Siberian Princess reveals her 2,500-year-old tattoos Tattoos aren’t just a trendy way for people to express themselves – they’re also apparently a time-honored tradition dating back almost three thousand years. A Siberian mummy, who researchers believe was buried 2500 years ago, will show off her intricate ink when she finally goes on display this month, and her shockingly well-preserved body […]
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A Horse Skeleton Reveals the Hidden Death of 54 Ancient Soldier Corpses Scientific analyses of mass graves believed to be associated with battles fought at Himera, Sicily, between the Greeks and Carthaginians in the 5th century BC have provided new insights into the genetic ancestry of the island’s inhabitants, and also the role of warfare in triggering contact between distant […]
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Amateur Freedivers Discovered Perfectly Preserved 1,500-Year-Old Roman Gold Coins Dating to the Fall of the Roman Empire Amateur freedivers have found one of Europe’s largest hoards of gold Roman coins while on holiday off the coast of Spain. Thought to have been hidden from barbarian invaders around 1,500 years ago, the stash was discovered by two brothers-in-law cleaning rubbish from […]
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Enormous Skull Found in Alaska May Belong to the Legendary King Bear of Inuit Mythology An enormous, elongated polar bear skull emerged in 2014 from an eroding archaeological site southwest of Utqiaġvik in Alaska. Experts claim that it is quite different from most modern polar bear skulls and reassure that it is one of the biggest polar bear skulls ever […]
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Kayakers find an 8,000-year-old human skull in Minnesota The skull belonged to a Native American man who likely lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. When a pair of kayakers spotted a skull fragment near the Minnesota River in 2021, local authorities thought they might have a new clue to a missing-persons case. But a forensic examination revealed something much more surprising: The […]
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Two Viking Ships Unearthed Reveal Extremely Rare Viking Burial Practices Incredibly revealing burials found inside two Viking ships have been unearthed in Sweden. Archaeologists are never entirely certain what they will find when they begin digging in any given location. History lends them clues, of course, about the settlements established nearby and what may be found deep within the earth. […]
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Archaeologists Solve Mystery of 5,600-Year-Old Skull Found in Italian Cave Natural forces moved a Stone Age woman’s bones through the cavern over time. Around 5,600 years ago, a Stone Age woman died in what is now northern Italy. Archaeologists found her skull deep in the Marcel Loubens cave, at the top of a vertical shaft only accessible with special climbing […]
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Israel discovers a 10,500-year-old basket from the Stone Age The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the finding of a well-preserved basket with a capacity of about 100 liters dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, approximately 10,500 years ago. “It is an amazing artifact, 10,500 years old, huge, intact, the only basket from that time found intact in Israel, and […]
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Built Before Stone Henge: Mount Pleasant One of Five Known Mega Henges in Southern England Mega Henges: Many of us were taught that the Stone Age was filled with hairy cavemen who didn’t have a lot going for them. In fact, the many henges around England attest to the building skills of Neolithic people and at about 2500BC, just before […]
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Archaeologists discover giant defensive minefield from the roman iron age Archaeologists have unearthed a massive structure in Lolland that is believed to have been used to ward off an attacking army back in the Roman Iron Age. So far, 770 meters of the structure have been detected. In 2022 a team of archaeologists from the Museum Lolland-Falster in Denmark discovered […]
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