
Early Christian Church Unearthed in Turkey
Early Christian Church Unearthed in Turkey A building featuring 20 columned corridors arranged around a courtyard has been discovered next to a theatre in southwestern Turkey’s ancient city of Laodicea, according to a Hurriyet Daily News report. Celal Şimşek of Pamukkale University said the structure was used as a home, as a place of business, … Continue reading Early Christian Church Unearthed in Turkey

Iron Age Site Found in Scotland
Iron Age Site Found in Scotland The Scotsman reports that researchers have discovered traces of 23 structures dated to as early as 800 B.C. on heavily ploughed land in eastern Scotland, near the coast of the North Sea, ahead of a construction project. The study is now continuing to decide whether the site has a … Continue reading Iron Age Site Found in Scotland

World War II Execution Site Investigated in Poland
World War II Execution Site Investigated in Poland Dawid Kobiałka of the Polish Academy of Sciences, with the assistance of an 88-year-old eyewitness, has found personal belongings, bullets, and charred human bone, including fragments of skulls, teeth, femurs, and a vertebra, just under the surface of the ground in an area of northern Poland dubbed … Continue reading World War II Execution Site Investigated in Poland

Archaeologists Discover 3,500-Year-Old Griffin Warrior Tomb Full of Treasures
Archaeologists Discover 3,500-Year-Old “Griffin Warrior” Tomb Full of Treasures Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker, archaeologists in UC’s classics department, found the two beehive-shaped tombs in Pylos, Greece, last year while investigating the area around the grave of an individual they have called the “Griffin Warrior,” a Greek man whose final resting place they discovered nearby … Continue reading Archaeologists Discover 3,500-Year-Old “Griffin Warrior” Tomb Full of Treasures

Pit of Amputated arms in France from 6,000 years ago suggest war and trophy taking
Pit of Amputated arms in France from 6,000 years ago suggest war and trophy taking 6,000 years ago, a circular pit with the bodies of seven people on a bed with seven arms sheds fresh light on violent disputes. Experts claim the gruesome discovery tells the tale of a devastating raid on a settlement in eastern … Continue reading Pit of Amputated arms in France from 6,000 years ago suggest war and trophy taking

Code is hidden in Stone Age Art Maybe the Root of Human Writing
Code hidden in Stone Age art may be the root of human writing A Recent Scientist article by Alison George – Code hidden in Stone Age art may be the root of human writing – reports on the painstaking investigation of Europe’s cave art which has revealed 32 shapes and lines that crop up again and … Continue reading Code is hidden in Stone Age Art Maybe the Root of Human Writing

The Lovers of Valdaro: for 6,000 years, a pair of skeletons had been locked in an eternal embrace
The Lovers of Valdaro: for 6,000 years, a pair of skeletons had been locked in an eternal embrace For 6,000 years, two young lovers have been locked in an eternal embrace, hidden from the eyes of the world. This past weekend, the Lovers of Valdaro — named for the little village near Mantua, in northern … Continue reading The Lovers of Valdaro: for 6,000 years, a pair of skeletons had been locked in an eternal embrace

Tourist finds ancient silver coins under an uprooted tree
Tourist finds ancient silver coins under an uprooted tree The Slovak Spectator reports that a cache of medieval coins was discovered under an uprooted tree in western Slovakia by a tourist who reported the find to the Regional Monuments Board. He has reported it to the Regional Monuments Board (KPÚ) in Trnava. Its workers found … Continue reading Tourist finds ancient silver coins under an uprooted tree

Turkey: 9-century old Harran Palace’s gate unearthed
Turkey: 9-century old Harran Palace’s gate unearthed The main gate of the nine-century-old Harran Palace in an archaeological site in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, one of the world’s oldest settlements on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, has been unearthed. The excavation work has been continuing for six years at the site located in … Continue reading Turkey: 9-century old Harran Palace’s gate unearthed

2,000-year-old snake-figure altar unearthed in the ancient city of Patara in southern Turkey
2,000-year-old snake-figure altar unearthed in the ancient city of Patara in southern Turkey Daily Sabah reports that a marble altar encircled with a coiled snake carved in relief has been unearthed at the ancient city of Patara in southern Turkey. The altar, which is believed to date back more than 2,000 years, was found during … Continue reading 2,000-year-old snake-figure altar unearthed in the ancient city of Patara in southern Turkey