A recent DNA study by an international team of scientists showed when Ancient Greeks colonized Magna Graecia in Italy. Magna Graecia is the name given to the Sicilian and southern Italian coastal regions that were heavily settled by Greek people.
Month: September 2022
A metal folding chair was found buried alongside an early medieval woman
The medieval metal folding chair was discovered in the village of Endsee in southeast Germany by a group of archaeologists from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection (BLfD).
Fossilized vomit found in Utah
The prehistoric vomit was discovered in the Morrison Formation, a well-known Late Jurassic site noted for its dinosaur bones. Fossils from the late Jurassic era are abundant in this section of sedimentary strata that spans the Western ABD (164 million to 145 million years ago)
UP archeologists found a human settlement from ice age time in Pilanduk cave in Palawan
A group of archaeologists from UP Diliman (UPD) and the National Museum have discovered new evidence that humans inhabited Pilanduk Cave in Palawan 20,000 to 25,000 years at the height of the last ice age.
Leading archaeologist Zahi Hawass says that Queen Nefertiti’s mummy may have been discovered
Famous Egyptologist Zahi Hawass recently stated that he is confident that a mummy he is currently investigating is that of Queen Nefertiti.
Bearing the first traces of agriculture and husbandry in Anatolia, Boncuklu Mound, Konya, Türkiye
Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, the 9,000-year-old Boncuklu Mound, 9 kilometers from Çatalhöyük, bears the first traces of agriculture and animal husbandry in Anatolia.
New 249 hieroglyphs found in Hattusha and they will brighten the Hittite period
It is aimed to reach new information about the traditions of the Hittite civilization with 249 new hieroglyphs (an ancient writing system) discovered in the Yerkapı Tunnel in Hattusa, the capital of the Hittites.
Ancient Inca city; Machu Picchu, Peru
Machu Picchu is an Inca settlement built on top of a mountain stretching out from the clouds to the sky. The site, above the Urubamba river, has been variously described as a fortress, imperial sanctuary, and ceremonial site.
Urartian architectural cladding plate found as a whole piece in Van, Türkiye
A bronze architectural cladding plate, thought to have been used by the royal family as an ornament on the wall, was found in the room unearthed during the excavations carried out in the Ayanis Castle, built by the Urartians on the hill overlooking Lake Van.
Israel retakes the rare Hebrew papyrus from the First Temple Period
One of only three papyri from that era that have survived is a letter “to Ishmael” that was scrawled in ancient Hebrew script about 2,700 years ago.