Bronze Age humans living in the Levant may have getting high on psychoactive drugs, according to a new study that found traces of opium in 3,500-year-old ceramic vessels from Tel Yehud, a Canaanite necropolis in Israel. An employee...
A mouthpiece from an ancient Roman cornu (Latin for “horn”) has been discovered at the old Roman fort of Vindolanda. The metal horn was a musical instrument used to broadcast orders to the troops during battle. A Roman cornu, a...
Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old statue of the Roman God Hercules at the site of the ancient Greek city of Philippi in Northern Greece. Philippi has long been believed to be one of the most promising archaeological sites...
Archaeologists working on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, in present-day Israel, have unearthed a set of colorful floor mosaics that show the site was a prosperous region settled by early Christian and Jewish communities centuries...
Two-dozen previously unrecorded Buddhist caves have been found in the Tala range of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, the Archaeological Survey of India reported last week. A selection of the caves in question The caves date back to the...
Archaeologists digging in the village of Hune in Northern Jutland, Denmark have discovered the remains of a vast Viking hall—what they’re calling the “largest Viking Age find of this nature” in more than a decade. Remains of...
If you were suddenly frozen in time, there are a few things (I’d imagine) you would rather not be caught doing. This is the unfortunate fate many believe to have befallen the “masturbating man” of Pompeii. In 79 BCE, the...
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Bɩood seeping from the deαԀ sea Ьeаѕt had turned the water near the coastline a bright red, which didn’t stop locals from wading in for a closer look and snapping pictures. A giant sea creature, possibly with tusks, washed...
While two men war over Queen Nefertiti’s remains, one woman named Ola El Aguizy (and her team of archaeologists) just uncovered the monumental granite sarcophagus of Ptah-em-wia, the royal treasurer to King Ramses II, 13th century...
A team of Spanish archaeologists has found 60 mummies buried in two tombs in the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor. The tomb of the Vizier Amenhotep-Huy in Luxor, Egypt. The newly discovered chambers are connected to the tomb of Amenhotep-Huy,...
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Just when we think we’ve seen it all, Mother Nature surprises us with a beautiful creation. If you have ever seen “Games of Thrones” you will surely think that these armadillo lizards are a perfect miniature version of the dragons...
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Since 2008, Two-Headed Sharks have been popping up and experts have been trying to figure out the problem. Though two-headed sharks may sound like something from one of those B-list movie productions, they are real. Even more perplexing...
Last Friday, French archaeological agency INRAP shared new insights regarding two sarcophagi unearthed during pre-restoration assessments at Notre Dame in March. In partnership with the University of Toulouse, INRAP announced they’ve...
One of the new Nazca lines. Photo courtesy of Yamagata University. Once again, a team of archaeologists from Japan’s Yamagata University have discovered new Nazca Lines, this time announcing that they’ve spotted 168 previously...
A display of items found 200 years ago at the Upton Lovell burial site near Stonehenge. All photos courtesy University of Leicester. Archaeologists at the University of Leicester have just re-examined five 4,000-year-old tools like...
Microscopic remains of 7,000-year-old cotton are the earliest such fibers to have been found in the ancient Near East, offering new insights into the ancient village of Tel Tsaf in Israel. Among the mud-brick architectural structures...
An autonomous underwater vehicle named Hugin is sweeping Lake Mjøsa in Norway for unexploded World War II munitions dumped there between the 1940s and 1970s. Piloted by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology...