Greek Farmer Accidentally Discovers 3,400-Year-Old Minoan Tomb Hidden Under Olive Grove Sometime between 1400 and 1200 B.C., two Minoan men were laid to rest in an underground enclosure carved out of the soft limestone native to southeast Crete. Both were…
World’s Oldest Intact Shipwreck Found at the Bottom of the Black Sea The oldest Intact shipwreck ever found has been discovered at the bottom of the Black Sea. The 75ft Greek trading vessel was found lying whole with its mast,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
