The curious horse burial at the ancient Nubian site of Tombos, along the Nile
The archaeological site of Tombos along the Nile River Valley, in what is now a northern region of Sudan, harks back to the ancient Nubians….
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Site near Scotland’s Loch Ness may have been a preferred Bronze Age burial ground
The recent infrastructural development of Drumnadrochit, a village lying on the west shore of the famed Loch Ness, has brought forth its fortuitous share of…
Earliest Known Christian Anglo-Saxon Burial in England Reveals its Treasures
The earliest known Christian burial of an Anglo-Saxon in England pertains to the tomb of a nobleman who lived during circa 6th-7th century AD. Archaeologists…
‘Dynamic’ Iron Age horse chariot burial found in Yorkshire
A ‘dynamic’ mode of chariot burial – this, in a nutshell, defines the astounding discovery made in East Yorkshire. Archaeologists from MAP Archaeological Practice, carrying…
New human burials unearthed at 1,300-year-old cemetery in Lima, Peru
Excavations at the Parque de las Leyendas Zoo in Lima, the capital city of Peru, have uncovered new human burials dating back some 1,300 years….
A Hitherto Unrecorded Late Roman Settlement Found At A Prehistoric Archaeological Site In Elkab, Egypt
A joint group of Egyptian and American archaeologists has uncovered a flint quarrying site – containing valuable finds from different archaeological periods – in Elkab…
Builders accidentally discover 2,000-year-old burial cave in Tiberias, Israel
Municipality contractors at Tiberias – an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee – have accidentally uncovered a 2,000-year-old burial cave…
Ancient feces provide evidence for parasites mentioned in Hippocrates’ writings
The Greek island of Kea (or Keos, as known in antiquity) does boast its ancient legacy in the form of the Bronze settlement Ayia Irini that…
Aberrant burials found inside a Merovingian necropolis in Germany
When it comes to the hindsight of history, it was the Merovingian dynasty (circa 5th – 8th century AD) that sowed the seeds of statehood…
Researchers come across multiple Viking ship burials in north Iceland
On 13th June, Icelandic archaeologists (state sponsored) working at a large burial site in Eyjafjörður fjord, in northern part of Iceland, came across the remnants…
