilmartin Glen, …

3,800-Year-Old Gold Ornament Unearthed in Germany Live Science reports that a gold artefact thought to have been worn as a hair ornament has been found in a woman’s grave in southwestern Germany.  Archaeologists have uncovered the 3,800-year-old burial of a woman who was around 20 years old when she died in what is now Tübingen, …

2,000-Year-Old Intact Tomb Discovered in Malta A Punic tomb dating back over two thousand years was discovered during works carried out by the Water Services Corporation (WSC) in Żabbar.  The tomb, which was still sealed, was opened, revealing a number of urns containing the cremated remains of human bones. Given the site’s archaeological sensitivity, the …

Forensic Scientists Exhume 20th-Century Mᴀss Grave in Spain CNN reports that forensic archaeologists and anthropologists from Cranfield University and the Complutense University of Madrid, and social anthropologists from Mapas de Memoria, are exhuming the remains of 26 people executed by local right-wing partisans during the rule of dictator General Francisco Franco at the end of …