Over 3000-year-old ancient bronze figurine of bull uncovered in southern Greece
Over 3000-year-old ancient bronze figurine of bull uncovered in southern Greece Following heavy rain near the ancient site of Olympia, a bronze figurine of a bull estimated to be at least 2,500 years old was discovered in Greece. Burn marks on the statuette suggest it may have been one of the thousands of offerings to …
Over 40 ancient shipwrecks discovered in the Black Sea
Over 40 ancient shipwrecks discovered in the Black Sea Marco Polo himself may have recognised this medieval trading ship. It’s one of the 40 or so shipwrecks newly discovered on the bed of the Black Sea north of Turkey. Some of these vessels sank when the Byzantine Empire was in its heyday 1000 years ago, …
Munigua, a hidden Roman city in the Sevilla sierra, spain
Munigua, a hidden Roman city in the Sevilla sierra, spain There is no shortage of Roman ruins in Spain. Some are in the middle of modern city centres, such as Mérida’s theatre and amphitheatre, in Extremadura. Or Itálica, which is reachable by bus from Seville. Others are out in the middle of nowhere, at the …
Researchers Map World War II Bomb Craters in Poland
Researchers Map World War II Bomb Craters in Poland According to a Live Science report, Maria Fajer of the University of Silesia and her colleagues employed lidar technology to record some 6,000 bomb craters in the Koźle Basin, an area of forests and wetlands in southern Poland that was part of Germany during World War …
Toothpick Use Identified on Neanderthal Tooth from Poland
Toothpick Use Identified on Neanderthal Tooth from Poland Additional evidence of Neanderthal hygiene practices has been unearthed at Stajnia Cave, which is located in south-central Poland, according to a Science in Poland report. Analyzing two teeth excavated from the Pleistocene layers of the Stajnia Cave (Kraków-Częstochowa Upland), the team led by Dr. Wioletta Nowaczewska from …
Scientists stunned to discover plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice
Scientists stunned to discover plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice In northwestern Greenland in 1966, US Army scientists drilled through nearly a mile of ice and pulled up a fifteen-foot-long tube of dirt from the bottom. Then this frozen sediment was lost in a freezer for decades. It was accidentally rediscovered in 2017. In 2019, University …
2,800-Year-Old Urartu Jars Uncovered In Eastern Turkey
2,800-Year-Old Urartu Jars Uncovered In Eastern Turkey At this time, using the common hand tool trowel, some researchers are looking into the secrets of an ancient kingdom. Historians believe they have discovered ruins that are estimated to be over 2,800 years old in the eastern Van region, Turkey. The pithos burial chambers, which are like large ceramic …
Archaeologists discover ancient Rome may have been much larger than previously believed
Archaeologists discover ancient Rome may have been much larger than previously believed The discovery made in 2015 of a large, 2500-year-old residence, in the central part of Rome, points to the possibility that the ancient city was considerably bigger than previously thought during its archaic period. Found on the Quirinal Hill, somewhere between modern-day Via …
Polish Pyramids? Mᴀssive megalithic tombs discovered in Western Pomerania, Poland
Polish Pyramids? Mᴀssive megalithic tombs discovered in Western Pomerania, Poland While it has been quite some time since such a study and restoration work was conducted, these new findings have shown that there are at least a dozen huge megalithic tombs in the area near Dolice, Western Pomerania, in Poland. These longitudinal structures, which run …
She Was Buried With a Silver Crown. Was She the One Who Held Power?
She Was Buried With a Silver Crown. Was She the One Who Held Power? According to a New York Times report, a 3,700-year-old tomb holding the remains of a man and a woman has been found in southeastern Spain at the El Argar site of La Almoloya. Their tomb was an ovoid jar beneath the …