700-Year-Old Poop Barrels Still Stink, Researchers Say It may not be the most glamorous of archaeological finds, but the discovery of 700-year-old stinking toilets has got experts excited. Human excrement described as being in ‘excellent condition’ has been found at the...
Buried in the sand for a millennium: Africas roman ghost city Lost in the Algerian desert, the ancient outpost of the Roman Empire, Timgad is one of the most impressive abandoned cities in the world. Little known by comparison with Pompeii, Timgad, or Thamugadi,...
Dozens of ancient Egyptian graves found with rare clay coffins ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered 83 graves from ancient Egypt, but the human remains were kept in a strange coffin in an incredibly rare kind of burial. Often, Ancient Egyptian corpses are found...
1,000-year-old tomb of couple excavated in China A 1,000-year-old tomb for a couple buried together with a window cut through the dividing wall to allow them to continue their romance in the afterlife has been unearthed in central China. The husband and...
Wooden ‘Big Shigir Idol’ statue believed to be twice as old as Egyptian pyramids The further back in time you go, the sparser the archaeological record grows. Many materials used by humans - wood, leather, fabric - simply don’t last and...
Russia Looking To Clone And Resurrect 3,000-Year-Old Ancient Siberian Warriors Russia’s defence minister has taken time out from massing troops on Ukraine’s borders to unveil a ‘Dolly the Sheep’ cloning dream involving ancient royal warriors and their prize horses using DNA preserved in permafrost....
Ancient Chinese Duke Loved Horses so was Buried with Them… Hundreds of Them! A tomb containing the remains of hundreds of horses, perfectly grouped in rows, was discovered in China in 1964. Such a complex burial and large sacrifice clearly indicated...
Archaeologists in Norway find rare Viking ship burial using only radar Archaeologists in Norway using ground-penetrating radar have detected one of the largest Viking ship graves ever found. Archaeologists have found the outlines of a Viking ship buried not far from...
Archaeologists Uncover Evidence From Monumental Tombs of Domesticated Dogs in Ancient Arabian Peninsula LONDON: A team of archaeologists has discovered the oldest evidence that dogs coexisted with humans in the Arabian Peninsula. Researchers have found bones belonging to a dog in...
