High school student discovered a 1500-year-old ancient Magical Mirror You look in the mirror when checking if there’s something stuck in your teeth, when getting ready in the morning and when backing up the car. After all, mirrors are commonplace…
Arrowhead housed at Bern History Museum found to be made from meteoritic iron A Bronze Age arrowhead excavated in Switzerland in the 19th century turns out to be made from an unexpected material. The tiny artifact is made from iron…
Placement of ancient hidden lamps, skulls in cave in Israel suggests Roman-era practice of necromancy A cave in Israel “has all the cultic and physical elements necessary to serve as a possible portal to the underworld” and was used for…
Israeli Archaeologists Find Enigmatic 2,500-year-old Burials in the Desert Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a burial site holding dozens of skeletons from 2,500 years ago — possibly the remains of trafficked women — in the heart of the Negev desert…
Wolf skull found in grave robber’s dig was meant to protect thieves from wrath of the dead, say archaeologists A wolf skull was supposed to protect robbers from the revenge of the spirit of the deceased buried in a great…
Oldest carved piece of wood to be found in Britain dates back 6,000 years A heavily notched oak timber found in a peat bog is the oldest carved piece of wood in Britain at more than 6,000 years old, experts…
Ancient Egyptian queen’s bracelets contain 1st evidence of long-distance trade between Egypt and Greece Sometimes in science, a breakthrough comes not with some new discovery, but with the re-examination of something we’ve had under our noses for decades. Take, for…
2,700-Year-Old Saddle Discovered In Woman’s Grave In China May Be Oldest Ever Found Archaeologists have unearthed an elaborate leather horse saddle — possibly the oldest ever found — from a grave in northwestern China, according to a new study. The…
1,100-year-old breastplate to ward off evil may contain the oldest Cyrillic writing ever found A1,100-year-old inscription on a breastplate may be the oldest Cyrillic text ever found. Several Eurasian languages, including Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, and Bulgarian, employ the Cyrillic alphabet…
Tomb of a Roman doctor buried with unique surgical tools unearthed in Hungary Archaeologists have unearthed the grave of a 1st century man buried with high-quality surgical tools near Jászberény, central Hungary. The grave was discovered last year in an excavation of…