The 6,000-year-old Crown found in Dead Sea Cave The oldest crown in the world, which is considered to be more than 6000 years old, has been shown for the first time in America. The ancient relic, which dates back to the Copper Age between 4000–3300 B.C., is shaped like a thick ring and features vultures … Continue reading The 6,000-year-old Crown found in Dead Sea Cave →

Never before seen strange 5,000-year-old clay figurine with a tattooed face and bone mask In Russia, a macabre was found it is a 5000-year-old mass grave containing the bodies of five decapitated individuals.  Archaeologists suspect the ancient Odinov culture in Siberia were head cultists. Professor Vyacheslav Molodin said that the graveyard of Ust-Tartas 2 in the … Continue reading Never before seen strange 5,000-year-old clay figurine with a tattooed face and bone mask →

In a Desert in China, a Trove of 4,000-Year-Old Mummies Chinese archaeologists have excavated an extraordinary graveyard in the midst of the terrifying desert north of Tibet. Its people died almost 4,000 years ago, and their remains were well preserved by dry air. The cemetery lies in what is now China’s northwest autonomous region of … Continue reading In a Desert in China, a Trove of 4,000-Year-Old Mummies →

Scythian Grave Unearthed in Southern Siberia A 2,500-year-old grave has been discovered in Siberia by archaeologists, with the remains of four people of ancient Tagar culture — two guerrillas including two warriors, a male and female  — and a stash of their metal weaponry. The early Iron Age burial contained the skeletal remains of a Tagarian man, … Continue reading Scythian Grave Unearthed in Southern Siberia →

3,200-year-old Egyptian built fortress found in Israel A HUGE fortress dating back to the 12th-century BC has been unearthed in Israel and experts are linking it to a structure described in the Bible. The Canaanite citadel is said to be similar to a building in the Book of Judges, a section of the Bible that … Continue reading 3,200-year-old Egyptian built fortress found in Israel →

Archaeologists Find 13,000-Year-Old Engraved Mammoth Tusk in Siberia The oldest known depictions of the animal ever identified in Asia are Etchings of fighting camels discovered on 13,000-year-old mammoth tusks in Siberia. The tusk found in lower Tom in western Siberia was analyzed by a team from the Khakassian Research Unit for Language, Literature, and History … Continue reading Archaeologists Find 13,000-Year-Old Engraved Mammoth Tusk in Siberia →

Emergency food from 1965 Japan expedition found in Antarctica The Asahi Shimbun reports that Japanese researchers have found fragments of a cardboard box and a cache of emergency food dated to 1965 about five miles from Japan’s Syowa Station in Antarctica. The ration included a can of Coca-Cola, chewing gum, and a can of stewed … Continue reading Emergency food from 1965 Japan expedition found in Antarctica →

City wall discovered that’s 1,000 years older than Rome, lost civilization found in China The ancient walls of a lost city in southern China have been uncovered in a remarkable find by archaeologists. The northern section of the city was found at the Sansingdui archaeological site located in Sichuan province. It dates back than 3,000 years to … Continue reading City wall discovered that’s 1,000 years older than Rome, lost civilization found in China →

Vast 9,000-year-old ‘metropolis’ discovered buried near Jerusalem A huge prehistoric settlement dating back 9,000 years unearthed near Jerusalem by Israeli archaeologists during preparations for a new highway could rewrite the history of humans in the region.  Home to around 3,000 individuals during the Stone Age the settlement, near modern-day Motza, disproves the long-standing theory that … Continue reading Vast 9,000-year-old ‘metropolis’ discovered buried near Jerusalem →