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Mystery over ‘extraordinary’ haul of Bronze Age weapons unearthed in London leaves experts baffled

January 25, 2020 ANCIENT HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

Mystery over ‘extraordinary’ haul of Bronze Age weapons unearthed in London leaves experts baffled In England, archeologists have announced that Age weapons and tools of Bronze Age, almost 3000 years old, has been discovered. They have been found on a building site in London. The find is very important because it gives researchers a glimpse of prehistoric society. The discovery […]

Underwater ‘lost city’ found to be a geological formation

January 25, 2020 BIZZARE, NATURE Leave a comment

Underwater ‘lost city’ found to be a geological formation What has been considered an underwater, lost city is a geological phenomenon that occurs naturally. Pipe-like, disc-shaped and doughnut-like structures discovered by underwater divers near the island of Zakynthos, Greece, were originally thought to be ruins of an ancient city, such as remains of paved floors, courtyards and columns. Researchers have […]

Pre-Roman Prince’s Tomb Packed With Treasures Found in Italy

January 25, 2020 ARCHAEOLOGY, EUROPE Leave a comment

Pre-Roman Prince’s Tomb Packed With Treasures Found in Italy In Italy a Iron Age tomb was found filled with weapons and a chariot. In a newly discovered Iron Age tomb in Central Italy, Archeologists found the remains of an entire iron-wheeled war chariot, a new study found. There are also other resources in the lavish tomb, including the weapons collection, the […]

Archaeologist Found 1,500 Year Old Rare Painting Depicting Jesus Found in Negev Desert

January 24, 2020 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

Archaeologist Found 1,500 Year Old Rare Painting Depicting Jesus Found in Negev Desert The portrait of Jesus Christ is thought to date back to the 6th century AD It was seen in the ruins of a Byzantine church in Israel’s Negev desert The portrait shows a young Jesus’s facial outline and uncovers he had short hair Importance stems from it pre-dating religious symbols in the […]

Mosaic Fragments Uncovered at Roman Villa in Georgia

January 24, 2020 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

Mosaic Fragments Uncovered at Roman Villa in Georgia For several years the Polish-Georgian excavations have been taking place in the Roman Fort of Apsaros, in Gonio, near Batumi resort, West Georgia. In the course of this year’s research, archaeologists continued excavations of the stunning villa of the commander of the Roman Garrison within 2000 years of existence. “We found the […]

An ancient London churchyard, an ash tree is encircled with hundreds of overlapping gravestones.

January 24, 2020 BIZZARE One comment

An ancient London churchyard, an ash tree is encircled with hundreds of overlapping gravestones. Inside an ancient London churchyard, an ash tree is encircled with hundreds of overlapping gravestones placed there by classic novelist Thomas Hardy. It might sound strange to encourage you to seek out a single tree in a cemetery, but this isn’t any ordinary ash. Amidst the […]

4,300-year-old bodies found with extra skulls in their grave in California – with some showing signs of bizarre burial rituals

January 23, 2020 ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY One comment

Archaeologists have found evidence of macabre practices involving severed heads and polished skull caps on the site of an ancient cemetery in central California. When excavating a Marsh Creek area in northern California, researchers found eight graves in which ‘ trophy heads ‘ seemed to have been buried alongside bodies of community members. Ancient warriors took ‘ Trophy heads ‘ to […]

Ancient Assyrian rock carvings in Iraq show a procession of gods riding mythical animals

January 23, 2020 ANCIENT HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

Ancient Assyrian rock carvings in Iraq show a procession of gods riding mythical animals Ancient Assyrian reliefs of a king in a procession of gods and goddesses riding on animals and mythical creatures have been uncovered by archaeologists. The Assyrian carvings are nearly 3,000 years old and were discovered late last year by Italian and Iraqi archaeologists excavating in the […]

The Mystery of the Giant Crystals: How the 36-foot Geode of Pulpí Formed

January 22, 2020 ARCHAEOLOGY Leave a comment

The Mystery of the Giant Crystals: How the 36-foot Geode of Pulpí Formed In an abandoned mine in southern Spain, there is a room of pure crystal. You have to go to a deep tunnel, get into a ladder in the rocks, and squeeze across a jagged gypsum crystal tube that is barely wide enough for a person. If you […]

Heartbreaking Photos Of The Children Of World War II

January 21, 2020 WORLD WAR II Leave a comment

Heartbreaking Photos Of The Children Of World War II Of course, the impact of war is devastating to all aspects of life in the affected areas, and the normal course of life during wartime is impossible. They tend to forget that the horrors of war are not only unsettling for the soldiers, widows and parents, but for the children who […]

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