A lost interview with a survivor of the last U.S. slave ship surfaced
A lost interview with a survivor of the last U.S. slave ship surfaced A schooner named Clotilda arrived in Mobile Bay, Alabama, on the warm and unusually unsuspecting day of July 1860, on board by captain William Foster and eleventy African slaves. Clotilda was the U.S. slave ship last known to bring captives to the … Continue reading A lost interview with a survivor of the last U.S. slave ship surfaced
200-year-old shipwreck discovered in Florida
200-year-old shipwreck discovered in Florida Beach erosion has revealed a shipwreck in St. Johns county. The ship is possibly 200 years old. “My wife and I walk the beach almost every day,” Mark O’Donoghue said. Saturday he spotted “some timbers and metal spikes,” exposed in the sand. Sunday, even more, had been exposed and he … Continue reading 200-year-old shipwreck discovered in Florida
Petrified Horse with saddle and harness unearthed intact in a stable near Pompeii
Petrified Horse with saddle and harness unearthed intact in a stable near Pompeii In a missed escape to safety from the Vesuvius eruption, some horses recently found in a 2,000-year-old stable seem to be frozen. Just at the top of the equestrian iceberg was a horse recently discovered stuck in the ruins of a residential … Continue reading Petrified Horse with saddle and harness unearthed intact in a stable near Pompeii
This 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt’s Great Pyramid
This 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt’s Great Pyramid In a 4,500-year-old quarry in Egypt, archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ramp structure that could justify how the ancient Egyptians constructed the pyramids. According to researchers from the University of Liverpool and Cairo’s French Institute for Oriental Archaeology, the Daily Mail says, … Continue reading This 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt’s Great Pyramid
Another Possible Lost Cemetery Site Found in Florida
Another Possible Lost Cemetery Site Found in Florida An investigation into the whereabouts of a segregation-era lost cemetery has found possible burial sites with ground-penetrating radar on MacDill Air Force Base property, according to a report in The Tampa Bay Times. This would be the fifth lost cemetery found in the Tampa Bay area over … Continue reading Another Possible Lost Cemetery Site Found in Florida
Intact Roman Glass Vase Discovered in France
Intact Roman Glass Vase Discovered in France According to the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Studies, an unusual vase from the late Roman period was uncovered in central France during the excavations of an ancient cemetery. The archaeologist Michel Kasprzyk named it the “first complete specimen found to date in Gaul,” in a virtual … Continue reading Intact Roman Glass Vase Discovered in France
Archaeologists discovered ancient bedroom ‘erotica’ art in Pompeii
Archaeologists discovered ancient bedroom ‘erotica’ art in Pompeii In the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was a “sensual” depiction of a legendary Spartan queen who is sex with a swan. Further evidence, not that it was needed, that people just love erotic pictures. In a bedroom in the town that was destroyed when … Continue reading Archaeologists discovered ancient bedroom ‘erotica’ art in Pompeii
Alien skeleton found in Chile actually human fetus with a rare bone disorder
“Alien” skeleton found in Chile actually human fetus with a rare bone disorder Alien? Alien? Primate Subhuman? Reluctant child? Fetus mummified? The Internet shakes at the nature of “Ata,” a bizarre 6-inch skeleton used in a recent UFO documentary. A Stanford University scientist who boldly entered the fray has now put to rest doubts about … Continue reading “Alien” skeleton found in Chile actually human fetus with a rare bone disorder
Sculpture of Greek God Hermes Found in Athens
Sculpture of Greek God Hermes Found in Athens According to a statement released by Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports, municipal workers discovered a fragment of an ancient sculpture built into a sewer line under Aiolou Street, near St. Irene Square. The head of an ancient statue of the Greek god Hermes has been unearthed … Continue reading Sculpture of Greek God Hermes Found in Athens
Israel uncovers King David-era fortress on Golan Heights
Israel uncovers King David-era fortress on Golan Heights The Golan Antiquities Authority’s excavations uncovered a fortified complex between the 11th to 10th centuries BCE from the time of King David. This unprecedented fortified complex raises new research concerns regarding the Iron Age settlement of the Golan. Archaeologists claim that the fort was built by the kingdom … Continue reading Israel uncovers King David-era fortress on Golan Heights