Category: ARCHAEOLOGY

25,000-Year-Old Buildings Found In Russia Hundreds of megalithic monuments are known as dolmens in the Caucasus mountains of Russia, not far from towns like Tzelentzchik, Touapse, Novorossiysk and Sochi. Archeologists from Russia and foreign have not yet discovered their use. According to the Kykeon website, all those megalithic dolmens you can see below in the pictures are dated 10,000 to […]

Unique Roman cavalry helmet pieced together 10 years after discovery The Hallaton Helmet is an iron Roman cavalry parade helmet, which was originally coated in silver and adorned with gold leaf. The helmet was discovered by a retired teacher and amateur archaeologist, Ken Wallace, who was 71 years old. He and other Hallaton Fieldwork Group members found roman pottery pieces […]

Rare 6-Million-Year-Old Skull of Juvenile Ape Discovered An incredibly rare juvenile skull with an extinct ape has now been discovered in China, findings indicating that a very large group of apes once existed in South East Asia, according to researchers. Apes are the closest relatives to humans, including gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans. They once inhabited much of the Old World, […]

Remains of 9,000-year-old Neolithic settlement unearthed outside Jerusalem Remains of a large neolithic settlement near Motza’s modern city, approximately three miles (5 kilometres) west of Jerusalem, were discovered by archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). “It is the first time such a large-scale settlement has been identified in Israel from the Neolithic period,” the archaeologists of IAA Hamoudi Khalaily […]

Melting glaciers unearth ‘fascinating finds’ ARCHAEOLOGISTS are making the most of the devastating consequences of climate change, as it provides an incredible opportunity by melting glaciers to discover ancient alpine life. A vast new array of archaeological sites are being discovered in mountainous areas due to ever-accelerating man-made climate change. In recent years, remarkable archaeological troves have started to emerge […]

Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor Unearthed Beneath Italian Vineyard In northern Italy archaeologists have uncovered a rare gem — an incredibly well-preserved mosaic floor from ancient Rome. After almost a century of research, the discovery was made on the site of a long-lost villa. Around 100 years ago In a hilly area above the town, scholars find remains of an ancient villa at […]

These Lovers Found Locked In An Eternal Embrace 6,000 Years Later Prove That True Love Never Dies The Valdaro Lovers is the name of two skeletons sealed for the past 6,000 years in an eternal embrace. The skeletons were found at the Neolithic tomb near the village of Valdaro at Mantua. Scientists believe that when they died the couple were not […]

Pictish Stones Expose Ancient Scotland’s Warrior Ethos Details of the figure on a Pictish stone, found during the construction of a road in 2017 have been carefully recreated by archaeologists, offering new insights into Scottish warriors’ past. A monolith of almost two metres high was found during ground-clearing work near Perth’s McDiarmid Park, depicting a male figure holding a spear. Although the […]

Archaeologists Discover 3,500-Year-Old “Griffin Warrior” Tomb Full of Treasures Archeologists from the University of Cincinnati in the Greek town of Pylos have made a major discovery: the grave of an elite warrior who has always been undisturbed for almost 3,500 years containing the remains of the warrior and about 1,400 treasures, an excellent display of wealth. Dubbed the Griffin Warrior, the […]

Clay pig figurine discovered under 5,000-year-old ruins is compared to Angry Birds character An ancient clay pig figure has made the Internet sensation for its striking similarity to a main character in the Angry Birds smartphone application. The fist-size artwork was found in south-west China under the remains of a tribal settlement dating back almost 5,000 years. It has created a […]