The 4,000-year-old city discovered in Iraq
The 4,000-year-old city discovered in Iraq In Iraqi Kurdistan, a team of French archaeologists discovered the ruins of a long-lost ancient city. The ancient city of Kunara, in the Zagros mountains, was discovered by archaeologists over the course of six excavations between 2012 and 2018. Previously, experts had been prevented from exploring the site, near … Continue reading The 4,000-year-old city discovered in Iraq
3,000-Year-Old Inscription Found in Israel
3,000-Year-Old Inscription Found in Israel An inscription from the time of the Biblical Judges, linked to the Book of Judges, has been discovered for the first time at Khirbat er-Ra‘i, near Kiryat Gat, during excavations. The rare inscription bears the name ‘Jerubbaal’ in alphabetic script and dates from around 1,100 BCE. It was written in … Continue reading 3,000-Year-Old Inscription Found in Israel
Archaeologists in Turkey Unearth 2,500-Year-Old Temple of Aphrodite
Archaeologists in Turkey Unearth 2,500-Year-Old Temple of Aphrodite During excavations at the Temple of Zeus Lepsynos, one of Anatolia’s best-preserved Roman temples, in the western province of Mula, two 2,500-year-old marble statues and an inscription were discovered. Built with donations in the second century B.C., the temple is located in the ancient city of Euromos. Abuzer Kızıl, the … Continue reading Archaeologists in Turkey Unearth 2,500-Year-Old Temple of Aphrodite
Oldest known cosmetics found in ceramic bottles on Balkan Peninsula
Oldest known cosmetics found in ceramic bottles on Balkan Peninsula Three researchers from the Center for Preventive Archeology in Germany and the Slovenian Institute for Cultural Heritage Conservation at Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen have found evidence of the oldest known cosmetic use at the Balkan excavation site. In their paper published in the Journal … Continue reading Oldest known cosmetics found in ceramic bottles on Balkan Peninsula
First Human Traces Buried in an Ancient Gold Mine in Eastern Sahara
First Human Traces Buried in an Ancient Gold Mine in Eastern Sahara In an ancient gold mine in the Eastern Sahara, some of the earliest evidence of human existence going back 1.8 million years have been unearthed. Archaeologists from the University of Wroclaw discovered a cache of artefacts from the African variety of Homo erectus, … Continue reading First Human Traces Buried in an Ancient Gold Mine in Eastern Sahara
Climate changed the size of our bodies and, to some extent, our brains
Climate changed the size of our bodies and, to some extent, our brains An interdisciplinary team of researchers, led by the Universities of Cambridge and Tübingen, has gathered measurements of body and brain size for over 300 fossils from the genus Homo found across the globe. By combining this data with a reconstruction of the … Continue reading Climate changed the size of our bodies and, to some extent, our brains
Ancient ostrich eggshell reveals new evidence of extreme climate change thousands of years ago
Ancient ostrich eggshell reveals new evidence of extreme climate change thousands of years ago Evidence from an ancient eggshell has revealed important new information about the extreme climate change faced by human early ancestors. The research shows parts of the interior of South Africa that today are dry and sparsely populated, were once wetland and … Continue reading Ancient ostrich eggshell reveals new evidence of extreme climate change thousands of years ago
Fossil hunters uncover complete 252 million-year-old underwater world
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 a hillside in southwestern China represents the first discovery of a complete ecosystem that bounced back … Continue reading Fossil hunters uncover complete 252 million-year-old underwater world
Chinese scientists uncover 4,000-year-old bowl of noodles
Chinese scientists uncover 4,000-year-old bowl of noodles Since 1999, when Lajia villagers are busy with the autumn harvest every autumn, it is also the time for archaeologists to actively carry out their work. For six years, Ye Maolin, an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has been working … Continue reading Chinese scientists uncover 4,000-year-old bowl of noodles
These mysterious stone structures in Saudi Arabia are older than the pyramids
These mysterious stone structures in Saudi Arabia are older than the pyramids Hundreds of stone monuments scattered across northwestern Saudi Arabia may represent the oldest known ritual site on Earth. Researchers studying mustatils, courtyards made from sandstone blocks, date them to about 7,000 years ago, making them millennia older than Stonehenge or the Pyramids at … Continue reading These mysterious stone structures in Saudi Arabia are older than the pyramids