Archaeologists find Bronze Age tombs containing a trove of gold artefacts Archaeologists have discovered a trove of engraved jewellery and gold artefacts in two Bronze Age tombs that could shine a new light on life in ancient Greece. The discovery was announced on Tuesday in Greece. The team had spent more than 18 months excavating … Continue reading Archaeologists find Bronze Age tombs containing a trove of gold artefacts →

Did Romans Eat Special Foods at Funerals? In the 1950s, a Roman necropolis (or cemetery) was found in the centre of Barcelona, hailing from the second and third centuries AD. The site – Plaça de la Vila de Madrid – was excavated again between 2000 and 2003, when a funerary complex of about 500 square … Continue reading Did Romans Eat Special Foods at Funerals? →

Padlocked, restrained female ‘vampire’ discovered in 17th-century graveyard The remains of a “female vampire” have been uncovered by archaeologists at a 17th-century graveyard in Pień, Poland. Professor Dariusz Poliński and a team of researchers from Nicolaus Copernicus University were conducting the dig when they discovered the skeletal remains of the woman, who had been pinned … Continue reading Padlocked, restrained female ‘vampire’ discovered in 17th-century graveyard →

Carvings Discovered at Ireland’s Grange Stone Circle An Irish archaeological photographer has discovered a remarkable series of prehistoric carvings at the Grange Stone Circle in Lough Gur, County Limerick.  Ken Williams, a leading Irish archaeological photographer, has developed methods of lighting stones so that they can be photographed to maximum effect, allowing him to find … Continue reading Carvings Discovered at Ireland’s Grange Stone Circle →

Rare silver coins minted by Viking king Harald Bluetooth were found in Finland In May of 2022, Finnish metal detectorists discovered a silver cache from the Viking Age in a field in Mynämäki, a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. The follow-up excavations carried out by the Finnish Heritage Agency uncovered silver … Continue reading Rare silver coins minted by Viking king Harald Bluetooth were found in Finland →

1400-Year-Old Folding Chair Found in a Woman’s Grave in Germany Archaeologists have made a very unusual find. A Medieval folding chair has been discovered in a woman’s grave. The excavation team unearthed the chair in a woman’s grave in Steinsfeld in Central Franconia in the Ansbach district. Franconia lies in the north of the Free … Continue reading 1400-Year-Old Folding Chair Found in a Woman’s Grave in Germany →

Huge dinosaur skeleton unearthed in Portuguese garden Palaeontologists in Portugal have unearthed the fossilized skeleton of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe. The remains are thought to be those of a sauropod, a herbivorous dinosaur 12 meters (39 feet) tall and 25 meters long that roamed the Earth around 150 million … Continue reading Huge dinosaur skeleton unearthed in Portuguese garden →

Huge Megalithic 7,000-Year-Old Site Dolmen Of Guadalperal Emerges From Dry Lake In Spain This summer’s hot weather has been extremely troublesome in many European countries. Spain suffered the worst drought in decades. An unexpected side-effect of the warm weather has been discovering unknown archaeological sites. One of them is a mysterious megalithic monument that emerged … Continue reading Huge Megalithic 7,000-Year-Old Site Dolmen Of Guadalperal Emerges From Dry Lake In Spain →

Viking-Era Arrowhead Discovered in Norway “Oh, look at this little beauty”, the team of archaeologists enthusiastically exclaim in their Facebook update, which includes a video of the three-bladed arrowhead. “The last person who touched it was a Viking,” the post reads. The team of glacial archaeologists from Innlandet county’s Secrets of the Ice and the … Continue reading Viking-Era Arrowhead Discovered in Norway →