Category: ARCHAEOLOGY

Scientists uncover mysteries of ancient culture after studying oldest DNA ever from Africa: Burials from a cave in Morocco have yielded the oldest human DNA evidences yet from Africa, offering new insight into Stone Age migrations. The DNA sample come from one of the most ancient cemeteries in the world, the Grotte des Pigeons, near the village of Taforalt in northeast […]

Artifact Packed 3,000-Year-Old Canaanite Temple Unearthed In Israel Southern Israel was unearthed a 3,000 year-old temple, constructed by the Canaanites in time of the ancient Israeli invasion. The finds include an Idol of the Canaanite god Baal, which was the object of worship and sacrifice in the inner sanctuary of the temple. It is the first ancient temple of the Canaanites […]

Archaeology discovered World’s oldest tattooed woman was believed that she is Egyptian: An archaeologist who followed a hunch has discovered the oldest figural tattoo in the world on the bodies of two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. Infrared images of the mummy revealed tattoos of a wild bull (Bos primigenius) and a Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) on the upper arm of a mummy nicknamed […]

Archeologists find Viking sword in southern Turkey: As part of excavation works in the ancient city of Patara along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, archaeologists have revealed an exceptional Viking sword, believed to be nearly 1,000 years old. Later renamed to Arsinoe, the region was once a thriving maritime city, situated on the south-west coast of Lycia near to the present-day village of […]

2,000-Year-Old Warrior Woman Discovered with Rare Gems In the Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, an ancient warrior woman with rare Roman jewels was found. Believed to be a warrior or leader, the ancient women was discovered in a family tomb in Kabardino-Balkaria, a mountainous northern Caucasus between Georgia and Russia, and she was found to wear two “very precious rings” with […]

Richard III is the only male to be discovered at infamous former car-park site. ‘This is the first stone coffin in Leicester to be uncovered using modern archaeological practices. This makes it a unique discovery which will provide important new insights into the lives of the people of medieval Leicester.’- Mat Morris, archaeological lead, University of Leicester. A mysterious lead coffin discovered close to the site of Richard III’s hastily dug […]

Mummies, jewels and sarcophagi are among the 3,500-year-old treasures discovered in a goldsmith’s tomb in necropolis: A remarkable ancient Egyptian tomb has been found in the necropolis of Draa el-Naga, near Egypt’s famous Valley of the Kings. The tomb consists of a little room at ground level and a burial chamber eight metres below containing four mummies. Its important occupant […]

Six skeletons with signs of cancer found in an ancient Egyptian cemetery During the study of the ancient Egyptians buried in Dakhleh Oasis, archeologists uncovered six cases of cancer. The results include a leukemia toddler, a 50-year-old mummified man with rectal cancer, and people with cancer that may be caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). These cancer cases were found when […]

Archaeological work to remove 45,000 skeletons from a burial site to make way for HS2 construction has begun. Some 61,000 burials took place at St James’s Gardens between 1788 and 1853, beside what is now London Euston station. Protests and a memorial service were held before the site was closed to create a new terminus station. HS2 said the dig […]

Genetic secrets of early medieval warriors revealed from German burial site A dozen lavish medieval graves holding the remains of Thirteen people have finally spilled their genetic secrets, now that analysts have constructed a family tree of the people buried there. Researchers were the first who found the early medieval burials — which hold the bodies of Ten adults and three infants […]