Full set of gilt-bronze accessories from the 6th-century tomb The Korea Times reports that additional finds were recovered from a small 1,500-year-old tomb in eastern South Korea where a pair of gilt-bronze shoes were recently excavated from a Silla-era royal tomb complex in Gyeongju, some 371 kilometers southeast of Seoul. These included a small gilt-bronze … Continue reading Full set of gilt-bronze accessories from the 6th-century tomb →

9,000-year-old Neolithic ‘city’ near Jerusalem changes how we think about human evolution The 9,000-year-old metropolis — pre-dating both Britain’s Stonehenge and ancient Egypt’s pyramids — was uncovered during a survey before the construction of a new highway, which is one of the biggest ever found, the Israel Antiquities Authority said. The team estimated a population … Continue reading 9,000-year-old Neolithic ‘city’ near Jerusalem changes how we think about human evolution →

A 1,600-year-old cargo of a Roman merchant ship has been discovered in Caesarea In recent times, divers have discovered some rarity of archaeological artifacts on the bottom of the sea off the coast of Israel in Caesarea. The objects that seem to have been part of a Roman merchant ship cargo that sank some 1,600 … Continue reading A 1,600-year-old cargo of a Roman merchant ship has been discovered in Caesarea →

700,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Point to Mysterious Human Relative A recent finding of stone instruments and other evidence has shown that in Southeast Asia hominins, our pre-human relatives – were in South East Asia hundreds of thousands of years earlier than we thought. The 57 stone tools and an almost complete rhinocéros skeleton which shows signs … Continue reading 700,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Point to Mysterious Human Relative →

8th-Century A.D. Rock-Cut Temple Revealed in India On the banks of the Arjuna River at Sivakasi ‘s M Pudhupatti village in India, a three-chambered rock-covered temple, believed to be 1,200 years old, has been identified. The building, cut in the side of a limestone rock, was riddled with thickets and debris until a week ago … Continue reading 8th-Century A.D. Rock-Cut Temple Revealed in India →

Rare 6-Million-Year-Old Skull of Juvenile Ape Discovered A new cranium of a fossil ape from Shuitangba, a Miocene site in Yunnan province, China has been confirmed by a team of scientists. Dr Denise Su, curator of palaeobotany and paleoecology at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, co-authored research describing the new skull published online in … Continue reading Rare 6-Million-Year-Old Skull of Juvenile Ape Discovered →

5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of a Massive Asteroid For more than 150 years scientists have tried to solve the mystery of a notorious cuneiform clay tablet that reveals that in the past the impact case of so-called Köfel was detected. The circular stone-cast tablet was discovered in the late 1800s from the … Continue reading 5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of a Massive Asteroid →

The Yakhchāl: 2,400-Year-old Persian “refrigerator” that stored food in the desert The refrigerator is one of the most indispensable appliances of modern life. it’s almost unthinkable that a person can live with one or least have other means to keep their food refrigerated. so, imagine what if life was like during ancient times when electricity … Continue reading The Yakhchāl: 2,400-Year-old Persian “refrigerator” that stored food in the desert →

Ancient mammoth ivory carving technology reconstructed by archaeologists A team of archaeologists from Siberian Federal University and Novosibirsk State University provided a detailed reconstruction of a technology that was used to carve ornaments and sculptures from mammoth ivory. The team studied a string of beads and an ancient animal figurine found at the Paleolithic site … Continue reading Ancient mammoth ivory carving technology reconstructed by archaeologists →