A ‘Lamborghini’ Of Chariots Is Discovered At Pompeii. Archaeologists Are Wowed Researchers at Pompeii have confirmed the discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot from a villa near the famed Italian archaeological site, calling it an “exceptional discovery.” The chariot was identified as “an exceptional discovery” that “has no parallel in Italy thus far,” according to …

Broken toilet leads to the discovery of 2,000 years of history beneath the Italian restaurant A blocked toilet in an Italian building has changed the life of its owner who was planning to open a trattoria on the site. Lucian Faggiano was trying to find the offending sewage pipe at the property in Puglia, Italy …

Lasers removed stains on a fresco in Pompeii’s House of the Ceii One of Pompeii’s most action-packed frescoes has regained some of its colours after lasers removed centuries-old stains and restorers touched up worn paint. Featuring a lion chasing a bull, wild boar bearing down on deer and a leopard pouncing on sheep, the large …

Venetian Blue Beads Found in Alaska Predate Arrival of Columbus Tiny glᴀss beads from Venice made their way to Alaska decades before Christopher Columbus‘ arrival in the New World. The beads, the colour and size of blueberries, were uncovered in a house pit in Punyik Point, a seasonal Inuit camp near the Continental Divide in …

Well-Preserved Burial Cist Discovered on Scottish Island The Scotsman reports that a well-preserved skeleton has been discovered in a тιԍнтly constructed stone burial cist about a half-mile from the Neolithic site of Skara Brae on the island of Orkney.  This researcher, a member of the archaeological team, is digging here in an effort to discover …

6,500 Medieval Coins And Gold Rings Found In A Field A newly uncovered medieval silver cache that contains thousands of silver coins and this trove of precious metal was found in a Polish cornfield by archaeologists working with the help of a priest and local firefighters. It is a rare treasure that was discovered in Słuszków, a …

Ancient Roman Library Discovered Beneath German City The first thing the archaeologists realised when they discovered the foundations of a Roman-era building situated in the heart of Cologne, Germany, they initially thought they had found the ruins of a public ᴀssembly hall. The discovery of tiny wall niches, however—at roughly 31 by 20 inches, the …

Renovations Reveal Twelfth-Century Bath House in Spain According to an El País report, renovation of a popular tapas bar on Seville’s Mateos Gago Street revealed the walls and skylights of a twelfth-century hammam, or bathhouse, built during the rule of the Almohad Caliphate.  On Mateos Gago Street, in the southern Spanish city of Seville, the …

Stunning Swiss Stonehenge Discovered Underwater Archaeologists claim that a range of mysterious man-made stones submerged beneath the surface of a European lake is 5,000 years old. Local media reports that the so-called ‘Swiss Stonehenge’ sits 15feet down at the bottom of Lake Constance and is a Neolithic relic, with stones ranging in size up to …