A year long excavation at the Saqqara Tombs in the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis has unearthed a gold covered mummy alongside statues, tools, pottery and dozens of other artifacts.
Month: February 2024
Rare 1500 year old gold ring linked to the Merovingians found in Denmark
A distinctively decorated gold ring found in Denmark may be linked to the Merovingians, a royal family in the region.
The horrible death of Vittrup Man 5000 years ago in Denmark now revealed
The Vittrup Man was a Scandinavian traveler who was beaten to death in a swamp in Denmark. His remains provide information about his life and death.
Adaptation of birds to human activities in the Neolithic
A new study reveals that around 14,500 to 10,500 years ago, during the transition from the last glacial period, people harvesting vegetation from the wetlands of eastern Jordan created a habitat for migrating birds.
970 meter long prehistoric megastructure found under the Baltic Sea
German scientists have discovered a wall on the Baltic Sea floor that may have been built by hunters 10.000 years ago.
Artifacts dating back to 10.000 BC found at North and East Melton Road project
Artifacts dating back 10,000-12,000 years have been discovered by archaeologists at the site of the massive North and East Melton Road project in Leicestershire, England.
Sunken architecture in Blue Grotto, Italy
Recent underwater surveys carried out by Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Metropolitan Area of Naples discovered a submerged worked stone block lying on the seabed at the Blue Grotto.
‘Palaeohypotodus bizzocoi’, the largest predatory shark to survive mass extinction, discovered in Alabama
A new species of shark has been discovered in Alabama that survived the mass extinction, became one of the ocean’s top predators at that time. (Palaeohypotodus bizzocoi)
Remains of Black Henbane, a hallucinogenic and poisonous plant discovered in Roman settlement
Archaeologists have discovered the first definitive evidence of the presence of a hallucinogenic and poisonous plant (Black henbane) in a Roman settlement on the borders of the present day Netherlands. It is thought to have been used in the Roman world.
New Sumerian remains found at Tablet Hill in Iraq
Archaeologists have discovered a 4500-year-old ancient Sumerian palace and other structures at Tablet Hill in the Sumerian city of Girsu in southern Iraq.