After being discovered in North Wales over five years ago, a pair of unique relics dating back about 3,400 years to the Middle Bronze Age have been designated treasure. During the Bronz Age, the two bronze mould valves were used to produce palstaves (a kind of axe).
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Remains of Akçakale Castle emerging from under the sea
Divers are seeking for ruins under the water as part of the excavations at Akçakale Castle, which is perched on a cliff overlooking the sea in Trabzon’s Akçaabat district.
Volunteer uncovering very rough Ancient Roman graffiti at Vindolanda
Dylan Herbert discovered a stone with a phallus drawing and an insult on it, which is intended to delight tourists for many years.
Mayan metropolis, which is now on exhibit, unearthed by contractors
Archaeologists have revealed their on the ruins of a 1,500-year-old Mayan village during construction of an industrial park on Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula, complete with palaces, pyramids, and plazas.
Restoration work continues in Shusha, the cultural center of Azerbaijan
Restoration work on historical and cultural structures in Shusha, Azerbaijan’s cultural center, continues.
Renovated Bodrum Castle was flooded with visitors
In the first five months of this year, more than 50 thousand tourists visited Bodrum Castle, which was rebuilt thanks to restoration work carried out by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Bodrum.
One of our earliest ancestors was discovered in Caithness cemetery as an ancient fish
According to researchers, a 390 million-year-old fish discovered in a Caithness graveyard is one of the early relatives of four-limbed mammals, including humans.
Stonehenge’s builders lives revealed through parasitic poop
Prehistoric poop discovered near Stonehenge sheds light on the pets, parties, and dodgy diets of the Neolithic monument’s builders.
Plankton’s endurance to prior global warming events is revealed by the discovery of “ghost” fossils.
An multinational team of experts from the Natural History Museum, UCL (University College London), the University of Florence, and the Swedish Museum of Natural History discovered a unique sort of fossilisation that had previously gone unnoticed.
The ‘ghost’ fossils are imprints of coccolithophores, which are single-celled plankton. Their discovery is altering our understanding of how climate change affects plankton in the oceans.
For the first time, an 8,600-year-old flute was displayed
A program was organized by the Bilecik Museum Directorate on the occasion of the 18 May International Museum Day. The finds unearthed in the Bahçelievler and Gedikkaya excavations in Bilecik, were opened to visitors.