There Are 8,000 Known Terracotta Warriors. But Archaeologists in China Just Found More Than 200 Others At the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, nearly 200 more warriors from the ancient China Terracotta Army were unearthed. The remains of the two chariots, 12 clay horses, bronze swords, arcades and decorative helmets on the site were also … Continue reading Archaeologists Excavate 200 More Chinese Terracotta Warriors →

Homo erectus’ last known appearance dates to roughly 117,000 years ago Two million years ago the Homo erectus had evolved and became the first human species to be entirely upright. New evidence suggests it remained there on the Indonesian island of Java just over 100,000 years ago-long after it had disappeared elsewhere. It means when … Continue reading Homo erectus’ last known appearance dates to roughly 117,000 years ago →

Hoard of 1,200-year-old ‘Arabian Nights’ gold coins in an ancient ‘piggy bank’ discovered in Israel on the fourth day of Hanukkah In the ancient “piggy bank” Israel archeologists have found a small treasure trove of gold coins, which is believed to be the personal savings of a potter that worked in a kiln around 1200 … Continue reading Hoard of 1,200-year-old ‘Arabian Nights’ gold coins in an ancient ‘piggy bank’ discovered in Israel on the fourth day of Hanukkah →

Scythian Burial With Golden Headdress Found in Russia Once again scientists have found evidence supporting the existence of Amazon warriors who have previously been considered merely mythological characters. Archaeologists from Russia currently conducting excavations in the Voronezh region have discovered an intriguing grave that belongs to a Scythian Amazon warrior. It’s a valuable historical discovery … Continue reading Scythian Burial With Golden Headdress Found in Russia →

Neolithic Seawall Discovered in Mediterranean Waters Scientists have discovered an ancient seawall constructed by the Neolithic people to protect their village from a sea-level rise over 7,000 years ago. This wall, which is 330 meters off the Carmel coast of Israel, had been constructed over a mile of riverbed stone, in order to build a barrier … Continue reading Neolithic Seawall Discovered in Mediterranean Waters →

Scientists Reawaken Cells From a 28,000-Year-Old Mammoth Her name is Yuka: an ancient woolly mammoth that last lived some 28,000 years ago, before becoming mummified in the frozen permafrost wastelands of northern Siberia. But now that icy tomb is no longer the end of Yuka’s story. The mammoth’s well-preserved remains were discovered in 2010, and scientists in … Continue reading Scientists Reawaken Cells From a 28,000-Year-Old Mammoth →

These Mysterious Geoglyphs in Jordan Are 6,000 Years Older Than Peru’s Nazca Lines Although the finished product of giant earth designs has been difficult to discern, archeologists recently announced that at least some of the great “works of old men” (as the Bedouin called them in 1927) of the Middle East are significantly older than … Continue reading These Mysterious Geoglyphs in Jordan Are 6,000 Years Older Than Peru’s Nazca Lines →

Cave Art in Indonesia Dated to 44,000 Years Ago, and the cave art is the earliest known record of ‘storytelling’, researchers say The artwork found in a limestone cave in 2017, was dated to nearly 44,000 years ago using uranium-series analysis, which they said in the study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature.

Human footprints dated to roughly 85,000 years ago revealed in Saudi Arabia In the Tabuk province in northwestern Saudi Arabia there are human footprints dating back 85,000 years. The traces of the footprints were discovered on the bank of an ancient lake in the desert of Al-Nafud. During a tour of the display of the … Continue reading Human footprints dated to roughly 85,000 years ago revealed in Saudi Arabia →