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Denmark barbarian battle: Archaeologists Just Discovered the Mangled Remains In Denmark, archaeologists have made an incredibly rare and valuable discovery. Preserved in wetland peat sediment, the remains of a fierce battle that raged in the first century CE, leaving almost 2,100 bones to tell the tale millennia later – challenging what we know about barbarian warfare. The Germanic tribes were […]

The surprising truth about the construction of the Great Pyramids Michel Barsoum begins, “This is not my day job,’ as he tells of his journey through the mysteries of Great Pyramids of Egypt. As a respected ceramic researcher, Barsoum never expected his career to follow a path of history, archaeology and ‘political’ science, in which materials work was mixed. As […]

DNA reveals Lapita ancestors of Pacific Islanders came from Asia According to a study, Ancient DNA has revealed the first inhabitants of Vanuatu and Tonga came from Asia, not other Oceanic populations as has long been assumed. The study sheds light on the last great human migration into unpopulated lands, about 3,000 years ago when a people called the Lapita fanned out […]

Archaeologists discover more than 20 sealed coffins just as the ancient Egyptians left them Archaeologists unearthed 20 intact ancient coffins near the Egyptian city of Luxor, the country’s ministry of antiquities declared this week in a statement lauding the discovery as “one of the largest and most significant” in the last few years. Researchers discovered the coffins at Al-Assasif, a […]

Entrance to King Herod the Great’s palace unearthed Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered an unique royal entrance to the Herodian Hilltop Palace. The main feature is a 20-metre-high corridor with a complex system of arches, allowing the King and his entourage to enter the courtyard of the palace. During the excavations, the original palace vestibule, decorated […]

This Ancient Spear Is Rewriting the History of Humans in North America The spear points were unearthed at a site in Texas and are around 15,500 years old, which pre-dates the earliest known settlers on the continent. A group of Texas researchers have just discovered the oldest weapons ever found in North America, and archaeologists have been questioning the history […]

Extinct Squash Revived from Seeds Stored for 800 Years in a Clay Pot Some Native Americans discovered squash seeds in a pot about 800 years old and revived the plant in centuries for the first time. The seeds from the large orange squash have been distributed to native peoples and others, including some college students in Canada who grew a big, […]

Medieval skeletons reveal an ancient and unusual form of bone disease that caused people to die as young as 35 Uncovered at Nottingham, England The Skeletons excavated at Norton Priory in England, according to a recent archaeological report, contain a rare and unusually aggressive form of a bone disease similar to Paget’s disease. Paget ‘s bone disease is a chronic […]