Archaeologists Find Submerged Roman Road in Venice Lagoon In the Venice lagoon, an ancient and now submerged road was unearthed in a location that would have been accessible by land 2,000 years ago during the Roman era. Fantina Madricardo at the Marine Science Institute in Venice and her colleagues made the discovery after mapping the floor of an area of the […]
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The architect believes Stonehenge once had a thatched roof to form the temple One of the biggest mysteries surrounding Stonehenge is how any of it is still standing, given the predations of souvenir-hunters and vandals including the great 17th-century architect Sir Christopher Wren. He paid many visits to the ancient monument on Salisbury Plain and his surname can still be seen […]
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Cannabis originated in China, genetic analysis reveals People feeling the effects of marijuana are prone to what scientists call “divergent thinking,” the process of searching for solutions to a loosely defined question. Here is one to ponder: Where did the weed come from? No, not where it was bought, but where and when was the plant first domesticated. Many botanists […]
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Cryptic 2,700-year-old pig skeleton found in Jerusalem’s City of David Israeli archaeologists have unearthed the complete skeleton of a piglet in a place and time where you wouldn’t expect to find pork remains: a Jerusalem home dating to the First Temple period. The 2,700-year-old porcine remains were found crushed by large pottery vessels and a collapsed walls during excavations in […]
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Ancient Greek helmet found buried next to ‘elite warrior’ who died 2,400 years ago A very rare bronze Greek-Illyrian war helmet, used in Greece during the time of the Greco-Persian Wars, has just been discovered in a rock-cut tomb in Dalmatia, Croatia. The form of the iconic open-faced helmet, which archaeologists consider an especially rare find, originated in the Peloponnese during […]
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These 10,000-Year-Old Sunken Ancient Ruins in Japan Remain a Huge Mystery On the southern coast of Yonaguni, Japan, lie submerged ruins estimated to be around 10,000 years old. The origin of the site is hotly debated – many experts argue that is man-made, while more conservative scientists insist it was carved by natural phenomena. The unique and awe-inspiring site was […]
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At Monte Testaccio, An Entire Mountain is Made Up of Roman Trash Our brains are wired to see ancient pottery behind glass, stored safe and sound in museums cases, piece by piece meticulously restored by archaeologists. But Monte Testaccio is the opposite–a mountain of archaeological garbage, the waste hill where millions of ancient Roman pottery shards, broken jars, and amphorae […]
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Sunken Roman city now lies beneath the waves off of Italy The sunken city of the Caesars, which has been lost beneath the waves off Italy’s west coast for 1,700 years, has been revealed in stunning new photographs taken by divers who were given permission to explore the region. According to historians, Baiae was ancient Rome’s Las Vegas for the […]
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The ramp that may have been used to build Egypt’s Great Pyramid Archaeologists may be one step closer to figuring out how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was constructed thousands of years ago. According to Live Science, the remnants of a 4,500-year-old ramp structure have been discovered in an ancient quarry in the Eastern Desert. The ramp’s architecture indicates it was used […]
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Archaeologists find bust of Roman emperor in Egypt In Egypt’s southern city of Aswan, archaeologists found a rare Roman bust. According to the Antiquities Ministry, a team working to protect the Temple of Kom Ombo from groundwater discovered a sculpted head of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, which is a rare discovery for this location. From 161 to 180 AD, Aurelius ruled, […]
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