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

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

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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Cache in Chinese Mountain Reveals 20,000 Prehistoric Fossils

Cache in Chinese Mountain Reveals 20,000 Prehistoric Fossils

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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Archaeologists Discover and Crack an Intact, 1,000-Year-Old Chicken Egg

Archaeologists Discover and Crack an Intact, 1,000-Year-Old Chicken Egg

Archaeologists Discover and Crack an Intact, 1,000-Year-Old Chicken Egg The Israel Antiquities Authority has discovered a fully intact 1,000-year-old chicken egg during recent excavations in a town named Yavne. The archaeologists said the thousand-year-old egg was perfectly preserved by being initially pillowed in soft human poop inside the cesspit. According to IAA, “the egg had a small crack in the bottom […]

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Kayakers find an 8,000-year-old human skull in Minnesota

Kayakers find an 8,000-year-old human skull in Minnesota

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

Two Viking Ships Unearthed Reveal Extremely Rare Viking Burial Practices

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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2,400-Year-Old Baskets Still Filled With Fruit Found in Submerged Egyptian City

2,400-Year-Old Baskets Still Filled With Fruit Found in Submerged Egyptian City

2,400-Year-Old Baskets Still Filled With Fruit Found in Submerged Egyptian City Wicker vessels recovered from the ruins of Thônis-Heracleion contain doum nuts and grape seeds. Researchers investigating the submerged metropolis of Thônis-Heracleion, in the Egyptian bay of Abū Qīr, have discovered wicker fruit baskets dated to the fourth century B.C.E. Incredibly, the vessels still contain doum nuts—the fruit of an African […]

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Archaeologists Solve Mystery of 5,600-Year-Old Skull Found in Italian Cave

Archaeologists Solve Mystery of 5,600-Year-Old Skull Found in Italian Cave

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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Archaeologists in Israel Unearth 3,800-Year-Old Skeleton of Baby Buried in a Jar

Archaeologists in Israel Unearth 3,800-Year-Old Skeleton of Baby Buried in a Jar

Archaeologists in Israel Unearth 3,800-Year-Old Skeleton of Baby Buried in a Jar Researchers are unsure of the unusual funerary practice’s purpose, but one theory posits that the vessel serves as a symbolic womb. Archaeologists excavating a site in Jaffa, Israel, recently made a macabre discovery: a 3,800-year-old jar containing the skeleton of a baby. As Ariel David reports for Haaretz, […]

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