600-Year-Old Skeleton found beneath Edinburgh School Playground A skeleton discovered in a school playground could be that of a 600-year-old pirate, according to archaeologists. City of Edinburgh Council workers found the remains at the city’s oldest primary school while carrying out survey work to build an extension. Victoria Primary School is close to Newhaven’s harbour, … Continue reading 600-Year-Old Skeleton found beneath Edinburgh School Playground →

A hidden temple was recently discovered in an ancient Roman city that’s mostly still underground The temple was once part of the city of Falerii Novi, which was abandoned more than 1,000 years ago and buried by time. Archaeologists recently mapped the entire town in remarkable detail with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) revealing previously unknown structures, … Continue reading A hidden temple was recently discovered in an ancient Roman city that’s mostly still underground →

10-Year-Old Boy Finds Centuries-Old Sword in Northern Ireland Fionntan Hughes, Ten years old received a metal detector for his birthday in July. Hughes discovered a centuries-old sword hidden about a foot underground the first time he took it out for a walk, reports Eimear Flanagan for BBC News. On the banks of the Blackwater River near … Continue reading 10-Year-Old Boy Finds Centuries-Old Sword in Northern Ireland →

1,000000-year-old artificial underground complex has been discovered Dr Alexander Koltypin recently came out to state that the process through which we identify just how old a relic or a ruin really it shouldn’t be considered the definitive end of the debate as it is heavily flawed, to say the least. In most cases, there is … Continue reading 1,000000-year-old artificial underground complex has been discovered →

Monkeys from India Identified in Roman Pet Cemetery in Africa Polish archaeologists have discovered that ancient Romans and Egyptians imported monkeys from India as household pets. Researchers found when examining monkeys buried in the animal cemetery in the Berenice Red Sea Port researchers found that the primates were rhesus macaques endemic to India, rather than some local species. Archaeologists from the Warsaw University’s Centre … Continue reading Monkeys from India Identified in Roman Pet Cemetery in Africa →

Extraordinary 1,000-Year-Old Viking Sword Discovered In Cork, Ireland Among several significant findings that contradict the belief that the Scandinavian invaders were most strongly influential in the cities of Dublin and Waterford, a perfectly preserved wooden Viking sword was uncovered in Cork. Archaeologists discovered the sword, about a foot long, at the historic site of the … Continue reading Extraordinary 1,000-Year-Old Viking Sword Discovered In Cork, Ireland →

A trove of nazi artefacts found inside the wolf lair; Hitler’s headquarters On the Eastern Front In 1941, when the Nazis first planned to enter the Soviet Union under Operation Barbarossa, they constructed a secret Military Headquarters next to the Mountains ‘ Masurian woods; they called it Wolfsschanze or “Wolf’s Lair.” The finding included the armoured … Continue reading A trove of nazi artefacts found inside the wolf lair; Hitler’s headquarters On the Eastern Front →

1,500-Year-old lost Roman city of Altinum rises again as aerial maps reveal detailed street plan This had been one of the Roman Empire’s richest cities. But when the mighty Germanic Emperor Attila the Hun started his assault in AD452, Altinum’s inhabitants began their great escape and fled. The once-bustling metropolis, regarded by some scholars as … Continue reading 1,500-Year-old lost Roman city of Altinum rises again as aerial maps reveal detailed street plan →

The archaeological team uncovers massive Roman mosaic in southern Turkey An archeological team from a University of Nebraska – Lincoln has discovered a huge Roman mosaic in southern Turkey — a meticulously crafted, 1,600 square feet of decorative handicrafts constructed during the imperial zenith of the region. It is believed to be the largest mosaic … Continue reading The archaeological team uncovers massive Roman mosaic in southern Turkey →