Burial Mounds in Serbia Reveal Skeletons of 5,000-year-old Painted Men Archaeologists have discovered dye-coloured bones dating back around 5,000 years at a burial site in southeastern Europe where unusually tall men were laid to rest. The burial site, located in…
Timber From 17th-Century Spanish Shipwreck Discovered In Caves Off Oregon’s Coast In 1693, the Santo Cristo de Burgos, a Manila galleon loaded with silk, porcelain and beeswax, set sail from the Philippines on a trading expedition to Mexico. But the…
6,000-Year-Old Mesolithic Settlement Found Near Stonehenge: Rewriting British History The culture that built Stonehenge might be much older than previously thought. In research that could “rewrite” long-established British history, University of Buckingham archaeologists have discovered a 6,000-year-old Mesolithic settlement located…
Hercules’ Head Unearthed in 2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck Treasure Trove The Roman ship is thought to have sunk near Antikythera, a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea in the second quarter of the first century B.C. While divers first found several…
Exploring the Secret Catacombs: Ancient Skeletons Adorned in Priceless Jewelry They call them the Catacomb Saints – ancient Roman corpses that were exhumed from the catacombs of Rome, given fictitious names and sent abroad as relics of saints from the…
The Mysterious 1,300-Year-Old Siberian Lake Fortress It is one of the most mysterious archaeological sites in Russia – an ancient complex engulfing a small island in the centre of a remote lake in the mountains of southern Siberia. At first…
Reconstructed Face of a 2,300-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Unveiled by Australian Researchers Australian researchers have reconstructed the face of an ancient Egyptian mummy, using a 3D printer to create a replica skull and forensic sculpting techniques to bring it to life.…
Unearthing History: 3,500-Year-Old Warrior’s Grave Discovered in Greece Archaeologists in Greece have made a rare and exciting discovery – an ancient unlooted tomb with the remains of an unknown warrior and a huge hoard of treasure. The Greek Ministry of…
The ancient Vespasianus Titus Tunnel of Turkey In the Samandağ district of southern Turkey’s Hatay province, the Vespasianus Titus Tunnel, or simply the Titus Tunnel, is a magnificent ancient structure constructed by 1,000 slaves to prevent floodwaters in the area,…
4,000-Year-Old Human Skeletons and Relics Discovered in Pingtung, Taiwan: Archaeological Breakthrough Taipei, July 27 (CNA) Archaeologists in Taiwan confirmed Wednesday that a large number of human skeletons and shell tools unearthed in Pingtung County are about 4,000 years old, which…
