A farmer discovers an Ice Age cave hidden under his field that is over 11,000 years old A farmer discovered an Ice Age cave that was naturally formed and used by humans. Adam Bryczek had been roaming his land near the town of Kraśnik in south-eastern Poland when he came across what appeared to be … Continue reading A farmer discovers an Ice Age cave hidden under his field that is over 11,000 years old →

Sprawling 5,000-year-old cemetery and fortress discovered in Poland Archaeological treasures are usually discovered by digging deep into the earth. One Polish archaeologist, however, made an incredible discovery from the sky — and now he has unearthed a 5,000-year-old cemetery and a medieval fortress. Jan Bulas, an independent archaeologist in Kraków, became intrigued after noticing straight … Continue reading Sprawling 5,000-year-old cemetery and fortress discovered in Poland →

Hundreds of Skeletons Unearthed at World’s Oldest City Show How Violence and Disease Ravaged Civilization Around 9,000 years ago, a Neolithic settlement in central Turkey was starting to grow. The people living at Çatalhöyük had transitioned from foraging to farming, and the population of what would become one of the world’s first cities was increasing. … Continue reading Hundreds of Skeletons Unearthed at World’s Oldest City Show How Violence and Disease Ravaged Civilization →

Over 3000-year-old ancient bronze figurine of bull uncovered in southern Greece Following heavy rain near the ancient site of Olympia, a bronze figurine of a bull estimated to be at least 2,500 years old was discovered in Greece. Burn marks on the statuette suggest it may have been one of the thousands of offerings to … Continue reading Over 3000-year-old ancient bronze figurine of bull uncovered in southern Greece →

Over 40 ancient shipwrecks discovered in the Black Sea Marco Polo himself may have recognised this medieval trading ship. It’s one of the 40 or so shipwrecks newly discovered on the bed of the Black Sea north of Turkey. Some of these vessels sank when the Byzantine Empire was in its heyday 1000 years ago, … Continue reading Over 40 ancient shipwrecks discovered in the Black Sea →

Munigua, a hidden Roman city in the Sevilla sierra, spain There is no shortage of Roman ruins in Spain. Some are in the middle of modern city centres, such as Mérida’s theatre and amphitheatre, in Extremadura. Or Itálica, which is reachable by bus from Seville. Others are out in the middle of nowhere, at the … Continue reading Munigua, a hidden Roman city in the Sevilla sierra, spain →

Researchers Map World War II Bomb Craters in Poland According to a Live Science report, Maria Fajer of the University of Silesia and her colleagues employed lidar technology to record some 6,000 bomb craters in the Koźle Basin, an area of forests and wetlands in southern Poland that was part of Germany during World War … Continue reading Researchers Map World War II Bomb Craters in Poland →

Toothpick Use Identified on Neanderthal Tooth from Poland Additional evidence of Neanderthal hygiene practices has been unearthed at Stajnia Cave, which is located in south-central Poland, according to a Science in Poland report.  Analyzing two teeth excavated from the Pleistocene layers of the Stajnia Cave (Kraków-Częstochowa Upland), the team led by Dr. Wioletta Nowaczewska from … Continue reading Toothpick Use Identified on Neanderthal Tooth from Poland →

Scientists stunned to discover plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice In northwestern Greenland in 1966, US Army scientists drilled through nearly a mile of ice and pulled up a fifteen-foot-long tube of dirt from the bottom. Then this frozen sediment was lost in a freezer for decades. It was accidentally rediscovered in 2017. In 2019, University … Continue reading Scientists stunned to discover plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice →