Ancient untouched royal tomb found in Peru
An untouched royal burial chamber was discovered in Peru, containing the graves of three Wari queens surrounded by gold and silver treasures as well as potential human sacrifices.
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Australia’s oldest rock painting: A kangaroo from 17,300 years back in time
The oldest known painting in the country was found in Australia in a rock shelter. The figure is the outline of a kangaroo, filled with lines, painted under a rocky…
8,000-year-old rock carvings in Arabia may be the world’s oldest megastructure blueprints
Middle Eastern hunters engraved to-scale plans of their 'desert kite' traps into rocks some 8,000 years ago.
Ancient Greek Derveni Papyrus: Europe’s oldest surviving book
The first book of the western tradition is recorded on papyrus about 2400 years ago.
German archaeologists find Bronze Age sword so well-preserved it ‘almost shines’
An object from the mid-bronze age, in an ‘extraordinary’ state of preservation, was found in a grave in Bavaria
A medieval victim still in his chainmail discovered in Sweden
The medieval Battle of Visby left behind a mass grave of children and elderly soldiers still wearing their chainmail.
Tel Shimron excavations reveal 3,800-year-old architectural wonder of hidden passageway in Israel
The Tel Shimron excavations in Israel have recently revealed a remarkable architectural marvel dating back to 1,800 BC – the well preserved mudbrick structure of hidden passageway.
Viking Age ceremonial burial shields found to be combat ready
The Viking shields found on the Gokstad ship in 1880 were not strictly ceremonial and may have been used in hand-to-hand combat, according to an in-depth analysis.
Did Neanderthals keep hunting trophies?
40,000-year-old animal bones have been found in the third level of Spain’s Cueva Des-Cubierta.
Oldest stone tools ever found were not made by human hands, study suggests
Archaeologists have discovered what they believe to be the earliest stone tools ever discovered, and they believe they were made by someone other than our closest Homo ancestors. The ancient…
