Oldest Ever Fly With Stomach Full Of Food Found After 47 Million Years When scientists investigated a 47-million-year-old fossilized fly found at the Messel Pit fossil site in Germany, they noticed it looked a bit chonky. So they took a closer look at its “bulging abdomen” and discovered it was stuffed with pollen from different …

European Woman’s 35,000-Year-Old Genome Sequenced According to a statement released by Uppsala University, a team of researchers led by Mattias Jakobsson has sequenced the genome of a woman whose 35,000-year-old skull was discovered in southern Romania’s Peștera Muierri cave system in the 1950s. For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the entire genome from …

6,000-year-old baby found cradled in mother’s arm A 6,000-year-old baby with its teeth still intact and resting in the arms of a woman, believed to be its mother, has been found in a grave in the Netherlands. Archaeologists said it was the oldest baby grave ever found in the Netherlands. The grave, uncovered at a …

Turkish archaeologists find 2,400-year-old monument at Haydarpaşa Hurriyet Daily News reports that a semicircular structure dated to the third century B.C. has been uncovered at the site of the Haydarpașa train station in Istanbul, which is located on the Asian side of the Bosporus.  The structure, discovered at the station’s waiting platforms, covers a large …

Newly Discovered Cave Paintings Suggest Early Man Was Battling A Lot Of Inner Demons The discovery of cave drawings in northern Spain by a team from the University of Cambridge suggests that prehistoric people struggled with a range of inner demons, nagging worries, and anxieties as they struggled with life’s demands in the Paleolithic era. …

Stolen Roman frescoes returned to Pompeii after investigation Three of the frescoes were retrieved by Italian police last year, while the others were discovered during the 2012 bust of illegal excavation. Fragments of six frescoes once stolen from the walls of ancient Roman villas were returned to Pompeii in a ceremony at the archaeological site on …

Rare 20-million-year-old petrified tree measuring 62 feet tall discovered in Greece A petrified tree 62 feet high complete with branches, leaves and roots has been discovered on the Greek island of Lesbos. It was found during salvage excavations at the site of roadwork in western Lesbos. While the island is famed for its vast petrified …

Remains of wooden safe excavated from the burned-out roman villa in Spain A rare strongbox from the 4th century A.D. has been discovered in the Casa del Mitreo, a Roman villa in west-central Spain. The area Ferrata, a wooden chest armed with bronze cladding and iron spikes, was used as a safe for valuables — …

Roman Baths Emerge On The Banks Of The Cosa River In Frosinone The remains of Roman imperial-era baths have been discovered in Frosinone, 50 miles southeast of Rome in central Italy. The complex on the left bank of the Cosa river retains sections of black-and-white mosaic floors and marble cladding lining a rectangular pool. The …