1,300-Year-old Hindu temple discovered in Northwest Pakistan 1300-year-old Hindu Temple of Lord Vishnu was discovered in Swat district of Pakistan. It is the first temple of Gandhara civilisation discovered in Swat district. It has been discovered by Pakistani and Italian archaeological experts at a mountain in northwest Pakistan’s Swat district. According to the reports, the archaeologist … Continue reading 1,300-Year-old Hindu temple discovered in Northwest Pakistan →

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 →

Temple where Jesus reportedly healed bleeding woman found in Israel The University of Haifa has excavated an ancient church, claimed by archaeologists to be the site of a biblical “miracle,” at Golan Heights in Israel. Professor Adi Erlich, referring to a biblical story in which Jesus stops the bleeding of a woman who had been suffering … Continue reading Temple where Jesus reportedly healed bleeding woman found in Israel →

How midnight digs at a holy Tibetan cave opened a window to prehistoric humans living on the roof of the world New DNA data has confirmed that a Himalayan cave high on the Tibetan Plateau once hosted representatives of the enigmatic species of extinct human beings known as Denisovans, research recently published in the journal Science … Continue reading How midnight digs at a holy Tibetan cave opened a window to prehistoric humans living on the roof of the world →

Jerusalem’s Western Wall yields four 1,000-year-old gold coins Four gold coins were recently found in a pottery jar uncovered during an excavation in West Wall Plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem. The valuable 1000-year-old coins show the political and historic power change between the two Muslim dynasties that controlled the city at the time. … Continue reading Jerusalem’s Western Wall yields four 1,000-year-old gold coins →

Stash of pure, 24-carat gold coins unearthed in Israel During the summer break, two Israeli teens discovered a cache of hundreds of gold coins dated back 1,100 years. In an archaeological excavation in Yavne in central Israel, the cache, buried in a clay pot, was uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). The coins date … Continue reading Stash of pure, 24-carat gold coins unearthed in Israel →

2,000-year-old seal depicting Greek god Apollo found in Jerusalem Archaeologist Eli Shukron told The Times of Israel that the finding of a rare 2000-year-old signet ring carved with the Greek sun god Apollo provides fresh evidence of a pluralistic Jewry walking the streets of ancient Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. “It helps us to … Continue reading 2,000-year-old seal depicting Greek god Apollo found in Jerusalem →

A 520-Million-Year-Old Five-Eyed Fossil Reveals Arthropod Origin Since the Cambrian Period, around 520 million years ago, arthropods have been among the most prolific animals on Earth. They are the most familiar and ubiquitous, and constitute nearly 80 per cent of all animal species today, far more than any other animals. So how did arthropods evolve … Continue reading A 520-Million-Year-Old Five-Eyed Fossil Reveals Arthropod Origin →

Rare Ancient Child Burial Reveals 8,000-Year-Old Secrets of the Dead Humanity has done a pretty good job of recording its collective history over the past two or three thousand years. Earlier time periods, though, are still very much shrouded in mystery. Now, a groundbreaking new archaeological discovery in Indonesia is revealing secrets from 8,000 years … Continue reading Rare Ancient Child Burial Reveals 8,000-Year-Old Secrets of the Dead →