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…
Archaeologists found a noble woman buried beside her ‘husband’ 1,000 years ago with the top of her face hollowed out Archaeologists have been left puzzled after discovering the skeleton of a woman buried beside her assumed husband… with the top…
Experiments Show The Great Sphinx May Be A Natural Formation – Scientists Say The theory, occasionally raised by others, that the Great Sphinx of Giza may have been a lion-shaped natural landform that the ancient Egyptians modified to form the stone-faced feline…
Neanderthals Inherited At Least 6% Of Their Genome From A Now-Extinct Lineage Of Early Modern Humans Modern humans migrated to Eurasia 75,000 years ago, where they encountered and interbred with Neanderthals. A new study published in the journal Current Biology shows that…
Ancient human remains buried in Spanish caves were subsequently manipulated and utilized Researchers working at a cave in southern Spain have found evidence that the skeletal remains of ancient humans buried there were dug up, modified and even used as tools by subsequent generations.…
Archaeologists Found Seal Impressions That Could Change Hittite History in Kayalıpınar A fascinating archaeological discovery has been made in the ancient city of Kayalipinar, Turkey. Archaeologists report unearthing ancient clay seal impressions that could re-write the history of the Hittites.…
Discovery Of Ancient 7,000-Year-Old Animal Bones And Human Remains Within Mysterious Stone Structure In Arabia Archaeologists excavating an ancient stone monument in Saudi Arabia have unearthed thousands of animal bones, as well as human remains belonging to at least nine…
Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans May Have Worn Shoes 148,000 Years Ago When and where did our ancestors first fashion footwear? We cannot look to physical evidence of shoes for the answer, as the perishable materials from which they were made…