Celtic woman found buried inside a TREE ‘wearing fancy clothes and jewellery’ after 2,200 years It’s believed the woman, who died 2,200 years ago, commanded great respect in her tribe, as she was buried in fine clothes and jewellery. Scientists say the woman was Celtic. The Iron Age Celts are known to have buried members … Continue reading Celtic woman found buried inside a TREE ‘wearing fancy clothes and jewellery’ after 2,200 years →

An archaeological dig in Scotland reveals the medieval building Archaeologists working in the Scottish town of Dunfermline have uncovered the remains of a medieval building.  Dig Dunfermline was a community project that included an archaeological team and 83 volunteers who spent several weeks examining an area where a museum and art gallery will be built next spring. … Continue reading An archaeological dig in Scotland reveals the medieval building →

Mysterious Viking Sword Made With Technology From the Future? A mystery sword made by the Vikings and engraved with the word Ulfberht has stumped archaeologists. The sword is forged in such a way that it looks to have been made by technologies that weren’t available until 800 years after the Viking era. Around 170 of … Continue reading Mysterious Viking Sword Made With Technology From the Future? →

Viking Sex Slaves – The Dirty Secret Behind The Founding Of Iceland Iceland has become among millennials a famous tourist destination with its incredible landscape, friendly people, and cheap flights. Although, if any found themselves in Reykjavik and took a trip to the National Museum of Iceland, they might find a display there with an … Continue reading Viking Sex Slaves, Behind The Founding Of Iceland →

Fossil of a beetle inside a lizard inside a snake – an ancient food chain Paleontologists have uncovered a fossil that has preserved an insect inside a lizard inside a snake – a prehistoric battle of the food chain that ended in a volcanic lake some 48 million years ago. Pulled from an abandoned quarry … Continue reading This 48-Million-Year-Old Fossil Has an Insect Inside a Lizard Inside a Snake →

Viking Chess piece bought for less than $10 sells for over $1.3M A 900-year-old Viking chess piece purchased for $6 in the 1960s recently sold at auction for $1.3 million. The Lewis Chessmen are intricate chess pieces in the form of Norse warriors that were carved from walrus ivory in the 12th century. A large … Continue reading Viking Chess piece bought for less than $10 sells for over $1.3M →

Bird Three Times Larger Than Ostrich Discovered In Crimean Cave Crimean researchers discovered a bird’s fossil remains three times larger than an oystrich, weighed nearly 450 kilograms, and roamed Europe nearly 1.5 million years ago. The discovery was made in the Tauride Cave on the northern coast of the Black Sea and the specimen suggested … Continue reading Bird Three Times Larger Than Ostrich Discovered In Crimean Cave →

Roman Lead Sarcophagus Accidentally Found In Granada When archaeologists began exploring underneath a building in Granada, in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia, they weren’t expecting to find anything of importance. After all, they were just completing a standard prospection of the Villamena building, as required for any planned underground work in the city to … Continue reading Roman Lead Sarcophagus Accidentally Found In Granada →

Cooking Gear Found In Graves Of Viking Men And Women “I think we need to move away from distinguishing between men’s and women’s roles during the Viking times,” she said. Moen has completed her Ph.D. on Viking Age gender roles at the University of Oslo. Her research shows that upper-class men and women generally were … Continue reading Cooking Gear Found In Graves Of Viking Men And Women →