Ship Found 20 Feet Below World Trade Center Site Traced to Colonial-Era Philadelphia Researchers long stumped by the mysterious history of an 18th-century ship uncovered at the World Trade Center have finally discovered its origins — thanks to tree rings, according to a new study. The massive wooden ship — the skeleton of which was unexpectedly … Continue reading Ship Found 20 Feet Below World Trade Center Site Traced to Colonial-Era Philadelphia →

50 Million Year Old Fossil Identified as Relative of Ostriches The bird fossils were found more than a decade ago, completely intact with bones, feathers, and soft tissues in a former lake bed in Wyoming. Nesbitt cannot hide a grin as he calls the fossil a once-in-a-lifetime discovery for palaeontologists. “This is among one of … Continue reading 50 Million Year Old Fossil Identified as Relative of Ostriches →

New World Dog Bone Fragment Dated to 10,200 Years Ago According to a Science Magazine report, a 10,200-year-old fragment of dog bone has been identified among thousands of ancient bone pieces discovered in a cave on the west coast of Alaska in 1998.  The find supports the idea that dogs accompanied the first humans who … Continue reading New World Dog Bone Fragment Dated to 10,200 Years Ago →

Forgotten Graves Found at Florida African American Cemetery WJCT Public Media reports that recent excavations have confirmed the presence of 29 grave shafts detected last year during a ground-penetrating radar survey at the site of North Greenwood Cemetery, an African American cemetery that operated from 1940 to 1954. Archeologists looking at a “forgotten” Clearwater cemetery … Continue reading Forgotten Graves Found at Florida African American Cemetery →

City Found 360 Feet Below Missouri City, Giant Human Skeleton Found When coal miners at Moberly, Missouri were drilling a shaft 360 foot deep, broke into a cavern revealing “a wonderful buried city,” multiple sources reported in 1885. Masonry and artefacts in extraordinary rude design have been found. Like stone tables, bronze and flint knives, … Continue reading City Found 360 Feet Below Missouri City, Giant Human Skeleton Found →

Archaeologists Unearthed a 15,800 Year Old Stone Tool In Oregon Recently, an artifact that was unearthed in Oregon and was identified as an “ ancient Swiss army knife,” may have been the oldest artifact so far found in western North America. The simple stone tool, hewn from a piece of bright orange agate, was unearthed … Continue reading Archaeologists Unearthed a 15,800 Year Old Stone Tool In Oregon →

Did the Celts build “America’s Stonehenge” 4,000 years ago? Studying the origins of the aptly named Mystery Hill megaliths, also known as America’s Stonehenge, whets one’s curiosity but does not satisfy—unless one is satisfied by the excitement of confounding mystery alone. The site, in North Salem, N.H., includes stone monoliths and chambers spread across 30 acres.  The stones … Continue reading Did the Celts build “America’s Stonehenge” 4,000 years ago? →

A 300 Million-Year-Old Shark Skull Was Discovered Inside Kentucky Cave A fossilized shark head dating back some 300 million years ago has been discovered in the walls of a Kentucky cave. Experts believe it belonged a Saivodus striatus, which lived between 340 and 330 million years ago during the Late Mississippian geological period. The well-preserved … Continue reading A 300 Million-Year-Old Shark Skull Was Discovered Inside Kentucky Cave →

An American King Tut’s Tomb of the Arkansas Valley During the height of its looting in the winter of 1935, the Spiro site—located in northeastern Oklahoma just 10 miles west of Fort Smith—was catapulted to fame by a headline published in the Kansas City Star (December 15, 1935) proclaiming it “A ‘King Tut’ Tomb in … Continue reading An American King Tut’s Tomb of the Arkansas Valley →