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3,500-year-old child burials unearthed at the ancient Egyptian work site In Gebel el Silsila, the site of a former Egyptian quarry, dated 3500 years ago, a team of archaeologists in Egypt have discovered four ancient child tombs. The findings give new insights on what life may have been like at this ancient work site. Several fascinating discoveries have occurred in the […]

A 3.8-Million-Year-Old Skull Puts a New Face on a Little-Known Human Ancestor A 3.8 million-year-old African skull offers researchers an insight into the evolutionary history of humans, a new study suggests. The discovery reveals what may have looked like the face of a possible ancestor of the species that is known as Lucy – a famous Ethiopian skeleton discovered in […]

America’s first settlers may have arrived 130,000 years ago Surprisingly ancient stone tools and animal bones have recently emerged at a site in California. If the discoverers are correct, the remains point to the presence of humans or some ancestral species in the Americas 130,700 years ago. This is a whopping 100,000 years earlier than study had suggested until now. On the Cerutti […]

Adam’s Calendar: Oldest Megalithic Site in the World? Adam’s Calendar is contested to be the world’s oldest man-made structure.  Often referred to as “African Stonehenge,” it predates dates back to 1,000 years before Stonehenge and the Grand Pyramid of Giza. Located in Mpumalanga, South Africa,  it is a standing stone circle has a diameter of approx  30 metres and is believed by […]

Graeco-Roman Industrial Site, Graves Found In Egypt’s Al-Amriyah A collection of Greek and Roman artefacts was discovered by the archaeological mission of Alexandria Antiquities, which works in Al-Amriyah site in Tuba Metwah, Northern Cairo. The Supreme Council of Antiquities Secretary General Mostafa Waziri reported that “the finding was unique because the site was used for industrial and commercial purposes.” Waziri added […]

These 120,000-year-old footprints offer early evidence for humans in Arabia About 120,000 years ago a small group of Homo Sapiens stopped to drink and forage at a shallow lake in what is now northern Saudi Arabia and was also frequented by camels, buffalos and elephants bigger than any species seen today. The people may have hunted the big mammals but did […]

Melting Ice Has Revealed Artefacts From a Lost Viking Highway in Norway A patch of ice is melting at an average altitude of approximately 1,800 metres in Norway’s Jotunheim Mountains. It’s called the Lendbreen ice patch and has been frozen during the year for decades, accumulating each year a new layer. In the last two decades, though, the ice has […]

Cyprus Antiquities Department reported that the sewerage system of the town of Larnaca continues to bring to light archaeological finds of ancient Kition. Some of these are regarded as extremely valuable and have an outstanding historic value, as for example a section of the defence wall of the ancient city of Kition situated on Teukros street. Another rare Roman mosaic, […]

Thousands of Mysterious Holes Discovered on Seafloor Off California Coast MBARI researchers found thousands of mysterious holes or pits in the seafloor in a recent study of the deep seafloor off Big Sur. Resource managers and scientists would like to understand how these pits have formed because this is the site of a proposed wind-energy farm. This week researchers Eve Lundsten […]

First Ever Viking Helmet Discovered in Britain In the 1950s, a rusted iron helmet was discovered by workers who installed sewage pipes at Yarm, a small town in Yorkshire, England. Now, BBC News reports, a new study has identified the artefact as a rare example of Viking armor from the 10th century. According to a statement,  the gear is the first of […]