Huge 4,000-year old necropolis found near the ancient town of Bethlehem
A few days ago we talked about a mysterious religious icon (crafted from valuable materials) being discovered inside Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem –…
Archaeology
Archaeologists have identified an entire Anglo-Saxon ‘island’ near Lincolnshire
A few days ago we talked about how the English people are estimated to be of one-third Anglo-Saxon ancestry – with the aid of a…
7-year old boy discovers a 3,400-year old figurine during his hiking trip
Almost espousing a metaphorical connection between humanity’s future and the past, a 7-year old boy named Ori Greenhut discovered an ancient artifact in Israel. The…
Theatrical mask from the period of early Roman Empire found in Aydin, Turkey
Set in the picturesque Turkey’s southwestern Aegean Region, the city of Aydin has witnessed organized human habitations for over 7,000 years. In fact, the very…
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…
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…
