Dutch Archaeologists Unearth 2000-Year-Old Roman Temple Complex The excavation was carried out in the village of Herwin-Hemeling situated in the eastern central province of Gelderland close to the Netherland-German border, also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site A 2,000-year-old Roman temple complex in Netherland was uncovered by Dutch archaeologists. The archaeologists belonged to the … Continue reading Dutch Archaeologists Unearth 2000-Year-Old Roman Temple Complex →

Bronze Age Fortress Identified in Ireland A Galway archaeologist has discovered what he describes as one of the most extraordinary monuments of probable Bronze Age in Ireland.  Michael Gibbons identified the large fortress, which is bound by turloughs or seasonal lakes, within the park at Coole, during fieldwork in the Burren lowlands east of Gort … Continue reading Bronze Age Fortress Identified in Ireland →

Archaeologists study crumbling 1,300-year-old shipwreck A 1,300-year-old shipwreck is so fragile that air could destroy it has been unearthed in southern France and archaeologists face a race against time to reveal its medieval secrets. The partial remains of the “extremely rare” 40-foot-long boat, which radiocarbon dates from between A.D. 680 and A.D. 720, were unveiled … Continue reading Archaeologists study crumbling 1,300-year-old shipwreck →

Mysterious Perfectly Preserved Ship Found in the Baltic Sea Beneath the frigid waters of the Baltic Sea, investigators have discovered perhaps the best-preserved ship from the Age of Discovery. It was found on the seafloor and it is almost intact. The researchers were amazed by the condition of the vessel, which is roughly 500 years … Continue reading Mysterious Perfectly Preserved Ship Found in the Baltic Sea →

Rare Byzantine Plates Found Off Coast Of Southern Turkey One of the world’s richest plate sets from the Eastern Roman Empire has been discovered off the coast of the southern province of Antalya’s Adrasan district.  “We were not hopeful of finding anything considerable,” said Selçuk University Archaeology Department academic Hakan Öniz. “Just then, we found … Continue reading Rare Byzantine Plates Found Off Coast Of Southern Turkey →

16th-Century E. coli Sample Extracted from Italian Mummy E. coli, short for Escherichia coli, has been among the most thoroughly studied bacteria since it was discovered in the 19th century, but researchers are only starting to understand its evolutionary history. Now, for the first time, scientists have extracted the genetic code of a 400-year-old version … Continue reading 16th-Century E. coli Sample Extracted from Italian Mummy →

The Guadeloupe Woman: A Human Skeleton Dating Back 28 Million Years In 1810 the British seized the French Island of Guadeloupe and sent a large stone slab back to England containing a skeleton of a headless and footless woman.  This particular skeleton has become the object of controversy regarding the age of the skeleton and … Continue reading The Guadeloupe Woman: A Human Skeleton Dating Back 28 Million Years →

Origins of the Black Death identified The Black Death, the biggest pandemic in our history, was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and lasted in Europe between the years 1346 and 1353. Despite the pandemic’s immense demographic and societal impacts, its origins have long been elusive. Now, a multidisciplinary team of scientists, including researchers from … Continue reading Origins of the Black Death identified →

Archaeologists Unearthed the tomb of a Giant Warrior, horses and a witch in Germany Close to a burial ground in Theiben, a little town in Germany an unbelievable revelation was made. Two bodies were found close to each other with one being of a goliath and the other being of a young lady accepted to … Continue reading Archaeologists Unearthed the tomb of a Giant Warrior, horses and a witch in Germany →