Ancient Alutiiq Weavings: Uncovering 3,000-Year-Old Artifacts in Alaska During excavations of an ancestral sod house on the shore of Karluk Lake, Kodiak Island, Alaska, archaeologists uncovered rare fragments of woven grass artifacts estimated to be 3,000 years old. The fragments,…
1600-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck Found in “Perfect” Condition in Spain In 117 AD, at the time of Caesar Trajan’s death, the Roman Empire had reached its territorial peak, stretching across the Mediterranean Sea to North Africa and Western Asia. And the…
Discovery of 41-Million-Year-Old Whale, Tutcetus Rayanensis, Reveals Early Evolution in Egypt Paleontologists in Egypt announced the discovery of a new species of extinct whale that inhabited the sea covering present-day Egypt around 41 million years ago. With an estimated length…
2,200-Year-Old Mythological Masks Unearthed in Turkey’s Muğla | Archaeological Discovery Archaeologists in southwestern Turkey’s Muğla have recently uncovered 10 rock carvings of mythological masks in the ancient city of Stratonikeia. An excavation team, headed by professor Bilal Söğüt of Pamukkale…
Unique 2,800-Year-Old Ivory Object Unearthed At Hattusa The artifact is from an Iron Age settlement at Hattusa that was established after the city was abandoned by the Hittites. Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed an ornately carved 2,800-year-old elephant tusk in…
Perfectly Preserved 10,500-Year-Old Basket Found In Muraba’at Cave This large woven basket is still in perfect condition despite being 10,500 years old! It is now the world’s oldest woven basket and it was discovered in Muraba‘at Cave in Israel. According…
A 33 Million-Year-Old Crystal Mountain In Egypt, Near An Oasis “Crystal Mountain”. Located within the white desert, 120 km from the Farafra Oasis and 160 km from the Bahariya Oases is one of the rarest mountains in the world, it…
5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of a Massive Asteroid For more than 150 years scientists have tried to solve the mystery of a notorious cuneiform clay tablet that reveals that in the past the impact case of so-called…
The Mythical Benben Stone: Unveiling the Landing Site of Egyptian God Atum The Benben Stone is an entity found in ancient Egyptian mythology. The legendary stone was once kept in a shrine within the compounds of the temple of the…
Geologist Urges Swift Repatriation of Mungo Man, a 40,000-Year-Old Discovery Forty years after Mungo Man was unearthed in the dunes of western New South Wales, the geologist who made the discovery is urging the NSW government to speed up repatriation…
