Category: ARCHAEOLOGY

Giant extinct burrowing bat discovered in New Zealand A UNSW Sydney-led international team of scientists has discovered the fossilized remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago. Teeth and bones from the extinct bat, which is about three times the size of an average bat today, were recovered from sediments from age 19 to […]

Did humans walk the Earth with Dinosaurs? Triceratops horn dated to 33,500 years The triceratops brow horn found in Dawson County, Montana, dated around 33,500 years ago, challenging the belief that dinosaurs died about 65 million years ago. The findings radically suggest that early humans once walked the earth thousands of years ago with fearsome reptiles. The Triceratops brow horn was excavated and […]

47 million-year-old horse fossil has unborn foal inside 47 million years ago, when a thirsty pregnant horse was drinking from a freshwater lake, she was unaware that toxic volcanic gas could lead to her sudden demise. According to a new study— the fossilized remains of the mare and its tiny unborn foal are providing new insights into the reproduction in ancient […]

Mummified Pre-Inca Baby Found At Historic Tomb Complex In Peru The pre-Inca baby was laid to rest more than 1,000 years ago on a barren Peruvian hillside. It was among the dozens of well-preserved mummified skeletons found by archaeologists in the outskirts of the capital city of Lima. According to National Geographic News, the discovery was made by experts hired […]

Evidence of Biblical cult from time of King David discovered Archaeologists have discovered shrines in the Holy Land from the period of the early Biblical Kings, which they claim are the earliest evidence of a cult. Excavations of about 19 miles (30 kilometres) southwest of Jerusalem, in the remains of the 3,000-year-old fortified city of Khirbe Qeiyafa, reveal three large […]

Archaeologists find rare Native American artifacts in Willamette Valley Fifteen obsidian pieces found by the landowner of Willamette Valley were officially declared to be Native American artifacts – unusual bifaces, or prehistoric flaked stones on both side, believed to have been the first documented in Willamette Valley. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has estimated that the collection of objects is between […]

Mysterious dinosaur-like creature discovered with flesh still on its bones leaves scientists baffled Scientists were left mystified by the body of a dinosaur-like creature resembling a dinosaur was discovered with flesh still on its bones.  In Jaspur, a small city in Uttarakhand, India. The partially-preserved corpse was discovered by an electrician cleaning out a sub-station that had been left untouched […]

Byzantine granary found in ancient city of Amorium in central Turkey The Byzantine city of Amorium was situated in western Asia Minor (today , modern Anatolia). It was one of the largest and most prestigious Byzantine cities. In amorium, seven major civilizations – Hittites, Phrygians, Greeks , Romans, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman – left their footprints. The ancient city of Amorium […]

Bath found inside Roman Barracks located in Bulgaria During excavations in Novae near Svishtov, Bulgaria, Warsaw archeologists discovered traces of the presence of the Slavs, a treasure of silver coins and baths inside the legionnaires’ barracks – which is the first such discovery in a Roman camp. “The result of the excavations was incredible. We uncovered well-preserved floor made from […]

Israeli fossils are the oldest modern humans ever found outside of Africa  A partial jawbone with seven teeth found in a cave in Israel represents what scientists are calling the oldest known homo sapiens remains outside Africa, which shows our species had travelled out of the Continent far earlier than previously known. The researcher announced the discovery of the fossil that estimated between 177,000 to […]