1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal Human Ancestor Walked Like Us Homo erectus last walked through the Earth for thousands of years, but our fossil ancestors likely had a few behaviours in common with humans today. In a new study, researchers have examined a set of 1.5-million-year-old footprints discovered in Kenya, revealing new insight on how they moved … Continue reading 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal Human Ancestor Walked Like Us →

The 200,000-year-old city found in Southern Africa may rewrite history In South Africa, about 150 km west of port Maputo, Mozambique, a giant stone city has been discovered. It became possible to determine the age of the site by measuring the erosion rate of the dolerite. The 1500 square kilometer metropolis was believed to have … Continue reading The 200,000-year-old city found in Southern Africa may rewrite history →

Stone made of Pure Oxygen found in Africa In 1990 a strange type bluestone was found in Sierra Leone, West Africa by geologist and archeologist Angelo Pitoni, named the Sky stone (12000 BC). The enigmatic stone was sent to research laboratories worldwide, The tests were carried out in laboratories of the University of Geneva, Rome, … Continue reading Stone made of Pure Oxygen found in Africa →

‘Little Foot’ skull reveals how this more than 3 million-year-old human ancestor lived High-resolution micro-CT scanning of the skull of the fossil specimen known as “Little Foot” has revealed some aspects of how this Australopithecus species used to live more than 3 million years ago. The ~3.67 million-year-old fossil specimen’s meticulous excavation cleaning and testing of the … Continue reading ‘Little Foot’ skull reveals how this more than 3 million-year-old human ancestor lived →

The Lost City Of Heracleion Discovered Deep Underwater After 1,200 Years For centuries, the ‘ lost city of Atlantis has eluded explorers and is almost certainly the stuff of myth. Staggeringly, though, an ancient city that is Atlantis in all but name has emerged from under the sea near Alexandria — and now the lost world … Continue reading The Lost City Of Heracleion Discovered Deep Underwater After 1,200 Years →

African Stonehenge – Extraordinary Stone Circles Of Senegambia – Who Were The Unknown Builders? Throughout human history, mankind has been passionate about building impressive monuments. Very often, this is achieved by building something that is the largest, highest, longest, most expensive, etc. in the world. Nevertheless, some less imposing monuments, rarely given the same attention, … Continue reading African Stonehenge – Extraordinary Stone Circles Of Senegambia – Who Were The Unknown Builders? →

Archaeologist discovered One of the earliest images of Jesus’ unearthed in an Egyptian tomb The image has been replicated countless times in churches and artwork, but a team of Spanish archaeologists believes they have found one of the earliest images of Jesus. A mysterious underground room dating from between the sixth and seventh century AD … Continue reading Archaeologist discovered One of the earliest images of Jesus’ unearthed in an Egyptian tomb →

Are Egyptologists Close to Finding a Pharaoh’s Intact Tomb? Archeologists discovered a 3,500-year-old stone chest in the ruins above the Deir el-Bahari Egyptian site. The remarkable discovery, concealed near Hatshepsut’s famous Mortuary Temple, suggests a nearby intact royal tomb. There were different items wrapped in linens in the box. One held a sacrificial goose skeleton … Continue reading Are Egyptologists Close to Finding a Pharaoh’s Intact Tomb? →

Eggshell beads made by hunter-gatherers 33,000 years ago used as a social network New U of T Scarborough research offers physical evidence that ancient hunter-gatherers were exchanging ostrich eggshell beads in order to form large-scale social networks.  The exchange of ostrich eggshell beads is thought to be the earliest example of social networking among humans. … Continue reading Eggshell beads made by hunter-gatherers 33,000 years ago used as a social network →