Category: ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeologists in Mexico Discover Treasure of Mayan Civilization and Giant Sloth Fossils in a Vast Underwater Cave After 10 months of intensive research, scientists in Mexico discovered the largest flooded cave system in the world, and it is truly a wonderland of the underwater. Incredible 347 kilometers (216 miles) of subterranean caverns, this branching, sunk labyrinth is not only a […]

The rare 13th century King John Royal Charter found in British Ushaw College Library A rare original royal charter, dating back 819 years, dubbed the first ever British ‘Who’s Who,’ was discovered by a stunned historian. The document bears the seal of King John, who reigned from 1199 to 1216, and was issued in York on 26 March 1200. It […]

A 4,000-Year-Old skeleton discovered in Northern England The builders working on a hotel in rural Northumberland have found Human remains thought to be about 4,000 years old and ‘charred’. The Tankerville Arms in Wooler were undergoing renovation work when the Bronze Age stone burial chamber-or cist-was uncovered. The digger driver used to lay drainage pipes when he hit the stone made of the coffin before moving the cover slab back to see the hollow inside. Inside were human remains in a […]

Ancient Assyrian rock carvings in Iraq show procession of gods riding mythical animals Archaeologists discovered ancient carved Assyrian reliefs of the king In a procession of gods and goddesses riding animals and mythical creatures,  The Assyrian carvings are almost three thousand years old and were uncovered by Italian and Iraqi archaeologists who excavated about 300 miles north of Baghdad, in the Kurdistan Region in the north of Iraq, in the Faida District south of Duhok. Dr Daniele Morandi Bonacossi of the Udine University in Italy, led for Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project collaborating with archaeologists from the Duhok Directorate of Antiquities. According to the university […]

Rare Viking Ship Burial Found in Norway It’s helping us to learn more about our history as technology progresses. Norway researchers used it to identify a burial of a Viking ship on an island. The outline of the ship was found and investigators were able to examine the submerged vessel without even digging into the earth. The exciting find was […]

Eight-year-old Swedish-American girl pulls pre-Viking era sword from a lake On holiday with their family, an 8-year-old girl found a sword from the pre-Viking-era in a Swedish lake that led to local people jokingly naming her the Queen of Sweden. In Vidöstern Lake near her holiday home, Swedish-American Saga Vanecek was found an ancient artifact while playing. The sword is estimated by the museum experts to be around 1500 years old. A museum expert said that the […]

Two Ancient Egyptian Kingdom Tombs Opened in Luxor, Egypt The authorities of Egypt have announced that two ancient tombs in the southern Luxor city, which date to around 3,500 years ago, have been discovered. They are filled with grave goods, and one including the mummified body of their occupant. The two tombs are found on the west bank of the Nile River […]