Category: ARCHAEOLOGY

5,000-Year-Old Rock Painting Suggests a Nativity Scene 3,000 Years Before Jesus’ birth Researchers in Italy have uncovered what they assume to be the world’s oldest nativity scene: 5,000-year-old rock art depicting a star in the east, a newborn between parents, and two animals. The scene, painted in reddish-brown ochre, was found on the ceiling of a small cavity in the […]

Archaeological project discovers 3,400-year-old family made out of sandstone in Egypt Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered statues of two families in shrines that were previously believed to have been destroyed by an ancient earthquake. They found it at Gebel el Silsila, a quarry on both sides of the Nile River whose rock was used in most of ancient Egypt’s great […]

Czech archaeologists discover new tomb of an Egyptian princess, are surprised that she was buried among non-royals An official from Egypt’s antiquities ministry said Saturday that Czech archaeologists discovered the 4,500-year-old tomb of a Pharaonic princess south of Cairo, suggesting that other undiscovered tombs could be in the area. Princess Shert Nebti’s tomb is surrounded by the tombs of four […]

Hidden Aztec temple unearthed in the middle of Mexico City People walking down the streets of Mexico City could be looking for a bite to eat or a glimpse of some of the city’s most modern architecture. But maybe they don’t know they’re standing on top of thousands of years of history. And every once in a while, in an incredible […]

Second church found in the ancient city of Adramyttion in Turkey A 1,200-year-old church has been discovered in Adramytteion in the western province of Balkesir’s Burhaniye district, making it the city’s second church. The excavations, carried out by a team of 30 people and consulted by Assistant Professor Hüseyin Murat Özgen, continued in the ancient city in the Ören neighborhood, […]

Shackled Skeletons Unearthed in Greece Could Be Remains of Slaughtered Rebels Phaleron is a small town just four miles south of Athens that most visitors are unaware of. In addition to being a port of Athens in classical times, Phaleron has one of the largest cemeteries ever excavated in Greece, with over 1,500 skeletons. Phaleron, which dates from the 8th […]

15th-Century Irish Town Found Near Medieval Castle According to a recent excavation, the medieval Dunluce Castle, situated on the craggy rocks of Northern Ireland’s coast, is neighbors with a mysterious stone settlement. The castle dates back to the 15th century and once housed the powerful MacQuillan family, which in Northern Ireland ruled a great deal of territory. The Northern Ireland […]

Scientists discover ‘oldest footprints on Earth’ in southern China dating back 550 million years Scientists in China have found that the oldest fossilised animal footprints ever found are what they claim. The parallel tracks were formed in mud up to 551 million years ago in the Yangtze Gorges in southern China. They probably date to 10 million years before the […]

Boy, 12, discovers rare dinosaur skeleton in remote part of Canada A 12-year-old boy made the discovery of his lifetime when he discovered a dinosaur fossil dating back 69 million years. An amateur palaeontologist was walking with his father in a fossil-rich part of Alberta, Canada this July, when he saw bones protruding out of a rock. On Thursday, the skeleton’s […]

99-million-year-old ticks sucked the blood of dinosaurs Researchers have uncovered some amazing pieces of the past preserved in ancient amber, from a new order of insects to whole baby birds. Now, another mind-blowing amber discovery surfaced, featuring a 99-million-year-old dinosaur feather along with several ticks, the oldest discovered so far. One tick still clings to the dino feather, engorged from […]