Los Millares- The Largets Known Fortified Neolithic Settlement in Europe Just 17km from Almería between Santa Fe de Mondujar y Gádor lies Los Millares, the largest known European fortified Neolithic settlement, dated c. 3,200-2,300 BC. The site includes a settlement and a cemetery with over 80 megalithic tombs. Three walls and an inner citadel with an … Continue reading Los Millares- The Largets Known Fortified Neolithic Settlement in Europe →

Melting Norwegian glacier releases 500-year-old perfectly preserved wooden box full of candles Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a beeswax candle used to assist Vikings to find their farms in a 500-year-old wooden box discovered in a perfectly preserved form when a glacier in Norway melted. Archaeologists removed the tight lid of the pine box … Continue reading Melting Norwegian glacier releases 500-year-old perfectly preserved wooden box full of candles →

Ukraine discovers a 5,000-year-old megalithic Stonehenge like monument! Archaeological digs still reveal historical aspects that remain puzzling to some. Such is the case with these archaeologists who are on a mission in Ukraine in the village of Novooleksandrivka, about ten kilometres south of the city of Dnipro. According to them, they discovered a place where … Continue reading Ukraine discovers a 5,000-year-old megalithic Stonehenge like monument! →

Prehistoric Teeth Pendants Worn in Ancient Dance 8,000 Years Ago Incite Body Movements “Ornaments composed of elk teeth suspended from or sown onto clothing emit a loud rattling noise when moving,” says auditory archaeologist and Academy of Finland Research Fellow Riitta Rainio from the University of Helsinki. “Wearing such rattlers while dancing makes it easier … Continue reading Prehistoric Teeth Pendants Worn in Ancient Dance 8,000 Years Ago Incite Body Movements →

A Long-Lost Legendary Roman Fruit Tree Germinated From 2,000-Year-Old Seeds Plants have been produced from date palm seeds that have been buried for 2,000 years in old ruins and caves. This extraordinary achievement demonstrates the kernels’ long-term vitality after being nestled in succulent Judean dates, a fruit variety that has been lost for millennia. The … Continue reading A Long-Lost Legendary Roman Fruit Tree Germinated From 2,000-Year-Old Seeds →

Underwater Stonehenge That Predates the Pyramids Confirmed in Switzerland Archaeologists studying Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne have unearthed the remnants of a submerged Bronze Age village, suggesting people occupied the Lake Lucerne area 2,000 years earlier than previously thought. As Swissinfo.ch reports, the new finds suggest that the area around the lake was settled 2,000 years earlier than previously … Continue reading Underwater Stonehenge That Predates the Pyramids Confirmed in Switzerland →

18th-century graveyard found at the former Caribbean plantation The Associated Press reports that investigation ahead of a construction project revealed an eighteenth-century cemetery on St. Eustatius, an island in the northeastern Caribbean Sea colonized by the Dutch in 1636.  An 18th-century burial ground has been discovered at a former sugar plantation on the Dutch Caribbean … Continue reading 18th-century graveyard found at the former Caribbean plantation →

Prehistoric animal carvings found for the first time in Scotland Prehistoric animal carvings thought to be thousands of years old have been found for the first time in Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) said the carvings – thought to be between 4,000 and 5,000 years old – were discovered inside Dunchraigaig Cairn in Kilmartin Glen, … Continue reading Prehistoric animal carvings found for the first time in Scotland →

3,800-Year-Old Gold Ornament Unearthed in Germany Live Science reports that a gold artefact thought to have been worn as a hair ornament has been found in a woman’s grave in southwestern Germany.  Archaeologists have uncovered the 3,800-year-old burial of a woman who was around 20 years old when she died in what is now Tübingen, … Continue reading 3,800-Year-Old Gold Ornament Unearthed in Germany →