UK: Nurse discovers ‘medieval’ gold Bible worth $1.3mn near the property of King Richard III
UK: Nurse discovers ‘medieval’ gold Bible worth $1.3mn near the property of King Richard III A metal detectorist discovered a little gold bible that had formerly belonged to a mediaeval aristocracy or royal. Buffy Bailey, an NHS nurse from Lancaster, came upon the book while searching for farmland near York with her husband Ian. The … Continue reading UK: Nurse discovers ‘medieval’ gold Bible worth $1.3mn near the property of King Richard III
Workers digging gas pipes in Peru find the 2,000-year-old gravesite
Workers digging gas pipes in Peru find the 2,000-year-old gravesite The AFP reports that workers laying a new gas pipe in the La Victoria district of the city of Lima discovered a 2,000-year-old grave containing some 40 ceramic vessels. Workers laying gas pipes on a street in the Peruvian capital Lima stumbled on the remains … Continue reading Workers digging gas pipes in Peru find the 2,000-year-old gravesite
Archaeologists stunned by 5,000-year-old ‘Scottish Pompeii’ settlement
Archaeologists stunned by 5,000-year-old ‘Scottish Pompeii’ settlement Duncansby Head lighthouse marks the most northeasterly point of the British mainland. It’s almost 880 miles from Land’s End in the southwest of England. Just beyond here are the Orkney islands, over 70 of them, many of which hold ancient secrets. While 20 of the islands are inhabited, most of the population … Continue reading Archaeologists stunned by 5,000-year-old ‘Scottish Pompeii’ settlement
Humans Didn’t Descend From A Pair Of Adults 200,000 Years Ago
Humans Didn’t Descend From A Pair Of Adults 200,000 Years Ago Those headlines give the impression that science has produced evidence to support the story of Adam and Eve. But the study they rest on does not demonstrate anything of the kind, and other lines of evidence strongly suggest that past human populations were always … Continue reading Humans Didn’t Descend From A Pair Of Adults 200,000 Years Ago
In a rare find, archaeologists discover a 2000-year-old ‘slave room’ in the Italian city
In rare find, archaeologists discover 2000-year-old ‘slave room’ in Italian city The room containing three beds and one window was excavated in a villa buried by the 79 A.D. volcanic eruption. Officials say it offers “a very rare insight into the daily life of slaves” in the ancient city. Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of … Continue reading In a rare find, archaeologists discover a 2000-year-old ‘slave room’ in the Italian city
Norfolk treasure newly declared as England’s biggest Anglo-Saxon coin hoard
Norfolk treasure newly declared as England’s biggest Anglo-Saxon coin hoard 131 gold coins unearthed sporadically over the past 30 years from a single field in west Norfolk have been declared the largest trove of such items from the Anglo-Saxon period discovered in England. The coins, as well as four other gold objects dating around 1,400 … Continue reading Norfolk treasure newly declared as England’s biggest Anglo-Saxon coin hoard
Dig in Turkey finds theatre commode in the ancient city of Smyrna
Dig in Turkey finds theater commode in ancient city of Smyrna An ancient latrine unearthed in western Turkey WHEN? would have let more than a dozen people drop trou and ‘socialize’ and they did their business. The remains of the convivial commode were discovered in the ruins of a 2,000-year-old theatre in the ancient city of … Continue reading Dig in Turkey finds theatre commode in the ancient city of Smyrna
Chaco Canyon Polydactyly: A Thousand-Year-Old Foot Fetish?
Chaco Canyon Polydactyly: A Thousand-Year-Old Foot Fetish? If you’re a 12-toed guy struggling to make it in this ten-toed world, you may want to find a time machine and travel back about a thousand years to the Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. According to new research, a group of people once lived there who respected, … Continue reading Chaco Canyon Polydactyly: A Thousand-Year-Old Foot Fetish?
330,000 Year Old Man made wall Found in New Zealand
330,000 Year Old Man made wall Found in New Zealand In 1996, the alternative historian Barry Brailsford drew the world’s attention to the Kaimanawa wall in New Zealand. The curious structure lies in the Kaimanawa State Forest, south of Lake Taupo on North Island. A tremendous amount of controversy erupted surrounding the wall after Brailsford … Continue reading 330,000 Year Old Man made wall Found in New Zealand
Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia excavate ‘forgotten kingdoms’
Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia excavate ‘forgotten kingdoms’ Amid the arid desert and mountains of Al Ula in northwest Saudi Arabia, archaeologists are working to excavate the remnants of the ancient and long-forgotten kingdoms of Dadan and Lihyan. Al Ula, a flagship tourist destination since it opened in 2019, is known chiefly for the majestic tombs … Continue reading Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia excavate ‘forgotten kingdoms’