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Ancient Funeral Mask Washes Up on Florida Beach, Could Be Missing Link to $4 Billion Sunken Treasure Researchers found an item that might be part of a large $4 billion haul of treasure hidden off somewhere the Florida coast. According to the former MIT professor and army Ranger Mike Torres, who has been searching for the haul for over a decade, The ancient funeral […]

Ancient Sunken Roman City Found Off the Coast of Tunisia Vast underwater Roman ruins were found at northeastern Tunisia, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami in the 4th century AD. “It’s a great find,” Mounir Fantar, head of an archaeological mission from Tunisian-Italian, found off the coast of Nabeul, told AFP. […]

Scientists discover rare, a 7,000-year-old burial site in Gulf of Mexico Native Americans during the Florida Archaic Period used the burial ground today known as the Manasota Key Offshore Archeological Site as early as 8000 years ago, Ryan Duggins told members of the Time Sifters Archeological Society at Selby Public Library in the Geldbart Auditorium. The site was thought to date back about […]

Treasure hunter digs up 200-piece haul of Viking jewellery and coins A metal detector unearthed the ‘find of a lifetime’ after finding a Viking treasure hoard including 200 pieces of silver jewellery. Darren Webster dug up a 1,000-year-old casket which also included coins, hacksilver and ingots while scouring in an unknown spot on the border between Cumbria and North Lancashire. The discovery is […]

THE SKELETON of a child dating back to the early Viking period has been discovered during an archaeological dig in Dublin. It was found during excavations near the original Dubh Linn, which translates as black pool and served as the origins for the name Dublin. The mostly intact skeleton was discovered just before the point where the Poddle river flows […]

Archaeologists discover ancient mosaic with message: ‘Be cheerful, enjoy your life’ When you want evidence that people were almost the same 2,400 years ago, just look at our new favourite reclining skeleton, which advises us in ancient Greek to, “Be cheerful, enjoy your life.” The mosaic was excavated in the Hatay province on the Turkish-Syrian border, where the ancient Greek-Roman […]

1,500-year-old church dedicated to mysterious ‘martyr’ discovered in Israel Israel has discovered the remains of a 1500-year-old monastery and church with ‘outstanding’ mosaic floors and marble imported from Turkey. Scientists have said that the Byzantine-era building once was a meeting ground for ancient pilgrims who crossed the surrounding lowlands. Experts say that the mosaic floor, which is decorated with birds, leaves and pomegranates, is exceptionally […]

The First Romans Were Black People Called The Etruscans A respected historian and author John G. Jackson, who lived and taught in Chicago for several years, in his ‘African Civilization Introduction pg. 4 ‘Noted: “It is very often forgotten that in the 15th and 16th centuries, as Europeans emerged and began to spread themselves to the broader world of Africa and Asia, […]

Celtic woman found buried inside a TREE ‘wearing fancy clothes and jewellery’ after 2,200 years The woman, who died 2,200 years ago, was believed to have great respect in her tribe because she had been buried in fine clothes and jewellery. Scientists say the woman was Celtic. The Celts of the Iron Age are believed to have buried members of their […]

Skeletons Found Under a Florida Wine Shop May Be Some of America’s First Colonists Archaeologists in Florida recently confirmed that they discovered the bones of many young children buried under the last place that one might have thought to look: a wine store. However, there will be no police investigation. The Florida wine shop is in St. Augustine, the oldest […]