Roman Incense Container Unearthed in Northern England
Roman Incense Container Unearthed in Northern England Archaeologists working on a Cockermouth site uncovered some “particularly spectacular finds” in the final days of their nine-week project. The nine-strong team of experts has been working in riverside fields off Low Road and behind the Lakes Home Centre. The Ecus team, from Barnard Castle, was called in … Continue reading Roman Incense Container Unearthed in Northern England
Neolithic Ritual Cache Discovered in Ukrainian Cave
Neolithic Ritual Cache Discovered in Ukrainian Cave Caves have provided shelter for humans and our predecessors for at least two million years. They served as dwellings, hiding places, possibly shrines, and for the last 50,000 years, as a canvas for our art. Now new discoveries in the uninviting Verteba Cave in Ukraine bring us a … Continue reading Neolithic Ritual Cache Discovered in Ukrainian Cave
Staging of religion on rock paintings that are thousands of years old in southern Egypt desert
Staging of religion on rock paintings that are thousands of years old in southern Egypt desert Egyptologists at the University of Bonn and the University of Aswan want to systematically record hundreds of petroglyphs and inscriptions dating from the Neolithic to the Arab period and document them in a database. The desert in southern Egypt … Continue reading Staging of religion on rock paintings that are thousands of years old in southern Egypt desert
Some of the first humans in the Americas came from China, study finds
Some of the first humans in the Americas came from China, study finds Some of the first humans to arrive in the Americas included people from what is now China, who arrived in two distinct migrations during and after the last ice age, a new genetics study has found. “Our findings indicate that besides the … Continue reading Some of the first humans in the Americas came from China, study finds
Excavations Continue in Middle Egypt’s Meir Necropolis
Excavations Continue in Middle Egypt’s Meir Necropolis An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered a collection of structure relics from the Byzantine and Late Period in Meir Necropolis in the Assiut governorate. The mission discovered the large remains of structures on two levels, with the upper level consisting of monks’ cells with a court and a … Continue reading Excavations Continue in Middle Egypt’s Meir Necropolis
What’s the oldest known case of cancer in humans?
What’s the oldest known case of cancer in humans? Cancer may seem like a modern disease, but it has affected humans for eons. Scientists have discovered numerous prehistoric human remains indicating the presence of cancer. So, what’s the earliest case of cancer on record? And what’s the first time that humans wrote about it in … Continue reading What’s the oldest known case of cancer in humans?
Archaeologists 3D map Red Lily Lagoon, the hidden Northern Territory landscape where first Australians lived more than 60,000 years ago
Archaeologists 3D map Red Lily Lagoon, the hidden Northern Territory landscape where first Australians lived more than 60,000 years ago Archaeologists map Red Lily Lagoon, a hidden landscape in the Northern Territory where the first Australians lived more than 60,000 years ago. Red Lily Lagoon in West Arnhem Land sits more than 40 kilometers inland, … Continue reading Archaeologists 3D map Red Lily Lagoon, the hidden Northern Territory landscape where first Australians lived more than 60,000 years ago
A 7,000-year-old tomb in Oman holds dozens of prehistoric skeletons
A 7,000-year-old tomb in Oman holds dozens of prehistoric skeletons Archaeologists have found the remains of dozens of people who were buried up to 7,000 years ago in a stone tomb in Oman, on the Arabian Peninsula. The tomb, near Nafūn in the country’s central Al Wusta province, is among the oldest human-made structures ever … Continue reading A 7,000-year-old tomb in Oman holds dozens of prehistoric skeletons
An 8-year-old girl unearths Stone Age dagger at her school in Norway
An 8-year-old girl unearths Stone Age dagger at her school in Norway While playing outside her school in Norway, an 8-year-old girl found an unexpected treasure — not a lost ball or a discarded jump rope, but a flint dagger crafted by Stone Age people 3,700 years ago. The student, identified only as Elise in … Continue reading An 8-year-old girl unearths Stone Age dagger at her school in Norway
Modern humans migrated into Europe in 3 waves, ‘ambitious and provocative’ new study suggests
Modern humans migrated into Europe in 3 waves, ‘ambitious and provocative’ new study suggests It was long thought that modern humans first ventured into Europe about 42,000 years ago, but newly analyzed tools from the Stone Age have upended this idea. Now, evidence suggests that modern humans trekked into Europe in three waves between 54,000 … Continue reading Modern humans migrated into Europe in 3 waves, ‘ambitious and provocative’ new study suggests