Researchers find a 3,000-year old intact wheel from the British ‘Pompeii’
Back in January we talked about a remarkably well preserved settlement in Cambridgeshire that had been touted as the British Pompeii. This surprising state of…
Archaeology
Experts create an exact 3D replica of Ötzi the Iceman’s mummy for precise future research projects
Discovered quite accidentally by a group of hikers in 1991 in the Oetztal Alps (in modern-day north Italy), Ötzi the Iceman had been entombed underneath…
Humans probably bred with Neanderthals more than thousands of years earlier than previously thought
Back in 2010, genome sequencing of Neanderthals had already established that there were occurrences of interbreeding between the Neanderthals and humans. In terms of date,…
Researchers identify 2,000 year old Roman roads in Britain by using laser-based LiDAR technology
After a whirlwind of Roman-based topics in this week, we have yet another Romano-British discovery at hand. This time around the scope pertains to long…
Ancient Roman brooch showcases a fascinating palindrome with ‘Roma’ engraving
One of the famous palindromes in the world (often wrongly attributed to Napoleon) is – Able was I ere I saw Elba; a sentence with…
Ancient Eastern Roman underground church discovered in Cappadocia, Turkey
The region of Cappadocia in present-day central Turkey alludes to a fantastical realm with giant upright rock formations pockmarked by evidences of human habitation, ranging…
Animation showcases the Pompeii disaster with accurate 3D rendering of the events
Pompeii, the ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples, boasted an assortment of baths, houses, graffiti, frescoes and even agricultural produce. But more than any of…
4,500 years old ‘well preserved’ ship found near Ancient Egyptian tomb
Back in January, we had talked about some 5,000 years old hieroglyphs that alludes to the Ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis along with depictions of…
Researchers discover the world’s oldest tea specimen inside an ancient Chinese tomb
Last week, we talked about the Great Wall of China and how the magnificent man-made feat had mirrored the Chinese culture over the millenniums. Well…
5,000 year old hieroglyphs hark back to the early Egyptian queens and an ‘older’ Memphis
The Great Pyramid of Giza is believed to be around 4,600 years old. But this time around, archaeologists have discovered fascinating stuff that harks back…
