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Tour Through the Most Stunning Prehistoric Cave Paintings in the World

April 16, 2020 ANCIENT HISTORY Leave a comment

Tour Through the Most Stunning Prehistoric Cave Paintings in the World Paintings and engraving on rocks started 10,000 years before civilizations such as Greece and Mesopotamia were born. Although most remain mysterious, they provide important clues to daily life, religious beliefs, and culture change among prehistoric people. It is somewhat remarkable that these delicate ancient records have long survived in […]

Archaeologists Discover Paintings of Goddess in 3,000-Year-Old Mummy’s Coffin

April 15, 2020 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

Archaeologists Discover Paintings of Goddess in 3,000-Year-Old Mummy’s Coffin For the first time in 3000 years, a painting of what is believed to be an Egyptian goddess inside a sarcophagus of mummies was seen. Egypt is a rich source of treasure for those who are fortunate enough in archaeology to be on hand for one of the many excavations in […]

The Ornate 1,000-Year-Old Viking Necklace Of A Pagan ‘Sorceress’ goes on display

April 14, 2020 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

The Ornate 1,000-Year-Old Viking Necklace Of A Pagan ‘Sorceress’ goes on display A magnificent piece of jewelry that the mighty Vikings produced a thousand years ago may have belonged to a mysterious pagan sorcerer. It is now exhibited in York, England in the Jorvik Visitor Centre. The piece is a necklace, containing about 51 glass, jet and beads of amber, all […]

Hundreds Of Viking Sword Fragments Discovered In Estonia

April 13, 2020 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

Hundreds Of Viking Sword Fragments Discovered In Estonia There’s no sword like Viking swords. During the period between 800-1200 AD, many Scandinavians started to leave their lands for a better life. In search of spoils and resources the Vikings took to the sea and set off raiding the coastal areas. Around the moment, Vikings were raided, traded, and even settling […]

Ancient cultic area for warrior-god uncovered in Iraq

April 11, 2020 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

Ancient cultic area for warrior-god uncovered in Iraq The 5,000-year-old sacred plaza in Iraq was uncovered by archaeologists and that was used for rituals to appease the Mesopotamian warrior god. The team working at the Telloh site believe that it was used for celebrations, animal sacrifices and other processions dedicated to Ningirsu – the hero god of war, hunting and […]

A revolutionary new method for dating pottery sheds new light on prehistoric past

April 10, 2020 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

A revolutionary new method for dating pottery sheds new light on prehistoric past The pottery fragments found from a dig at the East London Shoreditch were successfully apported with an archaeological modern dating technique. The “groundbreaking” new dating technique analyzes fatty acids rather than organic materials, and scientists at the University of Bristol who have developed the method has demonstrated […]

Montana man’s DNA oldest found on the continent, the testing company says

April 9, 2020 HISTORY Leave a comment

Montana man’s DNA oldest found on the continent, the testing company says The Montana man asked his brother, Darrell “Dusty,” Crawford to have his DNA tested before Alvin “Willy” Crawford’s heart gave out. When he did, the results had been so unprecedented that it was like finding Bigfoot, According to USA Today, CRI Genetics told Crawford. CRI Genetics is one of the established companies with “biogeographical ancestry.” They trace the genetic makeup of the customer through time and space and […]

The 1842 Slave Revolt By African Americans Enslaved Under The Cherokee Nation

April 9, 2020 HISTORY Leave a comment

The 1842 Slave Revolt By African Americans Enslaved Under The Cherokee Nation cc Unfortunately, the rebellion, known later as the Cherokee slave revolt of 1842, has remained but a footnote in American slavery history. Despite an exemption from Slavic trade by Native Americans in 1730, many Natives had taken ownership of Black slaves by themselves and moved away from their ancestral […]

2000-year-old ‘lost’ street built by Pontius Pilate uncovered in Jerusalem

April 7, 2020 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

2000-year-old ‘lost’ street built by Pontius Pilate uncovered in Jerusalem A 2,000-year-old “lost” street constructed by Pontius Pilate has been discovered by archaeologists and is likely a pilgrimage route through the ancient city. The street had been buried when the Roman ransacked the city in 70 AD. In 1894 British archaeologists found the ancient walkway between the Temple Mount and […]

Ancient Drug Dealers? Opium Discovered Inside Juglet Sealed for 3000 Years

April 6, 2020 ANCIENT HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

Ancient Drug Dealers? Opium Discovered Inside Juglet Sealed for 3000 Years Researchers at York University and the British Museum discovered the traces of opioids in a unique vessel of the Late Bronze Age. This type of vessel, known as ‘base ring juglets,’ is believed to have long been linked with opium, as when inverted it resembles the seed heads of the […]

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