Temple Dated to Fifth Century B.C. Found in Turkey According to a Hurriyet Daily News report, a team of researchers led by Elif Koparal of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University identified the sites of hundreds of Neolithic settlements and a 2,500-year-old temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite during a survey of the Urla-Çeşme peninsula, which … Continue reading Temple Dated to Fifth Century B.C. Found in Turkey →

Treasures dating back some 9,500 years is uncovered in Alpine glaciers as climate change causes ice to melt The group climbed the steep mountainside, clambering across an Alpine glacier, before finding what they were seeking: A crystal vein filled with the precious rocks needed to sculpt their tools. That is what archaeologists have deduced after … Continue reading Treasures dating back some 9,500 years is uncovered in Alpine glaciers as climate change causes ice to melt →

Iceland Spar: The Rock That Discovered Optics The archaeologist J.A. Clason finds extensive accounts of Viking voyages in earlier Icelandic sagas. They describe a mysterious “sunstone”, which Scandinavian seafarers used to locate the Sun in the sky and navigate on cloudy days. So, What is Iceland spar? Iceland spar is a crystal of calcite (calcium … Continue reading Iceland Spar: The Rock That Discovered Optics →

A 5,000-year-old relic from the Great Pyramid discovered in a cigar box in Scotland A ‘chance discovery’ at the University of Aberdeen could shed new light on the Great Pyramid with museum staff uncovering a ‘lost’ artifact – one of only three objects ever recovered from inside the Wonder of the Ancient World. In 1872 … Continue reading A 5,000-year-old relic from the Great Pyramid discovered in a cigar box in Scotland →

Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby. Known as a termopolium, Latin for hot drinks counter, … Continue reading Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii →

66 Roman Army Campsites Identified in Spain According to a statement released by the University of Exeter, more than 60 Roman Army camps have been identified on the Iberian Peninsula, where Roman soldiers battled local peoples in the first century B.C. While seeking to expand their empire and procure natural resources such as tin and … Continue reading 66 Roman Army Campsites Identified in Spain →

16th-Century Shipwreck’s Cargo of Elephant Ivory Analyzed BBC News reports that an international team of researchers led by Alida de Flamingh of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was able to reconstruct complete mitochondrial genomes for 17 distinct elephant herds with samples taken from 100 tusks recovered from the Bom Jesus, a Portuguese trading vessel … Continue reading 16th-Century Shipwreck’s Cargo of Elephant Ivory Analyzed →

1,000-year-old cross buried in Scottish field thought to have belonged to the king Since painstaking restoration, a stunning Anglo-Saxon silver cross has arisen from under 1,000 years of encrusted dirt. Such is its quality that whoever commissioned this treasure may have been a high-standing cleric or even a king. It was a sorry-looking object when … Continue reading 1,000-year-old cross buried in Scottish field thought to have belonged to the king →

Massive Underground City Guides Us Deep Down to Ancient Times Chicago, like a lot of other modern cities, has a hidden secret: It’s home to miles of passageways deep underground that allow commuters to get from one place to another without risking nasty weather. Los Angeles, Boston, New York, and Dallas all have their own networks … Continue reading Massive Underground City Guides Us Deep Down to Ancient Times →