Tag: archaeology

Even inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, outside of Cairo, researchers have found something interesting.

The ancient Greek shipwreck that produced the awesome Antikythera mechanism, hailed as the world's first analog computer (being almost two ...

Society has changed a lot in 2,000 years, but you know what hasn't really changed? Cats. Cats don't really care ...

A team of archaeologists working in Denmark have made a puzzling discovery: they found nearly 2,000 spectacular gold spirals dating ...

Ötzi Reconstruction (© South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology – www.iceman.it) Hikers discovered Ötzi the Iceman in the Ötztal Alps of ...

Archaeologists working in Bulgaria have confirmed that they uncovered the oldest prehistoric town in Europe. The town was likely home ...

We tend to think of the Stonehenge as a lone giant, huge blocks of rock towering over the quiet British ...

The proportions of fake animals, the subject of long and heated debates in the scientific community, have been revealed by ...

Archaeologists working in Oregon have uncovered a stone tool which seems to be way older than any previously documented site ...

An expedition in the Honduras has emerged from the jungle with a spectacular announcement: they have discovered the remains of ...

An ancient tomb possibly belonging to Amenhotep, the second Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. Photographs distributed by the ministry show ...

According to a new study, ancient hunter-gatherer Britons imported wheat from mainland Europe, showing a surprising level of sophistication for ...

Divers off the coast of Norfolk have discovered a submerged prehistoric forest, hidden underwater for 10,000 years. The forest was ...

Using a new X-Ray technique, archaeologists may be able to read the words from the charred, rolled up scrolls that ...

The long sought resting place of Genghis Khan might be finally discovered, using space based technology. The grave of the ...

We know that ancient populations really liked olive oil, and it's not that uncommon to find oil-filled pots from Ancient ...

A major Viking hall measuring over 50 metres in length has been identified near Vadstena in Sweden. Archaeologists from Stockholm University and ...

It's one of England's better kept secrets - Old Sarum is a hidden gem among gems, one of the most ...

Look at this incredibly big rock. Take a moment, ponder its dimensions, and its weight. Oh, but if you're looking ...

It may be a highly complex prayer, written on clay.

An early medieval cross, part of a hoard of Viking treasure which has been unearthed by metal-detecting enthusiast Derek McLennan ...

When the huge reconstruction work began at the World Trade Center following 2001's tragedy, constructors uncovered something no one was ...

An ancient burial stash containing chariots, gold artifacts and potentially human sacrifices was unearthed in the country of Georgia, in ...

(c) Arturo Gonzalez In a fantastic discovery, a team of archaeologists have dated a pair of footprints preserved in the mineral-rich ...

A new genome analysis study suggests that interbreeding between modern humans, Neanderthals, Denisovans and a mysterious archaic population was way ...

Credit: Alexine Keuroghlian/WCS In quite an interesting discovery, Wildlife Conservation Society biologists have discovered cave paintings made by hunter-gatherers between ...

It may not look like much, but this weird looking coal-like thing is actually a 4.000 year old preserved brain, ...

Archaeologist and professor Martti Pärssinen from the University of Helsinki has made a sensational find: he found signs of a ...

Excavations conducted by the English Heritage have shown that Stonehenge has nothing to do with Sun worsipping and that the ...

Chersonesos was an ancient city on the Crimean peninsula, in today's Ukraine; the name itself means 'peninsula', and Greeks founded ...

The French didn't invent wine, no more than Colombians invented coffee or the Italians discovered tomatoes. But... who did? What ...

Ancient pyramids excavated in Sudan. Photo copyright Vincent Francigny/SEDAU It's remarkable what astonishing finds archaeologists today still manage to discover. ...

The remains of the legendary Richard III have been found beneath a Leicester car park - where else? DNA, carbon ...

  In the excavations near the ancient temple of Tebtunis archaeologists found a big number of papyri in a garbage ...

Gold coins found in Iraq Archaeologists working in the area unearthed 66 magnificent gold coins that are at least 1,400 ...

Early humans developed sophisticated hunting weapons half a million years ago, 200.000 years before researchers believed they did. Image: Courtesy ...

Tiaras, snake-head bracelets and buttons - all made of gold, were found in the Getae burial site near northern village ...

Archaeologists working in Bulgaria have unearthed what they claim to be the remains of the oldest prehistoric town in all ...

A team of archaeologists led by Professor Michael Hoff, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has unearthed a Roman mosaic measuring ...

During the Neolithic period, man made the big jump from hunter-gatherer to farmer and agriculturalist, eventually moving on to larger ...

A colossal sculpture, both in physical and artistic terms, was unearthed by archaeologists at the Tayinat Archaeological Project (TAP) excavation ...

Ancient human settlements have changed the landscape around where they live in such a way that today, 8000 years later, ...

A team of paleontologists from the Smithsonian Institute have uncovered the fossils of a brand new dinosaur species in Ghost ...

A 2500 year old British skull is not a major surprise for archaeologists, but a brain inside it, now that's ...

Nowadays Brits may be some of the most civilized people on Earth, but 15.000 years ago, things were really different. ...

During the year 241 B.C., the play was set for the big game. The players were the relatively young and ...