Early Humans Placed the Hearth at the Optimal Location in Their Cave 170,000 Years Ago Spatial planning in caves 170,000 years ago Findings indicate that early humans knew a great deal about spatial planning: they controlled fire and used it…
Human Footprints Dating Back 800,000 Years Discovered In Norfolk UK Archaeologists have discovered intriguing human footprints on the beach at Happisburgh in Norfolk, East of England. The prints, thought to be more than 800,000 years old, were found in silt…
Massive Megalithic Complex, with More than 500 Standing Stones, Discovered in Southern Spain A massive megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones has been discovered in southern Spain that could be one of the largest in Europe, archaeologists have…
Dinosaur Tracks Unearthed In Texas As Severe Drought Dries Up The River Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas has unearthed an exciting discovery after extreme drought conditions dried up a river – giant dinosaur footprints that date back to 113…
Hell’s Shells: 90 Million-Year-Old Giant Turtle Egg Unveils Ancient Secrets A giant fossilized turtle egg — believed to have been laid by a turtle the length of a fully grown human 90 million years ago — has been found with…
1400-Year-Old Folding Chair Found in a Woman’s Grave in Germany Archaeologists have made a very unusual find. A Medieval folding chair has been discovered in a woman’s grave. The excavation team unearthed the chair in a woman’s grave in Steinfeld…
Ancient Roman Sarcophagus Found At London Building Site An ancient Roman sarcophagus has been excavated from a building site in central London. The 1,600-year-old coffin found near Borough Market is thought to contain the remains of a member of the…
36,000-year-old Meat of a Mummified Bison was used for a Stew One Night in 1984, A handful of lucky guests gathered at the Alaska home of palaeontologist Dale Guthrie to eat stew crafted from a once-in-a-lifetime delicacy: the neck meat…
5700-Year-Old Child Skeleton Unearthed in Turkish City of Malatya A 5,700-year-old skeleton of a noble-born child has been found buried in the ruins of a Copper Age Turkish house. Anthropologists believe the bones belonged to a six-year-old who most likely…
2,000-year-old Tunnel In The Mexican City Of Teotihuacan Holds Ancient Mysteries Eleven years after discovering a secret tunnel beneath the ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico, Researchers uncovered thousands of ritual objects at the feet of what might be a royal tomb.…
