Archaeologists have found Rare evidence for Neolithic textiles identified on Orkney Archaeologists at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney, have identified the impression of woven cloth preserved on a piece of Neolithic pottery, potentially representing the oldest evidence for textiles found…
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Viking sword discovered on Papa Westray, Orkney has ‘many stories to tell A Viking sword found at a burial site in Orkney is a rare, exciting and complex artifact, say archaeologists. The find, made in 2015 on the northeast coast…
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Fossil hunters unearth massive mega-wombat graveyard Australian scientists unveiled the biggest-ever graveyard of an ancient rhino-sized mega-wombat called diprotodon, with the site potentially holding valuable clues on the species extinction. The remote fossil deposit in outback Queensland state is thought to…
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130-Million-Year-Old Proteins Still Present in Dinosaur Age Fossil Microscopic pigment structures and proteins that graced the feathers of a Cretaceous-age bird are still present in its 130-million-year-old fossil, a new study finds. The results, which confirm the oldest evidence of the structural protein…
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Footprints Of Last Dinosaurs To Walk On UK Soil 110 Million Years Ago Found In the realm of paleontology, there’s some exciting news! At least six different dinosaur species’ footprints have been unearthed – the very last dinosaurs to walk…
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Incredibly Well-Preserved 1,000-Year-Old Wooden Ladder Discovered In The UK Archaeologists in the UK have made many fascinating discoveries while excavating at a site known as Field 44 near the village of Tempsford in Central Bedfordshire. Some weeks ago, archaeologists working…
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1,800-Year-Old Offering to the Gods Discovered Beneath Pyramid of Teotihuacan Several bouquets of offering flowers have been discovered 59 feet below the temple of the god Quetzalcóatl – a pyramid that still stands in the Mexican ruined city of Teotihuacan. …
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The Prehistoric Rock Art of Tassili N’Ajjer, Algeria Just Outside the Desert Oasis of Djanet, Algeria, there’s a national park brimming with pieces of the past. A trip through the alien-like landscape of Tassili n’Ajjer is like stepping into an open-air…
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Archaeologists discover a medieval skeleton with his boots still on in London Archaeologists excavating a site along with the Thames Tideway Tunnel—a massive pipeline nicknamed London’s “super sewer”—have revealed the skeleton of a Medieval man who literally died with his boots on. “It’s extremely…
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Fossil hunters uncover complete 252 Million-year-old underwater world Fossil hunters have uncovered the remains of an ancient marine ecosystem that arose in the aftermath of the most devastating mass extinction in Earth’s history. The spectacular haul of 20,000 fossils from…
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