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Archaeology
Road Built 7,000 Years Ago Found at Bottom of Mediterranean Sea
A 7,000-year-old road that may have connected an ancient Hvar culture settlement to the now-isolated island of Korčula has been discovered by archaeologists off the southern Croatian coast. The remnants of this road were found at the sunken Neolithic...
Archaeology
Egypt’s First Complete Zodiac Uncovered in Esna Temple, Luxor
A group of specialists from Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities made a significant discovery when they uncovered a zodiac that had never been seen before.
The zodiac is located on the roof of the southern hall of the Esna Temple...
Animals
New Evidence for Horseback Riding Dates Back 5,000 Years
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of the earliest known instance of horseback riding. This evidence, which would change history, was found in human remains that are 5,000 years old and were unearthed in central Europe.
This important discovery was made when...
Archaeology
Hidden Corridor Found in Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza
On Thursday (March 2, 2023), Egyptian antiquities officials confirmed the presence of a hidden corridor in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza.
The corridor is 30 feet long and 6 feet wide near the main entrance of the Pyramid of Khufu,...
Archaeology
Ancient Mummy Found in a Cooler Bag
In an unlikely turn of events, police in Peru recently made a chilling discovery while patrolling a park - the 600-800-year-old remains of an ancient mummy.
The body was found inside a red cooler bag carried by 26-year-old Julio Cesar...
Ancient Greece
Greek Mummy Portraits, Funerary Building Discovered in Fayoum, Egypt
New important Greek and Roman archaeological discoveries were made in Fayoum, the Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities in Egypt announced on Thursday. The discoveries included a funerary building, portraits, mummies, and statues that date as far back as the...
Ancient Greece
Ancient City Discovered in Albania Could Have Greek Origins
Excavations of an ancient site in Albania, first discovered by archaeologists in 2018, have revealed further details about a lost ancient city that ancient Greeks could have built.
Archaeologists, led by Piotr Dyczek and Saimir Shpuza, have uncovered at least...
Archaeology
Israeli Αrchaeologists Find Ancient Comb With Full Sentence
An ancient ivory comb with an inscription has been discovered by Israeli archaeologists dating back 3,700 years ago.
The evidence revealed that the finding may be the earliest example of a sentence in Canaanite alphabetical script.
The inscription urged people during...
Archaeology
Easter Island Statues Severely Damaged By Fire
A wildfire on Easter Island severely damaged some of its notable stone-carved statues, officials said in a statement on Wednesday.
After spreading across more than one hundred hectares (247 acres) surrounding the Rano Raraku volcano, a UNESCO world heritage site,...
Archaeology
Stunning Facial Reconstruction of Paleolithic Woman
Archaeologists have reconstructed the face of a Paleolithic woman whose human skull was found buried inside a cave in 1881 in the hamlet of Mlade located in today's Czech Republic. The subject was identified as male at the time,...