Many of our questions about how they lived and what they were like would be answered if we lived in a world where tourists could travel to a remote island resort and see living dinosaurs — or run for from them, as in Jurassic World. Unfortunately, we must rely on information gleaned from fossil remains preserved in rock tens of millions of years ago.
Month: June 2022
Rose red ancient city Petra
Petra, the “rose-red city” of the ancient Nabataean civilization, is located in southern Jordan and east of Wadi Araba, part of the Great Rift Valley, whose bird flight is about 133 km from the shores of the Gulf of Aqaba.
The DNA of 16 ancient peoples was found on an Indonesian islands
An international team of specialists examined the DNA of 16 ancient people and discovered that thousands of years ago, a set of Indonesian islands served as a location zone.
Roman marble female figure found in Tyana City
A female statue made of marble with clear facial characteristics and undamaged was discovered during sounding excavations conducted out by the Niğde Museum Directorate in the ancient city of Tyana.
On the Isle of Wight, Europe’s ‘largest-ever’ land dinosaur was discovered
Scientists say they’ve uncovered the remains of Europe’s largest-ever terrestrial dinosaur on the Isle of Wight.
During the excavations of the historical Misis Mound, 3,000-year-old seeds of lentils, peas, wheat, barley and grapes were found
Grapes, lentils, broad beans, peas, wheat, and barley seeds going back 3,000 years have been discovered in archaeological digs at Adana Yüreğir’s Misis Ancient City.
“The Bey Palaces” of the Ottoman Period in Tunisia
During the rule of 19 Ottoman Beys in Tunisia between 1705 and 1957, several structures and Bey Palaces were constructed in the districts of Bardo, Mennuba, Marsa, and Carthage, including the capital Tunis.
Jewish girl’s shoe was discovered at site of WWII warsaw ghetto bunker
Archaeologists discovered a young girl’s shoe at the site of the Warsaw Ghetto bunker where Jewish resistance fighters made their last stand before committing mass suicide in 1943.
1200-year-old runestone discovered during kitchen remodel
While renovating their kitchen, Lene Brandt and her husband, Anders Nielsen, discovered Mosekaerstenen runestone in the Randers region.
Underwater beauties of Mesopotamia on display in Italy
The underwater beauties of Mesopotamia met with art lovers in an exhibition held in Orvieto, one of the quiet cities of Italy (Cittaslow), with the support of Silk Road Development Agency (IKA).