Well-Preserved Cave Lion Cub Found to be a 28,000-Year-Old Female
Well-Preserved Cave Lion Cub Found to be a 28,000-Year-Old Female A nearly 28,000-year-old cave lion cub discovered frozen in the Siberian permafrost is so well preserved, you can still make out each and every one of her whiskers. Researchers in Sweden claim the cub, nicknamed Sparta, is probably the best-preserved Ice Age animal ever uncovered … Continue reading Well-Preserved Cave Lion Cub Found to be a 28,000-Year-Old Female
Tajik Buddha in Nirvana – the Largest in the World: 42 feet long and 9 feet high
Tajik Buddha in Nirvana – the Largest in the World: 42 feet long and 9 feet high In the past, while Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan destroyed two immense statues of Buddha, art historians in neighboring Tajikistan meticulously restored a huge reclining Buddha from the same period. The world’s largest “Buddha in Nirvana.” Tajikistan carefully preserves the … Continue reading Tajik Buddha in Nirvana – the Largest in the World: 42 feet long and 9 feet high
The Mysterious Origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant Finally Revealed
The Mysterious Origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant Finally Revealed There’s a huge chalk image of a man with a powerful erection and no clothes on his butt located in the hills of Dorset, England. After centuries of speculation, the origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant may finally have been determined, according to a recent … Continue reading The Mysterious Origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant Finally Revealed
1,400-year-old coins found in a piggy bank in ancient city of Hadrianopolis
1,400-year-old coins found in a piggy bank in the ancient city of Hadrianopolis Archaeologists unearthed a collection of 10 coins believed to date back nearly 1,400 years, retrieved from what appears to be a piggy bank in the ongoing excavations at the ancient city of Hadrianopolis in Karabük’s Eskipazar district, Türkiye. Excavations started in 2003 … Continue reading 1,400-year-old coins found in a piggy bank in ancient city of Hadrianopolis
Archaeologists have made a shocking discovery after a re-examination of a mummified teen mom who died in childbirth
Archaeologists have made a shocking discovery after a re-examination of a mummified teen mom who died in childbirth Archaeologists have made a shocking discovery after re-examining the mummified remains of a teen mom aged just 14–17 who died in childbirth more than 1,500 years ago. What makes the find both horrifying and extraordinary at the … Continue reading Archaeologists have made a shocking discovery after a re-examination of a mummified teen mom who died in childbirth
Wounds on Colonial-Era Skull Examined in Indonesia
Wounds on Colonial-Era Skull Examined in Indonesia A possibly enslaved woman may have been executed with a sharp weapon in what is now the Papua province of Indonesia, a new study finds. Only the skull of the victim is available for analysis, but it revealed that the woman was between 26 and 42 years old … Continue reading Wounds on Colonial-Era Skull Examined in Indonesia
Carbon-Based Paleolithic Paintings Found in France
Carbon-Based Paleolithic Paintings Found in France A paper was published this month by researchers at the Center de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France, revealing that the first carbon-based cave art has been found in Dordogne’s famous Bison Cave. Researchers Ina Reiche, Yvan Coquinot, Antoine Trosseau, and Anne Maigret have published their findings from the … Continue reading Carbon-Based Paleolithic Paintings Found in France
Archaeologists discover a hidden Maya burial chamber in the walled enclosure of Tulum
Archaeologists discover a hidden Maya burial chamber in the walled enclosure of Tulum Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have discovered a hidden Maya burial chamber concealed within a cave at the archaeological complex in Tulum, Quintana Roo. The discovery, sealed off by a massive rock deep inside Mexico’s walled city … Continue reading Archaeologists discover a hidden Maya burial chamber in the walled enclosure of Tulum
A 2,500-year-old celestial map carved on the surface of a circular stone found in Italy
A 2,500-year-old celestial map carved on the surface of a circular stone found in Italy Two circular stones measuring 50 centimeters in diameter have been discovered in Castelliere di Rupinpiccolo, an ancient hilltop fortress in the Italian province of Trieste, and one of them may be one of the oldest celestial maps found in Italy. … Continue reading A 2,500-year-old celestial map carved on the surface of a circular stone found in Italy
Earliest Multiplication Formulas Discovered in a 2,300-Year-Old Chinese Tomb
Earliest Multiplication Formulas Discovered in a 2,300-Year-Old Chinese Tomb Archaeologists excavating a tomb in the Qinjiazui archaeological site of Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, China, have found the earliest multiplication formulas on record. The earliest multiplication formulas on record have been discovered on bamboo slips from the Warring States period (475BC-221BC), pushing the history of these formulas … Continue reading Earliest Multiplication Formulas Discovered in a 2,300-Year-Old Chinese Tomb