Category: ARCHAEOLOGY

Celtic woman found buried inside a TREE ‘wearing fancy clothes and jewellery’ after 2,200 years The woman, who died 2,200 years ago, was believed to have great respect in her tribe because she had been buried in fine clothes and jewellery. Scientists say the woman was Celtic. The Celts of the Iron Age are believed to have buried members of their […]

Skeletons Found Under a Florida Wine Shop May Be Some of America’s First Colonists Archaeologists in Florida recently confirmed that they discovered the bones of many young children buried under the last place that one might have thought to look: a wine store. However, there will be no police investigation. The Florida wine shop is in St. Augustine, the oldest […]

Roman Shipwreck Loaded With Amphorae Discovered Off Coast Of Majorca Incredible photos show the Roman shipwreck of more than hundred perfectly well-preserved amphorae painstakingly retrieved by underwater archaeologists. The wreck — which experts dated around 1,700 years ago — was discovered in July 2019 off the coast of Mallorca. The archaeologists believe that amphoras were used to store fish sauce, oil […]

2,500-Year-Old Scythian Warrior Found In Untouched Grave In Siberian ‘Valley Of The Kings’ A Scythian warrior’s of 2,500-year-old tomb has been discovered in the ‘Siberian Valley of the Kings’ in Russia. The warrior discovered by archaeologist from the University of Jagiellonian in Krakow, buried with his weapon and gold ornaments, was found in an untouched tomb in the area known for its rich […]

Inside £300million 17th-century ‘shipwreck of century’ discovery The heavily armed galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha served as the rear guard of the 20-strong Spanish fleet that left Havana, Cuba, in early September 1622, bound for Spain. The ship had more than 265 people and 40 tonnes of silver , gold and about 70 pounds of Colombian emeralds, some of the […]

44 African-American Graves Found Under Florida School District Parking Lot Another forgotten burial ground has been found in African America. Ground-penetrating radar recorded 44 ‘grave-like anomalies’ from an African American cemetery once located on the corner of Holt Avenue and Engman Street, Clearwater city and Pinellas County School District officials announced on Friday. The graves have now been found on a […]

Exquisite 2,000-year-old sapphire ring thought to have belonged to Roman Emperor Caligula An exquisite 2,000-year-old ring of Saphire, One of the ‘Marlborough Gems’, believed to belong to the Roman Emperor, Caligula, is sold for almost £500,000. It is thought to have owned by Caligula, who reigned four years later from 37AD until his assassination,  the sky blue hololith made from one piece […]

Archaeologists Uncover 1,700-year-old Roman villa with Stunning Mosaics in Libya In the 1700-year-old villa in Ptolemais, a major trading port of the ancient Romans on the Libyan coast, archaeologists have uncovered statues, elaborate mosaics and other treasures.  Artifacts and a hoard of 553 silver and bronze coins from Republican times were discovered in a vast building 600 square metre dating back to […]

Mass grave of ‘Viking Great Army’ buried in vicarage garden identified by archaeologists Finally, the Viking Great Army may have been identified. In England, a mass grave was initially thought to be linked to the Vikings in the 1980s but radiocarbon dates suggested that the skeletons belong to a different time period. New research reveals that the radiocarbon date was confused […]

Treasure Hunters Unearth 22 Spanish Coins From 1715 Shipwreck on Florida Beach Treasure hunters have found 22 silver coins dating to a 1715 Spanish shipwreck on Florida’s southeast coast, Denise Sawyer reports for CBS12 News. “The coins, valued at an estimated $5,000 to $6,000, washed up on the” Treasure Coast “of Florida when on February 22, per Jan Wesner Childs […]