Europe’s Oldest Intact Book Found Inside the Coffin of St. Cuthbert After having been shut up inside a hermit monk’s tomb for more than 400 years, the oldest preserved book in Europe was found.The exhibition will be portrayed in the…
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Medieval Priest Buried With Chalice and Paten Unearthed at Lincoln Cathedral Over 50 burials unearthed by archaeologists in the Lincoln Cathedral included a remarkable medieval priest burial. A skeleton is believed to be that of a medieval priest found, who had been buried…
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Britain’s Hidden Stone Age Rock Art Discovered in Northern England They have been found where the earth meets the sky, high up on the moorlands of northern England, a mysterious series of strange and ancient carvings hewn into the rocks…
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Large 2,000-Year-Old Cat Geoglyph Discovered in Peru’s Nazca Lines Desert Southern Peru’s dunes, carved with the geoglyphs of a hummingbird, a monkey and an orca-a figure some would dearly love to believe is an astronaut – have now revealed the form…
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The United States Lost Ancient Megacity of Cahokia: A Historical Rewrite The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis, Missouri. This…
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Defiant Graffiti Found in Cuban Missile Crisis Bunker: A Cold War Discovery Sixty years ago during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a defiant individual — likely a Cuban soldier — wrote a message in a system of bunkers and trenches on…
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Ancient Superhighways: 12,000-Year-Old Massive Underground Tunnels Stretch from Scotland to Turkey Over a million miles of tunnels connect every European country and region, from the Scottish highlands to the Mediterranean coast. It’s awe-inspiring to see this 12,000-year-old underground network. According…
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Discover the Ancient City of Caral: Oldest Civilization in the Americas A set of American pyramids may be older than the Egyptian pyramids and are located in the Peruvian Andes Mountains on a high, barren terrace overlooking a verdant river…
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Archaeologists Uncover Possible Romulus Shrine in Roman Forum The resting place of the legendary founder of the city, Romulus, could be tombs under the Roman Forum. On a Roman Forum, Colosseum Archeological Park Manager Alfonsina Russo said Monday, a hypogeum…
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13th-Century Medieval Town Walls Unearthed in Caernarfon, Wales In a survey undertaken by Conwy Valley-based CR Archaeology, several other valuable items, which date back to the 13th century, were also found. The discoveries made at Antur Waunfawr’s Porth yr Aur…
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