Moai was Discovered on Easter Island
Moai was Discovered on Easter Island A new moai statue has been found on Rapa Nui, a Chilean territory also known as Easter Island, prompting excitement among researchers that there may yet be others waiting to be discovered. The sacred monument, which is smaller than most others on the island, was found buried in a …
Lost sketches by Leonardo Da Vinci show that he understood gravity long before Newton
Lost sketches by Leonardo Da Vinci show that he understood gravity long before Newton Leonardo da Vinci’s centuries-old sketches show that he may have understood key aspects of gravity long before Galileo, Newton, and Einstein. Engineers from Caltech have discovered that Leonardo da Vinci’s understanding of gravity—though not wholly accurate—was centuries ahead of his time. Recent …
A trove of spices from around the world found on sunken fifteenth-century Norse ship
A trove of spices from around the world found on sunken fifteenth-century Norse ship A pair of archaeologists with Lund University in Sweden has found “a treasure trove” of plants aboard a sunken 15th-century Norse ship. Mikael Larsson and Brendan Foley describe their findings in PLOS ONE. In 1495, Danish King Hans docked his ship …
Researchers found similar descriptions in the Book of Revelation and ancient curse tablets
Researchers found similar descriptions in the Book of Revelation and ancient curse tablets A research project headed by Dr. Michael Hölscher of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), has uncovered that the book of revelation has some descriptions and phrases similar to ancient curse tablets. In the ancient world, curse tablets were widely used and in …
Thin Tooth Enamel Found in H. antecessor Individual
Thin Tooth Enamel Found in H. antecessor Individual The CENIEH participates in a study in which dental remains of Homo antecessor were analyzed using Micro-Computed Tomography: the results indicate that this thin enamel trait was already present in the genus Homo in the European Early Pleistocene around 900,000 years ago. The Dental Anthropology Group of …
Living Quarters and Sugarcane Mills Found on Martinique
Living Quarters and Sugarcane Mills Found on Martinique A recent excavation of a historical estate on a Caribbean island found stories from the past hiding in plain sight in wooden posts and rectangular stones. The Estate of Château Gaillard in Trois-Ilets sits by the ocean on the south side of Martinique, a French territory and …
Bearskin Coats Could Date Back 300,000 Years
Bearskin Coats Could Date Back 300,000 Years Humans have been using bear skins to protect themselves from cold weather for at least 300,000 years. This is suggested by cut marks on the metatarsal and phalanx of a cave bear discovered at the Lower Paleolithic site of Schöningen in Lower Saxony, Germany. This makes it one …
Mᴀssive graveyard of fossilized shark teeth found deep in the Indian Ocean
Mᴀssive graveyard of fossilized shark teeth found deep in the Indian Ocean A graveyard studded with thousands of shark teeth is lurking nearly 3.5 miles (5.400 kilometers) beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean. Researchers made the shocking discovery in October during a month-long expedition along the southern tip of Indonesia aboard the RV Investigator, …
Artifacts Recovered from Franklin Expedition Shipwreck
Artifacts Recovered from Franklin Expedition Shipwreck Eleven meters below the surface of the Northwest Pᴀssage, deep within the wreck of one of Capt. John Franklin’s doomed ships, something caught the eye of diver Ryan Harris. Harris was in the middle of the 2022 field season on the wreck of HMS Erebus. The team had been hauling …
Ancient Mongolian Nests Show Dinosaurs Protected Their Eggs
Ancient Mongolian Nests Show Dinosaurs Protected Their Eggs An exquisitely preserved dinosaur nesting site discovered in the Gobi Desert shows that some of these prehistoric animals nested in groups and, like birds, protected their eggs. “Dinosaurs are often portrayed as solitary creatures that nested on their own, buried their eggs and then just went away,” …