Archaeological Discoveries
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Ancient Shrine That May Hold Buddha’s Skull Bone Found in Crypt
A skull bone of the Buddha was found inside this gold casket, which was stored in a silver casket within the stupa model, found in a crypt b…
Lost Royal Treasure of 17th Century Marbles Reclaimed
Many Faces of PowerAs drought depleted Poland’s Vistula River (map), tons of looted 17th-century marble artifacts—including this stonework p…
Archaeologists open lid on ‘Plain of Jars’ mystery
The Plain of Jars in northern Laos is home to a 2000-year-old mystery. Photo: AFP ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE Australian National University (AN…
5,000 year old Egyptian hieroglyphs found in Australia?
According to research, these hieroglyphs were first sighted in the 1900’s and there are about 250 stone carvings that have been part of the …
Rare Representation of Neolithic Human Rediscovered
An all-but-forgotten Neolithic human figurine that was originally found at the ancient settlement of Skara Brae in Scotland in the 1860s, ha…
Archaeologists Are Spotting Ancient Ruins in Cold War Spy Photos
Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film Blow-Up features a wayward London fashion photographer called Thomas who unwittingly documents a murder. …
Four Human Skeletons Appear In Ancient Shop Near Pompeii
June 24, 2016 Skeletons found in a shop near the Porto Ercolano at Pompeii. The find was recently announced by the Archaeological Superinten…
Roman coins unearthed in Devon prompt historians to redraw map of the empire
Credit: Article by Jess Staufenberg – Independent.com (6-23-2016) The boundary of the Roman Empire and its influence in Britain are being …
Iraqi Kurdistan Site Reveals Evolution towards the First Cities of Mesopotamia
A Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) campaign at the site of Gird Lashkir, in Iraq, reveals the evolution from the first farming societ…
Campsite dating back 12000 years unearthed by Route 8 Construction near Fredricton, NB
Archaeologists have found evidence that proves First Nations people were in New Brunswick more than 10,000 years ago. For years archaeologis…
Gujarat: Likely Buddhist monastery remains unearthed in Vadnagar (India)
The finding could establish the importance of the region as a thriving Buddhist centre [representational picture]. (AFP Photo) The Archeolog…
Researchers discover bullet holes in Million year old prehistoric skulls
Although many are reluctant to accept it, there are a number of anomalies that show us clearly that something disturbing happened in the pas…
Naval Bases Found That Once Guarded World’s First Democracy
The trireme “Olympias,” a modern replica. (Wikimedia Commons) Archaeologists have discovered massive naval bases that once enabled Athens to…
Treasure trove found in ancient sunken cargo ship off Israel
You never know what you’ll find at the bottom of the sea. A couple of divers in the ancient Israeli port of Caesarea brought up some items f…
Burial sites show how Nubians, Egyptians integrated communities thousands of years ago
Michele Buzon, a Purdue University associate professor of anthropology, is excavating pyramid tombs in Tombos, Sudan to study Egyptian and N…
Rare 4,000-Year-Old Petroglyphs Created By Ancient People In Eastern Transbaikalia Confirm Ancient Legend
For many years, locals in Eastern Transbaikalia, a mountainous region to the east of Lake Baikal in Russia told stories about a certain petr…
Archaeologist identifies long-lost grave of Attalid rulers in Turkey
The monumental burial site at Yiğma Tepe, atop a hill by Pergamon, had to have been created to commemorate somebody vastly important. Prof. …
Naia: 12,500-Year-Old Skeleton Sheds Light on First Americans
Cave diver inspects the skull of Naia, a 12,500-year-old teenage girl discovered in a submerged cave on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. I m…
Tourists find skeleton of Roman child inside cave
The cave where the bones were found. Photo: Egnoka/Wikimedia Excursionists hiking up a mountain in the Lazio region were stunned last week a…
Oseberg Ship: Astonishingly Well-Preserved Viking Burial Ship
The Vikings’ ships were the greatest technical and artistic achievement of the European Dark Ages. Without these great ships the Viking Age …
Biblical Kings David and Solomon Were Not Fiction – ‘Six Clay Seals Found’ By MSU Archaeologists Deliver New Evidence
Six official clay seals found by a Mississippi State University archaeological team at a small site in Israel indicate that the biblical kin…
2,000-Year-Old Butter Found in Irish Bog 12 Feet Underground Is Technically Still Edible!
The 22-pound chunk of waxy material was found 12 feet underground and is technically still edible. Credit: Sonja Smith/Copper Tree Turf cutt…
Ancient Hidden Cities Discovered Beneath The Jungle In Cambodia
Several ancient hidden cities have been discovered in the jungle of Cambodia. Many of the previously totally unknown sites are located near …
Buried ‘Super-Henge’ Revealed: A New UK Mystery Is Discovered
An artist’s depiction of how the stones at Durrington Walls may have been positioned. Credit: © LBI ArchPro, Juan Torrejón Valdelomar, Joach…