Pioneering technology has helped experts find a lost camp built and used by thousands of Roman soldiers sent to conquer Northwest Iberia. The discovery is the largest and oldest Roman military fortified enclosure excavated so far in Galicia and northern Portugal. The foundations of the enclosure wall date from around the second century B.C. Experts ...
In Sweden, a hobby cartographer accidentally came across a Bronze Age discovery that is being described as a 2,500-year-old treasure trove. The startling discovery has made headlines and archaeologists are curious, naturally. The treasure comprises 50 pieces of jewelry and other relics in the set, say the authorities. It is a significant discovery that throws ...
In ancient Egypt, people were particular about preserving the remains of their dead and the tradition of mummification has aroused the curiosity of historians for centuries. Several types of mummies have been discovered over the years, but never a pregnant mummy. The Egyptians mummified their emperors and their family members, while mummies of people belonging ...
It is quite well known that the ancient Romans were used to living lavish lifestyles. They were great connoisseurs of art too. However, their love of animals as pets is lesser known. If historical artifacts found in the famous city of Pompeii are anything to go by, citizens of the Roman Empire were canine lovers ...
The discovery of a rare bone artifact near the Lower Murray River casts more light on the rich archaeological record of Ngarrindjeri country in southern Australia. Details of the Murrawong bone point, dated between c. 5,300 and 3,800 years old, have been described by Flinders University, Griffith University, and other experts in a new paper ...
The efforts to trace the root of humans have yielded fascinating results over the decades. One such instance is the “Canadian Ice Man” whose remains were found in a melting glacier in British Columbia, Canada. The discovery of remains of fossilized ancestors of present-day humans throws up intriguing details and challenges to existing theories. The ...
Chance finds of prehistoric stone tools and fragments of pottery, picked up from a rabbit hole by the wardens of Skokholm Island, have surprised experts and hint at new chapters in the prehistory of this famous island. Nicknamed “Dream Island,” Skokholm Island lies two miles off the south Pembrokeshire coast and is owned and managed by ...
An international team of researchers has now discovered that Neanderthals had a presence in Europe around 430,000 years ago, making it at least 30,000 years earlier than previously assumed. The team of researchers analyzed nuclear DNA that was extracted from the 430,000-year-old bones that were discovered in the Sima de los Huesos, or “Pit of ...
Photographer Anna Huix beautifully captures these high-altitude gemstone hunters in Pakistan’s remote mountains of Karakoram. Originally from Barcelona, Anna Huix is a London-based photographer. I first came across her work at a folio show at the creative agency Mother in London. The series below is from a time she traveled with writer Simón Elias (also a mountain guide who ...
When thinking of fierce predators of the past, it’s difficult not to imagine dinosaurs, considering theropods are well known for having blade-like teeth with serrated cutting edges used for biting and ripping their prey. Next, one might imagine another creature — saber-toothed cats — only they roamed the Earth hundreds of millions of years later. But a team of researchers discovered ...
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