Archaeologists find vast medieval palace buried under a prehistoric fortress at Old Sarum The Old Sarum archeological site in Wiltshire, England has a rich history covering at least 5,000 years. Nevertheless, the site selection of William the Conqueror for his…
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Scientists Discover 2-meter Long Carnivorous WORM With Snapping Jaws Gigantic Worm With Snapping Jaws Lived 400 Million Years Ago A previously undiscovered species of an extinct primordial giant worm with terrifying snapping jaws has been identified by an international team…
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A 4.4-billion-year-old zircon crystal fragment is the oldest piece of Earth ever found Zircon is the oldest known material on our planet. They offer a window in time back as far as 4.4 billion years ago, when the planet was…
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Scottish Farmer Discovers 5,000-Year-Old Lost City Scotland is full of vivid, complex history, as is the case for other European compatriots. And no, it’s not all the violent headlines that Braveheart sees — though there is a great deal of…
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Archaeologists Discover a 3,000-Year-Old Mummy Under 15,000 Pounds of Garbage Archaeologists in Lima, Peru, made an astonishing discovery under thousands of pounds of trash – a 3,000-year-old mummy that was likely a sacrifice. The specimen was uncovered this week by…
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Mysterious 3,000-Year-Old Castle Found Hidden In Turkish Lake A story describing the ruins of an ancient Old castle buried underneath the picturesque waters of Lake Van, Turkey, has been proclaimed entirely real. The preserved ruins of a castle dating back more…
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Scientists Found The Remains of a 700,000-Year-Old ‘Hobbit’ Like Human Ancestor in Indonesia An international team of researchers has just announced the discovery of 700,000-year-old remains that are related to a tiny species of human ancestor, lovingly referred to as…
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The Discovery of ancient Peruvian burial tombs sheds new light on Wari culture A team of archaeologists in northern Peru discovered the remains of 29 people, including three children, that could help experts rewrite the history of the pre-Incan Wari civilization,…
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Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct, climate change did According to a statement released by the University of Cambridge, humans did not cause the extinction of the woolly mammoths, even though they are known to have hunted mammoths…
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1,000-Year-Old Skeletons ‘Wrapped in Textiles’ and ‘Buried in Seated Position’ Looking Out to Sea The remains of four bodies dating back to 1,000AD have been discovered in a strange sitting position in a series of tombs. Archaeologists discovered the skeletons…
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