Boudicca revolt: Essex dig reveals ‘evidence of Roman reprisals’
Boudicca revolt: Essex dig reveals ‘evidence of Roman reprisals’ BBC News reports that archaeologists have found a ten-acre settlement made up of 17 roundhouses surrounded by a defensive structure that was burned down and abandoned in the late first century A.D. Researchers think the residents of this high-status village may have participated in the revolt … Continue reading Boudicca revolt: Essex dig reveals ‘evidence of Roman reprisals’
Investigation in Israel Reveals Wide Range of Artifacts
3,800-year-old baby in a jar unearthed in Israel Live Science reports that recent archaeological investigations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the ancient port city of Jaffa, which is located on Israel’s Mediterranean coast, have uncovered a middle Bronze Age burial, a pit filled with Hellenistic pottery dated from the fourth to first centuries … Continue reading Investigation in Israel Reveals Wide Range of Artifacts
Man who died of constipation 1,000 years ago ate grasshoppers for months
Man who died of constipation 1,000 years ago ate grasshoppers for months One of the worst instances of constipation in the annals of medicine was a native American living in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas between 1,000 and 1,400 years ago. The man’s intestine swelled to six times its usual size due to an … Continue reading Man who died of constipation 1,000 years ago ate grasshoppers for months
16th-Century Shipwreck’s Cargo of Elephant Ivory Analyzed
16th-Century Shipwreck’s Cargo of Elephant Ivory Analyzed BBC News reports that an international team of researchers led by Alida de Flamingh of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was able to reconstruct complete mitochondrial genomes for 17 distinct elephant herds with samples taken from 100 tusks recovered from the Bom Jesus, a Portuguese trading vessel … Continue reading 16th-Century Shipwreck’s Cargo of Elephant Ivory Analyzed
1,000-year-old cross buried in Scottish field thought to have belonged to the king
1,000-year-old cross buried in Scottish field thought to have belonged to the king Since painstaking restoration, a stunning Anglo-Saxon silver cross has arisen from under 1,000 years of encrusted dirt. Such is its quality that whoever commissioned this treasure may have been a high-standing cleric or even a king. It was a sorry-looking object when … Continue reading 1,000-year-old cross buried in Scottish field thought to have belonged to the king
Massive Underground City Guides Us Deep Down to Ancient Times
Massive Underground City Guides Us Deep Down to Ancient Times Chicago, like a lot of other modern cities, has a hidden secret: It’s home to miles of passageways deep underground that allow commuters to get from one place to another without risking nasty weather. Los Angeles, Boston, New York, and Dallas all have their own networks … Continue reading Massive Underground City Guides Us Deep Down to Ancient Times
An Astonishingly Small Stone Carving That Has the Power to Change Art History
An Astonishingly Small Stone Carving That Has the Power to Change Art History A new discovery by researchers at the University of Cincinnati is upending the way we think about the development of Western Civilization. More than one year after discovering the 3,500-year-old tomb of a Bronze age warrior in Greece, an incredible piece of … Continue reading An Astonishingly Small Stone Carving That Has the Power to Change Art History
A 46,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Site Was Just Deliberately Destroyed in Australia
A 46,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Site Was Just Deliberately Destroyed in Australia The mining company was permitted to blow Juukan Gorge Cave, which provided traditional owners with a 4000-year old genetic link. An extension of an iron ore mine destroyed a sacred site in Western Australia which has been continuously inhabited for 46,000 years and provides a … Continue reading A 46,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Site Was Just Deliberately Destroyed in Australia
Archaeologists believe they have found Cleopatra’s tomb
Archaeologists believe they have found Cleopatra’s tomb One of history’s most famous love stories may finally be getting its ending — after more than 2,000 years. Archaeologists have teased a key breakthrough in finding Egyptian Queen Cleopatra’s final resting place — a hidden tomb where she is assumed to have been buried with ill-fated lover … Continue reading Archaeologists believe they have found Cleopatra’s tomb
Sunken Medieval Village is Eerily Emerging from an Italian Lake
Sunken Medieval Village is Eerily Emerging from an Italian Lake At the bottom of a lake, a forgotten medieval town that has been ‘frozen in time’ looks ready to resurface, probably giving tourists a direct glimpse back into the past. Since 1947, the Italian village of Fabbriche di Careggine has been submerged under the waters … Continue reading Sunken Medieval Village is Eerily Emerging from an Italian Lake