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09/25/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Archaeologists uncover bizarre Germanic lord’s tomb circled with the graves of women who may be his concubines
An ancient tomb belonging to a Germanic lord from about 1,500 years ago has been unearthed in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The tomb was surrounded by six women believed to be the concubines of the lord, and speculation has it that they either sacrificed themselves or were slain for the burial. Researchers have yet […]
09/22/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Bible stories come to life: Archaeologists unearth extraordinary mosaic showing what might be Jesus feeding the 5,000 with five loaves
A mosaic said to depict one of the Bible’s most enduring stories has been uncovered in the Holy Land. The mosaic, which dates back 1,500 years and is said to depict the Feeding of the Multitude, was found by a team of archaeologists from the University of Haifa among the ruins of the ancient city of […]
09/21/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Discovered artifacts suggest humans first arrived in America a MILLENNIUM earlier than researchers previously thought
The first people in North America arrived more than a thousand years earlier than previously thought, experts have recently discovered. Proof of this, according to archaeologists, are the stone tools and other artifacts they unearthed at the Cooper’s Ferry site in Idaho. These artifacts are considered to be among the earliest evidence of people in […]
09/16/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Study suggests “space dust” from a giant asteroid caused the Ice Age 466 million years ago
A gigantic collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 466 million years ago plunged the Earth into a prehistoric ice age that ushered in a significant increase in marine biodiversity, scientists have revealed. This event, according to an international team of scientists and experts, occurred during the Ordovician Period, a geologic point in […]
09/11/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Bible stories come to life: Archaeologists unearth extraordinary mosaic showing what might be Jesus feeding the 5,000 with 5 loaves
A team of archaeologists working at an excavation site near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel have unearthed a 1,500-year-old mosaic that depicts the miracle of Jesus Christ Feeding the Multitude. Hippos, also known as Kinneret, is now located within Israel’s Hippos National Park. Thousands of years ago, it was once a Greco-Roman city that […]
09/10/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Thunderstruck: Peruvian dig uncovers Incan child sacrifice victims said to be struck by lightning
Research conducted on the practices of the ancient Inca Empire in South America found that they used to sacrifice children to their gods by placing them on top of mountains where they would die by being struck by lightning. The experts who studied this phenomenon believed that children were selected by their communities due to their […]
09/04/2020
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By Michael Alexander
An ancient beauty: Experts recreate the face of a Neolithic woman using a 7,500-year-old skull
A Neolithic woman, whose skull was first discovered in 1996 within a cave in Gibraltar, has been brought back to life – in the form of a sculpture. The woman, named Calpeia by experts as an homage to the rock’s classical name, is thought to have been between 30 and 40 years old when she […]
09/02/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Archaeologists discover cannabis in burners at 2,500-year-old Jirzankal cemetery in western China
The Ancient Chinese were among those who pioneered the use of cannabis 2,500 years ago, experts have revealed. Proof of this, archaeologists say, are the remains of scorched wooden incense burners that were unearthed at an ancient burial ground in the mountains of western China. These burners, which were among the relics found at the […]
08/28/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Fish bones dug up in Early Neolithic Jiahu site suggest carp farming dates back 8,000 years
The ancient Chinese were engaged in aquaculture at least 4,500 years before the Egyptians, the civilization previously considered to be the first to attempt the farming of food fish, an international team of researchers and experts said recently. The team, made up of researchers from Japan, China, Germany and the U.K., came to the conclusion […]
08/11/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Fresh finds from a cave in Mexico suggest humans populated North America earlier than currently known, rewriting the prehistoric first settlers
Excavations in the Chiquihuite Cave in Zacatecas, Mexico unearthed nearly 2,000 stone artifacts that date back to as early as 33,000 years ago — earlier than the arrival of Clovis people in North America which is dated around 13,500 years ago. This finding, published in the journal Nature, could rewrite the currently accepted narrative based on the “Clovis first” theory. According to […]
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