100 Million-Year-Old Turtle Fossil Discovered in Texas: Earliest Side-Necked Turtle in North America Archaeologists have discovered a new, 100 million-year-old turtle fossil in Texas, USA. The ancient remains are believed to be the earliest remnants of the side-necked turtle in…
18th-Century Cannons Recovered in Georgia Archaeologists have hauled up 12 more Revolutionary War-era cannons from the Savannah River, a remarkable find that raises questions about which vessels carried them and precisely how they ended up in the water. The local…
Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed the remnants of a lost “Sun Temple” dating back to the 25th century BCE. Experts believe it to be one of just six such temples erected as a shrine to the sun god Ra during…
How the Ancient Greeks Proved Earth was Round Over 2,000 Years Ago Long before NASA was sending satellites up into space, the ancient Greeks developed a way to determine the world was spherical over 2000 years ago. Despite it being…
Discovering Caral: The Oldest Civilization in the Americas Caral (also referred to as Caral-Supe) is a stunning ancient city located in the Supe Valley of Peru. Today travellers can visit the Caral Ruins, which are believed to be the remains…
Prehistoric “Poop” Found At Stonehenge Gives Insight Into Ancient Humans A study of ancient faeces uncovered at a settlement thought to have housed builders of the famous stone monument suggests that parasites got consumed via badly cooked cow offal during…
Mysteries Of Ancient Egypt: The Unfinished Obelisk Of Aswan Abandoned thousands of years ago in the quarries of northern Aswan, ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk is a mass of granite 40 meters long (138 feet) and more than 1,090 tons (1,200…
Magnificent Royal Celtic Tomb Discovered in France Archaeologists have uncovered an extraordinary 2,500-year-old grave of a Celtic royal outside the town of Lavau in north-central France. The team has not yet been able to determine the gender of the inhumed…
Ancient Egyptian Military Officer’s Tomb Discovered near Giza Plateau A Czech archaeological mission working near the Giza plateau has uncovered the tomb of an ancient Egyptian military official who commanded battalions made up of foreign soldiers, according to a statement…
Holding Hands for 5,000 Years, a Couple with Mysterious Jade Rings and Dagger Bronze Age burial near Lake Baikal intrigues archaeologists who have not yet revealed the contents of the leather pouch between man’s kneecaps. Experts speculate that this ancient…
