2,000-Year-Old Tomb Found in Tharsa Was Guarded by Bulls In Türkiye, archaeologists have discovered a new 2000-year-old tomb protected by two bull heads during excavation and cleaning efforts in the ancient city of Tharsa, located near Kuyulu village on the Adıyaman-Şanlıurfa Highway, now…
Stone with 1,600-year-old Irish inscription found in English garden A geography teacher, Graham Senior, stumbled across a rock with mysterious incisions while tidying his overgrown garden in Coventry, England. The discovery of a small stone carved with an early form…
Artifact could be linked to Spanish explorer Coronado’s expedition across Texas Panhandle This modest chunk of obsidian, no more than 5 centimeters in length, was probably found on a rough patch of ranchland in the Texas panhandle. According to Matthew…
A rare Byzantine gold coin discovered in Norway, probably brought from Constantinople A metal detectorist found a rare gold coin in the mountains in Vestre Slidre municipality depicting two emperors and Jesus Christ. Archaeologists are now trying to determine how…
Viking Dentistry Was Surprisingly Advanced And Not Unlike Today’s Treatments Viking Age teeth at Varnhem indicate surprisingly advanced dentistry, according to the results of a study conducted at the University of Gothenburg. In 2005, excavations in Varnhem, Sweden uncovered the…
Artifacts Found Along Ancient Route To Mecca May Have Protected Pilgrims From The ‘Evil Eye’ A collection of unusual objects accidentally discovered decades ago along an ancient pilgrimage route in southern Israel were likely used by magicians-for-hire to perform protection…
‘Thunder floor’ found at ancient Andean site in Peru Archaeologists have discovered an ancient “sounding” dance floor in Peru that was designed to create a drum-like sound when stepped on, perhaps for a thunder god. The floor was constructed into an open-air…
Possible Restraint Of Elite Roman Man Buried With Sword Discovered In an isolated field near a Roman villa in Wales, archaeologists have discovered the skeleton of a man buried facedown. Adorned with a silver pin and a sword, he may…
Unearthed Roman Ring with Apollo Carving Suggests Link to Famous Snettisham Hoard A silver ring unearthed in an Essex field may be connected to a famous Roman jeweller’s hoard found in Norfolk in 1985, a historian has said. The ring…
This Is One Of The Oldest Pieces Of Cloth In The World And It’s Made Of Bast Fibers! What did people make clothes from in the Neolithic? Çatalhöyük, the world’s largest known Stone Age settlement, gives us answers after 60…