Category: ARCHAEOLOGY

London’s oldest theatre discovered in East End excavation Excavations in East London revealed the first theatre of the city: the Red Lion. Rectangular structures made up of 144 surviving timbers were discovered by archaeologists in January 2019. The structure was known as the Red Lion by two lawsuits from 1567 and 1569. The first one refers to “the red lyon,” […]

Roman industrial site gives new picture of life in Roman Britain Archaeologists discovered a Roman industrial complex that provides a detailed photo of what life was like in rural Britain under the Roman occupation. Archaeologists in Corby Borough, Northamptonshire, made the rare find during an excavation in the Priors Hall Park housing development. Two tile kilns, a large lime kiln for the […]

King Herod’s grave uncovered in hilltop fortress The grave of King Herod the Great, the ruler of Jerusalem who tried to kill Jesus soon after its birth, was uncovered by archaeologists. Professor Ehud Netzer, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said after a 35-year search he had finally located the last resting place for the king in Herodium, the Herod’s fortified on […]

The strange tale of the lost California sphinx After nearly a century, the shifting red dunes of California’s Central Coast are giving up their final secrets. For a period of ten days in November, archaeologists used shovels, horsehair brushes, and quickly hardening foam gallons to uncover and remove an almost complete Egyptian sphinx from the Guadalupe sands, CA. The Cali […]

The Lemon Grove Mummies: Ancient Corpses from Mexican Cave Found in California Garage In 1980, a Californian mom decided on an ordinary day to spend the evening cleaning up her garage – a long neglected chore. She noticed plenty of garbage and knick-knacks;  some forgotten memories arose but nothing unusual. It’s before she’s come to a container buried in the […]

1,900-Year-Old Roman Village unearthed in Germany Archaeologists found the ruins of a 1,900-year-old Roman fort, which once quartered 500 soldiers in what is today Germany. The fort was found in the city of Gernsheim, situated in the German state of Hessen near the Rhine River.  Dig leader Thomas Maurer, an archaeologist at the University of Frankfurt, said in a statement—  Researchers knew […]

Mystery of Chedworth’s 1,800-year-old Roman glass shard solved After two years of analyses by experts globally, an extremely rare piece of glass was identified as a 1,800-year-old fish bottle. The little piece of patterned green glass was discovered in the summer of 2017 at Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire. Chedworth, a National Trust property, is considered one of Britain’s largest Roman […]

Rare coin hoard worth $1m discovered by treasure hunters off the coast of Florida When the metal detector Eric Schmitt reached about 15 feet below the ocean surface, he didn’t even know about it. The metal detectors most commonly uncover beer cans and lead fishing weights. But it was different this time. This time the Sanford treasure hunter struck gold, […]

Drought Reveals “Spanish Stonehenge” Older Than the Pyramids After 50 years of submerged at the bottom of a reservoir, a 5,000-year-old monument has reappeared in Spain. The megalithic site has 144 granite blocks, which are stand over six feet tall and are known as ‘Spanish Stonehenge.’ Its similarity to the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Wiltshire is striking, but the Iberian version […]

Archaeologists Discover Paintings of Ancient Egypt in a 2,000 Year Old Roman Villa in Pompeii In a Roman villa in Pompeii, a team of archaeologists found remarkable paintings of ancient Egypt. The portraits reveal the enormous influence the Egyptian culture had on Roman society at the beginning. Experts speculate that some of the paintings could possibly underscore an early form of Globalization. […]