London Excavations Reveal Medieval Theater Complex: A new excavation at a Shakespearean playhouse in Shoreditch has revealed that it was turned into a sprawling complex for theatre goers by 16th-century actor and impresario James Burbage. The Theatre, not to be confused with the nearby Curtain play house, was built in 1576, and its remains were only found in 2008. It […]
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Metal detectorist discovers a huge Roman villa An enormous Roman villa has been found beneath a field in Oxfordshire packed with trophies, including coins and boar tusks alongside a sarcophagus containing the skeletal remains of an unnamed woman. Amateur detectorist and historian Keith Westcott discovered the ancient remains beneath a crop in a field near Broughton Castle near Banbury. A […]
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Meet “Stuckie” — The Mummified Dog Who Has Been Stuck In A Tree For Over 50 Years Stuckie, as the dog is affectionately known now, still stuck in his tree more than 50 years later. Loggers expect to come across some things when they cut down trees. Bird’s nests and things stuck in the branches seem like a given – […]
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Mystery over ‘extraordinary’ haul of Bronze Age weapons unearthed in London leaves experts baffled In England, archeologists have announced that Age weapons and tools of Bronze Age, almost 3000 years old, has been discovered. They have been found on a building site in London. The find is very important because it gives researchers a glimpse of prehistoric society. The discovery […]
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Ancient Assyrian rock carvings in Iraq show a procession of gods riding mythical animals Ancient Assyrian reliefs of a king in a procession of gods and goddesses riding on animals and mythical creatures have been uncovered by archaeologists. The Assyrian carvings are nearly 3,000 years old and were discovered late last year by Italian and Iraqi archaeologists excavating in the […]
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An enormous Kauri swamp log unearthed by Kaikohe is around 40,500 years old and could bring new light on a mysterious global event that might have had a dramatic impact on the climate of the planet. During excavation for a new geothermal power station near Ngāwhā Springs the log, which is 16 m long and weighs 60 tonnes, was found. […]
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According to NASA scientists, the star used by ancient Egyptians as their North Star has just been discovered to be a part of a pair of binary stars that periodically eclipse each other. The astronomical observations of the team were published in the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Research Notes on 31 Oct 2019. Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), […]
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Some of the oldest Roman burials ever discovered in Britain have been uncovered by construction workers building a school in Somerset. At the site in Somerton, Somerset, a total of around 50 burial sites were found and are believed to date back to the very dawn of the Roman period as far as 43AD. Each grave contained a single body, […]
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Archaeologists Reveal Rare Mummified Lion Cubs Unearthed in Egypt The authorities in Egypt have announced that the necropolis of Saqqara was a rare discovery of mummified lion cubs, big cats, cobras and Crocodiles that date from around 2,600 years ago. The collection for ancient mummified animals contains dozens of mummified cats and birds; An enormous mummified beetle reported being “three to four times” the normal size and 75 wooden and bronze cat statues. The big mummified cats were found near the remains of an adult mummified lion discovered under the necropolis of […]
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A “high status” medieval building has been discovered under public toilets in Cardiff. Under a derelict public restroom, an archaeological dig in Wales, United Kingdom, has made an amazing find. The site of a large and significant medieval building was discovered. Clearly, the discovery is important, but the building’s nature and original use is a mystery and is disconcerting to […]
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