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Anatolian Neolithic Weavers At Çatalhöyük Used Trees to Make The Oldest Cloth

January 18, 2023 ANCIENT HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

Anatolian Neolithic Weavers At Çatalhöyük Used Trees to Make The Oldest Cloth A new study published in the journal Antiquity has revealed some surprising information about the inhabitants of the ancient city of Çatalhöyük, an early Neolithic settlement located in southern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). It seems these industrious people found a way to convert fibers from oak trees into textiles […]

16,000-yr-old Ice Age Horse Found During Utah Family’s Backyard Renovation

January 18, 2023 ARCHAEOLOGY, BIZZARE Leave a comment

16,000-yr-old Ice Age Horse Found During Utah Family’s Backyard Renovation You never know what you might turn up when you dig in your backyard, aside from bits of glass, rusty nails, and tulip bulbs. One couple in Utah undertaking a renovation project discovered what they thought was the skeleton of a cow. But it turned out to be a 16,000-year-old […]

Island in the Clouds: Is Mount Roraima Really A ‘Lost World’ Where Dinosaurs May Still Exist?

January 16, 2023 ANCIENT HISTORY Leave a comment

Island in the Clouds: Is Mount Roraima Really A ‘Lost World’ Where Dinosaurs May Still Exist? Deep within the rainforests of Venezuela, a series of plateaus sit more than 9000 feet (2743 meters) above sea level and rise up 1310 feet (400 m) from the surrounding terrain like table tops. From above, they look like islands in the sky. These […]

Enormous Skull Found in Alaska May Belong to the Legendary King Bear of Inuit Mythology

January 16, 2023 ARCHAEOLOGY, NEWS, UNITED STATES Leave a comment

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 […]

The largest hoard of Viking silver was found accidentally while filming a news report about illegal treasure hunting

January 16, 2023 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

The largest hoard of Viking silver was found accidentally while filming a news report about illegal treasure hunting The Spillings Hoard is the world’s largest Viking silver treasure, found on Friday 16 July 1999 in a field at the Spilling farm northwest of Slite, on northern Gotland, Sweden. The silver hoard consisted of two parts with a total weight of […]

‘Folded’ iron sword found in a Roman soldier’s grave was part of a pagan ritual

January 14, 2023 ARCHAEOLOGY, BIZZARE Leave a comment

‘Folded’ iron sword found in a Roman soldier’s grave was part of a pagan ritual Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a 1,600-year-old iron sword that was folded in a ritual “killing” before being interred in the grave of a soldier who served in the Roman imperial army. The discovery of the folded sword was “astonishing,” because the soldier was buried […]

Mysterious Mass Grave Found in Wales May Contain Bodies of Vikings’ Slaves

January 14, 2023 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

Mysterious Mass Grave Found in Wales May Contain Bodies of Vikings’ Slaves Archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious mass grave dating back 1,600 years in Wales containing the remains of 86 individuals. Researchers are now attempting to explain strange characteristics regarding the people’s age, gender and race. Could these remains be those of slaves brought there by the Vikings? The discovery […]

Archaeologists Find 24 Bronze Statues, Preserved in Tuscan Spa for 2,300 Years

January 14, 2023 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

Archaeologists Find 24 Bronze Statues, Preserved in Tuscan Spa for 2,300 Years Archaeologists have been excavating ancient thermal baths outside Siena, Italy, since 2019. But just last month, peeking out through the mud and water, small unidentified fragments slowly began to appear: a hand, an elbow, a glimmering coin. Since then, researchers have unearthed 24 perfectly preserved bronze statues dating […]

Stone Age village dating back 12,000 Years uncovered beside the Sea of Galilee

December 29, 2022 ANCIENT HISTORY, HISTORY Leave a comment

Stone Age village dating back 12,000 Years uncovered beside the Sea of Galilee Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a prehistoric village in the Jordan Valley dating from around 12,000 years ago, The Hebrew University revealed on february 2016. The site, named NEG II, is located in Wadi Ein-Gev, west of the Sea of Galilee and south of the Golan […]

Cache in Chinese Mountain Reveals 20,000 Prehistoric Fossils

December 29, 2022 ANCIENT HISTORY, BIZZARE Leave a comment

Cache in Chinese Mountain Reveals 20,000 Prehistoric Fossils A giant cache of nearly 20,000 fossil reptiles, shellfish and a host of other prehistoric creatures unearthed from a mountain in China is now revealing how life recovered after the most devastating mass extinction on Earth. This research could help point out which species might be more or less susceptible to extinction […]

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