Crimean Atlantis: Remarkable Ancient Underwater City Of Akra The ancient city of Akra was once a beautiful place famous for its outstanding architecture. Then, its glory and prosperity came suddenly to an end. About 2,000 years ago, the city of Akra was submerged. Underwater archaeologists have discovered several of the ancient city’s ruins, defensive walls, … Continue reading Crimean Atlantis: Remarkable Ancient Underwater City Of Akra →

Stunning 3D image recreates real Stone Age woman A Stone Age woman who lived 4,000 years ago is leaning on her walking stick and looking ahead as a spirited young boy bursts into a run, in a stunning life-size reconstruction now on display in Sweden. Although her likeness is new — it debuted last month … Continue reading Stunning 3D image recreates real Stone Age woman →

Medieval Burials Uncovered at the Cathedral of Notre Dame Several tombs and a leaden sarcophagus likely dating from the 14th century has been uncovered by archaeologists at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris following its devastating 2019 fire. The burial sites “of remarkable scientific quality” were unearthed during preparatory work for rebuilding the ancient church’s spire at … Continue reading Medieval Burials Uncovered at the Cathedral of Notre Dame →

Mysterious 7,500 years old Vinca Figurines depict Contact with an Ancient Alien Race There was once a mysterious European culture, which left a legacy in the form of valuable artefacts covered with an unknown, never successfully deciphered script. These artefacts have been excavated from sites in south-east Europe. The culture that flourished from about 6000 … Continue reading Mysterious 7,500 years old Vinca Figurines depict Contact with an Ancient Alien Race →

The Mysterious Lapedo Child — A Neanderthal / Human Hybrid? A great mystery was unburied in 1998, in the bed of a rock shelter in the Lapedo Valley which lies 85 miles to the north of Lisbon, Portugal. Buried for millennia, archaeologists discovered the bones of a four-year-old Lapedo child, which was the first complete … Continue reading The Mysterious Lapedo Child — A Neanderthal / Human Hybrid? →

Well-preserved fossils could be consequence of past global climate change Climate change can affect life on Earth. According to new research, it can also affect the dead. A study of exceptionally preserved fossils led by a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin has found that rising global temperatures and a rapidly changing … Continue reading Well-preserved fossils could be a consequence of past global climate change →

Paleontologists Unearth Dozens of Giant Dinosaur Eggs in Fossilized Nest in Spain Archaeologists have extracted 30 titanosaur dinosaur eggs found in a two-ton rock in northern Spain and believe there could be as many as 70 deeper inside the boulder. The titanosaur was a long-necked sauropod that lived until the extinction event at the end … Continue reading Palaeontologists Unearth Dozens of Giant Dinosaur Eggs in Fossilized Nest in Spain →

Pictish Carved Stone Unearthed in Scotland Archaeologists have uncovered a Pictish symbol stone close to the location of one of the most significant carved stone monuments ever uncovered in Scotland. The team from the University of Aberdeen hit upon the 1.7metre-long stone in a farmer’s field while conducting geophysical surveys to try and build a … Continue reading Pictish Carved Stone Unearthed in Scotland →

7000-year-old grain reveals the origin of the Swiss stilt houses Nowhere else are so many Neolithic pile dwellings known around the Alps. However, how this particular construction boom got its start is a mystery. Researchers at the University of Basel have now uncovered new evidence: Settlers on Lake Varese in northern Italy may have played … Continue reading 7000-year-old grain reveals the origin of the Swiss stilt houses →