Is the 20 million year old Wolfsegg Iron an artificially made artifact? The 20 million-year-old Wolfsegg Iron, also known as the Salzburg Cube, is a small piece of iron that was found within a block of coal in the town…
Europe Was Not Covered By Dense Forest Before The Arrival Of Modern Humans For decades, we believed that outside ice ages Europe was mostly covered by dense forest before the arrival of modern humans. Now, a new study shows that…
Maya Sculpture Discovered in Mexico at Chichén Itzá Archaeological rescue work ahead of the Maya Train construction has turned up another remarkable find in Chichén Itzá – a well-preserved sculpture of a Maya warrior head, in a helmet shaped like…
China’s Headless Skeletons Reveal The Largest Headhunting Massacre In Neolithic Asia Headless skeletons from a 4,100-year-old massacre in China are from victims of the largest known ‘headhunt’ from Neolithic Asia. Ancient headless skeletons recovered from mass graves in China are the remains…
Unexpected Underwater Discovery Of 50,000 Ancient Coins Off Sardinia Hints At Hidden Shipwreck A diver who spotted something metallic not far from Sardinia’s coast has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of ancient bronze coins. Italy’s culture ministry…
Unveiling History: Sensational 4,000-Year-Old Grave Discovery in Norway Archaeologists report unearthing an extremely important 4,000-year-old grave in Norway. It’s a sensational discovery and the most unique Stone Age finds in Norway in the last 100 years, says Morten Ramstad at…
Oldest Known Spearthrowers Found At 31,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site Of Maisières-Canal Archaeologists in Belgium have demonstrated that spearthrowers were used for launching projectiles armed with tanged flint points at the Early Upper Paleolithic site of Maisières-Canal around 31,000 years ago. Humans…
2,500-Year-Old Tomb of Egyptian Royal Scribe Explored in Abusir This year, an archaeology expedition of the Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Faculty of Arts of the UK excavated shaft tombs from the middle of the 1st millennium BC in…
Tumor with TEETH is discovered in Egypt among remains of ancient woman who died more than 3,000 years ago While excavating an ancient Egyptian cemetery, archaeologists made a rare discovery: an ovarian tumor nestled in the pelvis of a woman who died…
‘Exceptionally Rare’ Sheep Chariot Found Near Tomb of China’s First Emperor Archaeologists have discovered the remains of what appears to be an ancient sheep-drawn chariot near the famous “Terracotta Army” in northwestern China. The English-language website China Daily, which is owned…