Large Sandstone Jars Discovered in India Giant mysterious jars that may have been used for burial rituals have been unearthed across four new sites in Assam, India. The discovery comes from a major collaboration involving researchers at The Australian National University (ANU).    The 65 newly discovered sandstone jars vary in shape and decoration, with some … Continue reading Large Sandstone Jars Discovered in India →

The first fossil of a daytime active owl found at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau An amazingly well-preserved fossil skeleton of an extinct owl that lived more than six million years ago has been unearthed in China. The fossil was discovered nearly 7,000 feet (2,100 meters) up, in the Linxia Basin of China’s Gansu … Continue reading The first fossil of a daytime active owl found at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau →

Palaeolithic People in Mongolia May Have Consumed Giant Camel A species of giant two-humped camel, Camelus knoblochi, is known to have lived for approximately a quarter of a million years in Central Asia. A new study in Frontiers in Earth Science shows that C. knoblochi’s last refuge was in Mongolia until approximately 27,000 years ago. … Continue reading Palaeolithic People in Mongolia May Have Consumed Giant Camel →

Neolithic Weapons Unearthed in Central China A dozen stone weapons have been unearthed from a site dating back between 3,800 to 4,200 years in central China’s Hunan Province, the provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute said. The Sunjiagang site, located northwest of Dongting Lake Plain, dates back to the late Neolithic Age to the … Continue reading Neolithic Weapons Unearthed in Central China →

Archaeologists believe they found the oldest Hebrew text in Israel – including the name of God Archaeologist Dr. Scott Stripling and a team of international scholars held a press conference on Thursday in Houston, Texas, unveiling what he claims is the earliest proto-alphabetic Hebrew text — including the name of God, “YHWH” — ever discovered … Continue reading Archaeologists believe they found the oldest Hebrew text in Israel – including the name of God →

Discovery of “unique” burial containing 140 pieces of amber jewellery A team of archaeologists from Petrozavodsk State University in Russia have unearthed the burial site of a Copper Age “amber man” who was painted with ocher upon his death and laid to rest with more than 100 pieces of jewellery. The expedition took place on … Continue reading Discovery of “unique” burial containing 140 pieces of amber jewellery →

Archaeologists discover innovative 40,000-year-old culture in China When did populations of Homo sapiens first arrive in China and what happened when they encountered the Denisovans or Neanderthals who lived there? A new study in Nature by an international team of researchers opens a window into hunter-gatherer lifestyles 40,000 years ago. Archaeological excavations at the site … Continue reading Archaeologists discover innovative 40,000-year-old culture in China →

Archaeology breakthrough as experts retrace human roots with 518 million year-old rocks The new study is based on an analysis of 518 million-year-old rocks that contain the oldest collection of fossils that researchers have on record. The researchers believe that Chengjian, a city in the mountainous Yunnan Province of China, is the origin of many … Continue reading Archaeology breakthrough as experts retrace human roots with 518 million-year-old rocks →

One of the First Known Chemical Attacks Took Place 1,700 Years Ago in Syria A researcher from the University of Leicester has identified what looks to be the oldest archaeological evidence for chemical warfare — from Roman times. At the meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, University of Leicester archaeologist Simon James presented CSI-style … Continue reading One of the First Known Chemical Attacks Took Place 1,700 Years Ago in Syria →