Ancient 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck found off the coast of Italy The wreckage of an ancient Roman ship from more than 2,000 years ago has been found off the coast of Italy. The cargo ship was found off the port of Civitavecchia, about 50 miles (80km) north-west of Rome. It dates from about the 1st or … Continue reading Ancient 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck found off the coast of Italy →

DNA Reveals Neolithic Family Tree in France In the mid-2000s, archaeologists excavating a burial site in France uncovered a 6,500-year-old mystery. Among the remains of more than 120 individuals, one grave stood out. It contained a nearly complete female skeleton alongside a few assorted bones that looked like they had been dug up and moved … Continue reading DNA Reveals Neolithic Family Tree in France →

Ancient Theater Discovered in Rome “What an artist dies with me!” Nero, the emperor of Rome from AD 54 until AD 68, reportedly uttered those famous last words before his death in exile. Experts believe he may have left behind evidence of his love of the arts in the form of a theater he built … Continue reading Ancient Theater Discovered in Rome →

Rabbits Dig Up Two 9,000-Year-Old Artifacts from Bronze Age; Guess Where They Found It A fluffle of wild rabbits has dug up priceless archaeological treasures on an island off the coast of Wales, in the United Kingdom. The burrowing bunnies unearthed two artifacts — a 9,000-year-old Stone Age tool and a 3,750-year-old pottery piece, likely … Continue reading Rabbits Dig Up Two 9,000-Year-Old Artifacts from Bronze Age; Guess Where They Found It →

500-year-old gold coins discovered in a German monastery were ‘hastily hidden’ during a ‘dangerous situation’ Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered a handful of 500-year-old gold coins buried among the ruins of a medieval monastery. Known as Himmelpforten, the Augustinian Hermit monastery housed monks from its founding in 1253 into the 16th century. The archaeologists think … Continue reading 500-year-old gold coins discovered in a German monastery were ‘hastily hidden’ during a ‘dangerous situation’ →

300,000-year-old double-pointed stick among oldest record of human-made wooden tools Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest large collection of wooden tools made by humans at a site in Schöningen, Germany. The artefacts date back to about 300,000 years ago. Included in what ancient people left behind are wooden spears and shorter throwing sticks that have been … Continue reading 300,000-year-old double-pointed stick among oldest record of human-made wooden tools →

Woman who died in deadly Vasa warship’s wreck 400 years ago reconstructed in lifelike detail When researchers raised the Vasa — a 17th-century Swedish warship that sank in Stockholm harbor on its maiden voyage — in the 1960s, they recovered nearly 20 skeletons. Scientists determined that one of those skeletons, dubbed G, was a male … Continue reading Woman who died in deadly Vasa warship’s wreck 400 years ago reconstructed in lifelike detail →

Giant 1,100-pound bone belonging to sauropod found in France The femur of a giant dinosaur was found this week by French paleontologists at an excavation site in southwest France where, since 2010, remains of some of the largest animals ever to live on land have been excavated. The thigh bone of a giant dinosaur was … Continue reading Giant 1,100-pound bone belonging to sauropod found in France →

Dublin hotel dig unearths 1,000-year-old burial site About 100 skeletal remains from the Middle Ages have been unearthed during excavations for a Northern Ireland firm’s new hotel in Dublin.  Burial sites dating back more than 1,000 years were found at Capel Street where an abbey, St Mary’s, once stood. At least two of the remains … Continue reading Dublin hotel dig unearths 1,000-year-old burial site →