Ancient DNA Reveals Contrasting Fates of Hunter-Gatherer Groups in Europe
[ad_1] Ancient DNA gathered from the bones and teeth of hunter-gatherers who lived as the Last Glacial Maximum was waning, around 19,000-25,000 years ago, has revealed exciting new information about our ancestors. The largest gathering of the genetic prehistoric record of Europe has been analyzed in a pair of new studies, from the remains of […]
Ancient Animal Bone Ice Skates Found in China’s “Birthplace of Skiing”
[ad_1] During a recent archaeological press conference in Xinjiang, known as the birthplace of skiing, experts announced the discovery of ice skates made of animal bone that are believed to be 3,500 years old! The ice skates, made from cattle and horse bones, were found in a high-society tomb located in the Ili River Valley. […]
New Moai Statue Found on Chile’s Easter Island Excites Researchers
[ad_1] In the news last October for the damage inflicted by a forest fire over 100 hectares, Easter Island is now in the news again – for the discovery and addition of a new Moai statue on the Chilean island. The discovery was found buried in a dried lake bed, in an area not usually […]
Mongol-Era Christian Headdress Reveals A Complex Medieval Russia
[ad_1] Archaeologists in Russia have discovered a rare embroidered Deisis depicting Jesus Christ in a Christian medieval burial ground containing 46 graves from the Mongol period. One of the graves contained a young woman, between the ages of 16 and 25, buried with an embroidered Deisis depicting Jesus and John the Baptist. The discovery was […]
3,500-Year-Old Mummified Bear Found in Siberian Permafrost
[ad_1] As the permafrost in Siberia melts, it has revealed a mummified brown bear that lived more than three millennia ago. Scientists are now planning to conduct an autopsy on the bear, with the hope of making a breakthrough in the study of ancient animals. The bear’s remains were found by deer herders on Bolshoi […]
High Status Brothers Had Access to Cranial Surgery in Bronze Age Israel
[ad_1] In ancient Megiddo, a city on the crossroads of major trade routes, two upper-class brothers underwent “angular notched trephination,” the earliest example of its kind found in the Ancient Near East. The procedure, which involves cutting the scalp and carving four intersecting lines in the skull, is a form of cranial surgery that could […]
6,300-Year-Old Settlement Was Home to Earliest Megalithic Builders
[ad_1] Archaeologists in France have found evidence of a 6,300-year-old fortified compound and residential site belonging to Europe’s first megalithic builders! These builders constructed impressive megalithic monuments during the Neolithic period, including barrows and dolmens, though their identity and whereabouts have remained a mystery, until now. The people who built these structures have long been […]
Raining Fish Reported Near the Australian Desert
[ad_1] It may sound like a biblical tale, but it just happened. A secluded community in the Northern Territory of Australia had the heavens rain down fishy manna on it. Even more astonishingly, Lajamanu, a community 560 kilometers south-west of Katherine on the northern edge of the Tanami Desert, has experienced the highly unusual weather phenomenon of […]
2,000-Year-Old Roman Phallus Could Be Oldest Known Sex Toy
[ad_1] In what is perhaps the oldest sex toy ever found in Britain, a 2,000-year-old Roman phallus is the subject of a new study. Found in 1992 near the Roman fort of Vindolanda near Hadrian’s Wall , the northernmost Roman frontier in Britain, it was initially recorded as a darning object, a pestle or a […]
Roman-Era Sarcophagus Made of Lead Discovered in Gaza
[ad_1] Deep in the heart of the hotly contested Palestinian strip of Gaza, a 2,000-year-old lead sarcophagus has been unearthed, believed to hail from the illustrious Roman era. Located just 500 meters (0.3 miles) from the beautiful northern Gaza coastline, the Roman necropolis in this region is a precious cultural gem for Palestine, and the […]