Category: ARCHAEOLOGY

Ancient Roman Horse Head Made of Bronze Unveiled in Germany: A piece of ancient Roman sculptures worth the almost U.S. $2 million has been revealed to the public for the first time after almost a decade of legal wrangling.  The 28-pound fragment is a life-size horse’s head dated to AD 1. The head is more than just a beautiful example […]

Discovery of Rare Viking Dragon Pin Solves 130-Year-Old Mystery A Swedish farmer found a black dragon more than 130 years ago, or, that is, a Viking carving of one which had a pointy horn on its head and a curled mane down its neck. The soft soapstone carving looked like a metal casting mold, but the farmer never discovered any […]

Ancient Funeral Mask Washes Up on Florida Beach, Could Be Missing Link to $4 Billion Sunken Treasure Researchers found an item that might be part of a large $4 billion haul of treasure hidden off somewhere the Florida coast. According to the former MIT professor and army Ranger Mike Torres, who has been searching for the haul for over a decade, The ancient funeral […]

Ancient Sunken Roman City Found Off the Coast of Tunisia Vast underwater Roman ruins were found at northeastern Tunisia, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami in the 4th century AD. “It’s a great find,” Mounir Fantar, head of an archaeological mission from Tunisian-Italian, found off the coast of Nabeul, told AFP. […]

Scientists discover rare, a 7,000-year-old burial site in Gulf of Mexico Native Americans during the Florida Archaic Period used the burial ground today known as the Manasota Key Offshore Archeological Site as early as 8000 years ago, Ryan Duggins told members of the Time Sifters Archeological Society at Selby Public Library in the Geldbart Auditorium. The site was thought to date back about […]

Treasure hunter digs up 200-piece haul of Viking jewellery and coins A metal detector unearthed the ‘find of a lifetime’ after finding a Viking treasure hoard including 200 pieces of silver jewellery. Darren Webster dug up a 1,000-year-old casket which also included coins, hacksilver and ingots while scouring in an unknown spot on the border between Cumbria and North Lancashire. The discovery is […]

THE SKELETON of a child dating back to the early Viking period has been discovered during an archaeological dig in Dublin. It was found during excavations near the original Dubh Linn, which translates as black pool and served as the origins for the name Dublin. The mostly intact skeleton was discovered just before the point where the Poddle river flows […]

Archaeologists discover ancient mosaic with message: ‘Be cheerful, enjoy your life’ When you want evidence that people were almost the same 2,400 years ago, just look at our new favourite reclining skeleton, which advises us in ancient Greek to, “Be cheerful, enjoy your life.” The mosaic was excavated in the Hatay province on the Turkish-Syrian border, where the ancient Greek-Roman […]

1,500-year-old church dedicated to mysterious ‘martyr’ discovered in Israel Israel has discovered the remains of a 1500-year-old monastery and church with ‘outstanding’ mosaic floors and marble imported from Turkey. Scientists have said that the Byzantine-era building once was a meeting ground for ancient pilgrims who crossed the surrounding lowlands. Experts say that the mosaic floor, which is decorated with birds, leaves and pomegranates, is exceptionally […]

The First Romans Were Black People Called The Etruscans A respected historian and author John G. Jackson, who lived and taught in Chicago for several years, in his ‘African Civilization Introduction pg. 4 ‘Noted: “It is very often forgotten that in the 15th and 16th centuries, as Europeans emerged and began to spread themselves to the broader world of Africa and Asia, […]