370-year-old gold ring may have honored beheaded earl A metal detectorist in the United Kingdom discovered a 370-year-old gold and crystal ring that might have been crafted in honor of a beheaded earl who lived during the English Civil War. According to...
Vesuvius ancient eruption rescuer identified at Herculaneum, says, expert The skeleton of a Roman soldier killed by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption 2,000 years ago has been identified as a hero who died while trying to save the people of Herculaneum. The man’s remains...
Archaeologists discover remains of 9 Neanderthals near Rome In 1939, a Neanderthal skull was discovered in a cave on the property of a beachfront hotel south of Rome, it prompted a theory, since debunked, that Neanderthals performed ritual cannibalism, extracting the brains...
Wootz Steel: The Mysterious Metal that Was Used in Deadly Damascus Blades This is one of those stories about a technology that was invented and then forgotten. For example, the Romans invented concrete, which was later reinvented by another civilization a...
Medieval Remains of ‘Noble Girl’ Discovered Under Real Alcázar in Spain A five-year-old girl’s skeleton was discovered underneath the chapel floor at the Real Alcázar in Spain. The remains, according to archaeologists, date from the 1300s and belong to a fair-haired...
Park workers discover huge Roman coin trove in Spain How many rare Roman coins does it take to weigh in at 600 kilos, or more than 1,300 pounds? A lot. An awful lot. That’s how many were found in a rare...
Metal Fragments Found To Be Currency In Bronze Age Europe According to researchers from the Universities of Göttingen and Rome, bronze scrap discovered in European hoards was used as currency. Archaeologists have found evidence that people in Late Bronze Age Europe...
Scientists discover 280-million-year-old fossil tracks in remote area of the Grand Canyon An international group of palaeontologists has united together to investigate significant fossil footprints found in a remote location of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. A massive sandstone boulder contains many...
‘Vampire’ discovered buried in Cemetery of Children in Italy The remains of a child unearthed in a 5th century CE Italian cemetery are indicative of the unease that must have been felt in the region as a malaria outbreak ravaged the population....
Mysterious 7,000-year-old stone structures may be part of prehistoric cattle cult These mysterious rectangular structures can be found all over northwestern Arabia and date back over 7,000 years, centuries before Stonehenge. According to archaeologists, they may have been part of a...
