Burnt seeds show people used tobacco 12,000 years ago Four charred tobacco plant seeds found in an ancient Utah fireplace suggest early Americans may have been using the plant 12,300 years ago. The finding makes the first known use of tobacco some 9,000 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers believe hunter-gatherers in the Great Salt … Continue reading Burnt seeds show people used tobacco 12,000 years ago →

Ancient Mysteries Of Chicago: Is The Puzzling Waubansee Stone A Neglected Pre-Columbian Artifact? One of the most fascinating and obscure artefacts in North America is tucked away in a Chicago museum. The Waubansee Stone is a huge glacial erratic granite boulder with a larger-than-life head sculpted upon its upper surface. The expertly fashioned relief carving … Continue reading Ancient Mysteries Of Chicago: Is The Puzzling Waubansee Stone A Neglected Pre-Columbian Artifact? →

157-year-old Civil War Shell Discovered Intact in Georgia A group of archaeologists poking around in the dirt at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield in Georgia stumbled upon an intact Civil War bomb, according to the Southeast Archeological Center. The bomb was deemed still viable, and the Cobb County Police Department Bomb Squad was summoned to the … Continue reading 157-year-old Civil War Shell Discovered Intact in Georgia →

Chinese explorers discovered America before Columbus? History may be rewritten as new evidence suggests ancient Chinese explorers landed on the New World around 2,500 years before Christopher Columbus, contrary to popular belief that the Italian seafarer ‘discovered’ America. History may be rewritten as new evidence suggests ancient Chinese explorers landed on the New World around … Continue reading Chinese explorers discovered America before Columbus? →

18th-Century Cannons Recovered in Georgia Archaeologists have hauled up 12 more Revolutionary War-era cannons from the Savannah River, a remarkable find that raises questions about which vessels carried them and precisely how they ended up in the water. The local district of the US Army Corps of Engineers, which is in charge of the deepening … Continue reading 18th-Century Cannons Recovered in Georgia →

A couple renovating a 115-year-old building discovered two 60-foot-long hidden murals What started out as a couple’s renovation project to convert a historic building into a bar has turned into an effort to restore decades-old artwork in a small Washington town. Nick and Lisa Timm purchased the building in Okanogan, located about four hours east of Seattle, … Continue reading A couple renovating a 115-year-old building discovered two 60-foot-long hidden murals →

The Ant People legend of the Hopi Native Americans and connections to the Anunnaki The more you look at ancient texts and stories from around the world, you can’t help but see surprising patterns. Some are so glaring that it takes real effort to ignore them, but that’s what many people do. One example is … Continue reading The Ant People legend of the Hopi Native Americans and connections to the Anunnaki →

Possible Spanish Cross Discovered at St. Mary’s Colonial Fort The tiny, dirt-encrusted cross showed up in the sifting screen at the Maryland dig site, and when archaeologist Stephanie Stevens spotted it she said she gasped, “Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!” It was a strange object, with two crossbars instead of one, … Continue reading Possible Spanish Cross Discovered at St. Mary’s Colonial Fort →

Archaeological dig reveals participants in California’s Gold Rush dined on salted Atlantic cod It turns out San Francisco has been a destination for lovers of imported delicacies since its earliest Gold Rush days. According to results published recently in the peer-reviewed Journal of Anthropological Research, an excavation at Thompson’s Cove in San Francisco has shown “Atlantic cod … Continue reading Archaeological dig reveals participants in California’s Gold Rush dined on salted Atlantic cod →