Clonycavan Man: Unraveling the 2,300-year-old Murder Mystery In March 2003, the body of a man who lived during the Iron Age was discovered in a peat bog in Ireland. Known as the Clonycavan Man, the well-preserved remains indicate that the body…
Archaeologists Reconstruct The Face of ‘Ava,’ A Bronze Age Woman Who Lived in Scotland 3,800 Years Ago In 1987, Scottish workers accidentally unearthed the burial of a Bronze Age woman during a road construction project. The stone, coffin-like tomb, called…
Archaeologists discover over 6,500-yr-old pearl bead in Qatar grave The discovery of the oldest known natural pearl bead in Qatar has yet again shone the spotlight on the pearl-diving history of the peninsular country that is on its toes as…
New Fossil Ape Challenges The Story Of Human Evolution A new fossil ape from an 8.7-million-year-old site in Türkiye is challenging long-accepted ideas of human origins and adding weight to the theory that the ancestors of African apes and humans…
Rock-Cut Chambers In “House of Muses” Of Zeugma, Home To Numerous Mosaics Anatolia’s ancient city of Zeugma still surprises with new mosaics. Today, the most beautiful mosaics are gathered in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum in the town of Gaziantep, Turkey.…
Ancient Humans Cooked And Ate Giant Land Snails Around 170,000 Years Ago Slow-motion large land snails made for easy catching and good eating as early as 170,000 years ago. Until now, the oldest evidence of Homo sapiens eating land snails dated to…
2,000-Year-Old Hidden Roman Road Uncovered In Worcestershire Trent workmen have uncovered a 2,000-year-old Roman road in a field near Evesham, in Worcestershire, UK. Aidan Smyth, archaeology advisor for Wychavon District Council says the ancient Roman road is the only one…
3,000 Years Old Scientists Discover Hundreds of Mummified Bees From the Time of Pharaohs A new study reports the finding of hundreds of mummified bees encased in their cocoons from nearly three millennia ago. These preserved cocoons were unearthed at…
2,500-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck Being Rescued By Archaeologists A 2,500-year-old Phoenician shipwreck has been found underwater in the southeastern Spanish region of Murcia. An extraordinary Phoenician shipwreck dating back 2,500 years has become the focal point of an ambitious rescue mission after being…
Four 1,900-Year-Old Roman Swords Found in The Judean Desert Archaeologists report having discovered four incredibly well-preserved Roman swords in the Judean Desert. This very rare find was made in a small hidden cave located in an area of isolated and…
