Category: ARCHAEOLOGY

Mysterious Mass Grave Found in Wales May Contain Bodies of Vikings’ Slaves Archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious mass grave dating back 1,600 years in Wales containing the remains of 86 individuals. Researchers are now attempting to explain strange characteristics regarding the people’s age, gender and race. Could these remains be those of slaves brought there by the Vikings? The discovery […]

Archaeologists Find 24 Bronze Statues, Preserved in Tuscan Spa for 2,300 Years Archaeologists have been excavating ancient thermal baths outside Siena, Italy, since 2019. But just last month, peeking out through the mud and water, small unidentified fragments slowly began to appear: a hand, an elbow, a glimmering coin. Since then, researchers have unearthed 24 perfectly preserved bronze statues dating […]

Archaeologists Discover and Crack an Intact, 1,000-Year-Old Chicken Egg The Israel Antiquities Authority has discovered a fully intact 1,000-year-old chicken egg during recent excavations in a town named Yavne. The archaeologists said the thousand-year-old egg was perfectly preserved by being initially pillowed in soft human poop inside the cesspit. According to IAA, “the egg had a small crack in the bottom […]

Palestinian Farmer Digs Up 4,500-Year-Old Goddess Sculpture While working his land, Nidal Abu Eid uncovered a statue of Canaanite deity Anat, Nidal Abu Eid was cultivating his land in the Gaza Strip’s Khan Younis when he came across a sculpture of a head wearing a snake tiara. “It was muddy but when I washed it with water, I realized that […]

Underground Labyrinth With Secret Passages, Tunnels In Dobrogea Plateau, Romania In many cases, the world below us is just as fascinating as the ground we walk on. Across Europe, there is a hidden, often millennia-old subterranean realm of tunnels stretching from the north in Scotland leading down to the Mediterranean. It is an underground world of never-ending tunnels, massive caves, […]

1,600-Year-Old Elongated Skull with Stone-Encrusted Teeth Found in Mexico Ruins Archaeologists in Mexico have recently uncovered a 1,600-year-old skeleton of a woman who had mineral-encrusted teeth and an intentionally elongated skull – evidence that suggests she was part of her society’s upper-class. While it isn’t uncommon for archaeologists to find deformed remains, the new skeleton is one of the most […]