Village Dated to First Bulgarian Empire Discovered
Village Dated to First Bulgarian Empire Discovered A previously unknown village dated to the ninth century A.D. was discovered in northeastern Bulgaria by a team of researchers led by Stanislav Ivanov of the Shumen Branch of Bulgaria’s National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia, according to an Archaeology in Bulgaria report. The 9th century … Continue reading Village Dated to First Bulgarian Empire Discovered
ANCIENT EROTICA Pornographic Pompeii wall paintings reveal the raunchy services offered in ancient Roman brothels 2,000 years ago
ANCIENT EROTICA Pornographic Pompeii wall paintings reveal the raunchy services offered in ancient Roman brothels 2,000 years ago The amorous activities of ancient Italians have been revealed by wall paintings in a historical Pompeii brothel. The ‘Lupanar of Pompeii.’ are decorated with Centuries-old wall paintings showing explicit sex scenes. Before the Roman city was famously … Continue reading ANCIENT EROTICA Pornographic Pompeii wall paintings reveal the raunchy services offered in ancient Roman brothels 2,000 years ago
Fort, Church, and Temple Remains Uncovered in Southern Egypt
Fort, Church, and Temple Remains Uncovered in Southern Egypt Egypt Today reports that researchers from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities have discovered traces of a temple dated to the Ptolemaic dynasty, a Roman fort, and part of a Coptic-period Christian church at the Shiha Fort site in southern Egypt. The Supreme Council of Antiquities’ Egyptian … Continue reading Fort, Church, and Temple Remains Uncovered in Southern Egypt
5th Century Roman Marble Table Unearthed in Bulgaria
5th Century Roman Marble Table Unearthed in Bulgaria According to an Archaeology in Bulgaria report, more than 100 pieces of a household table dated to the fourth century A.D. have been found in one of the towers at the Petrich Kale Fortress, which is located on a plateau in northeastern Bulgaria near the coast of the Black … Continue reading 5th Century Roman Marble Table Unearthed in Bulgaria
Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images
Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images When Egypt was conquered by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798, he took along with his vast army more than 150 scientists and scholars. The scholars fanned out throughout Egypt, explaining the natural and cultural history of the land, mapping archaeological sites from Alexandria to Aswan, and bringing for the … Continue reading Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images
City Found 360 Feet Below Missouri City, Giant Human Skeleton Found
City Found 360 Feet Below Missouri City, Giant Human Skeleton Found When coal miners at Moberly, Missouri were drilling a shaft 360 foot deep, broke into a cavern revealing “a wonderful buried city,” multiple sources reported in 1885. Masonry and artefacts in extraordinary rude design have been found. Like stone tables, bronze and flint knives, … Continue reading City Found 360 Feet Below Missouri City, Giant Human Skeleton Found
9,350-Year-Old Stonehenge-Style Monolith Found in the Mediterranean Sea
9,350-Year-Old Stonehenge-Style Monolith Found in the Mediterranean Sea At least 9,300 years ago, Stone Age hunter-gatherers in a now-submerged area of the Mediterranean Sea accomplished a feat beyond what today’s experts thought possible for the time: they cut a 15-ton limestone pillar with precision, drilled holes in it and transported it nearly 984 feet (300 … Continue reading 9,350-Year-Old Stonehenge-Style Monolith Found in the Mediterranean Sea
Discovery of massive island ritual site where people gathered 5,500 years ago
Discovery of massive island ritual site where people gathered 5,500 years ago The discovery of a cursus monument site at Tormore on the Isle of Arran, which is more than a kilometer long, is helping to reshape Neolithic history in Scotland with such landmarks usually associated with the east coast. Cursus monuments were often defined … Continue reading Discovery of massive island ritual site where people gathered 5,500 years ago
Survey Reveals Viking-era Site in Northern Norway
Survey Reveals Viking-era Site in Northern Norway Arne Anderson Stamnes, an archaeologist at the NTNU University Museum, was observed methodically making his way back and forth across the fields just east of the campsite in the municipality of Bodø in November 2019. He is towing a ground-penetrating radar device behind the four-wheeler he is driving. GPR … Continue reading Survey Reveals Viking-era Site in Northern Norway
Dated to c. 1600 BC, the Nebra sky disk is one of the most important archaeological finds in the 20th century
Dated to c. 1600 BC, the Nebra sky disk is one of the most important archaeological finds in the 20th century In the eastern German town of Halle, the 3,600-year-old Sky Disk of Nebra, the world’s oldest image of the cosmos, is the centerpiece of Europe’s greatest Bronze Age exhibition. When it was brought to … Continue reading Dated to c. 1600 BC, the Nebra sky disk is one of the most important archaeological finds in the 20th century