Near the town of Kivik and about 320 meters from the coast in Scania, the southern tip of Sweden, there is a circular burial mound that the inhabitants of the place used as a quarry for centuries. In 1748 the quarry had reached the interior of the tumulus, and two farmers who had gone for stone were
The Addaura complex, located on the northeast slope of the Monte Pellegrino massif in northern Sicily, is made up of several caves that were used by the allies after the invasion of Sicily in 1943 as an ammunition store. Towards the end of the Second World War there was an accidental explosion in th
In the Altai Mountains in southern Siberia, prehistorians have discovered the remains of a 45,000-year-old lion figurine, perhaps the oldest in the world. Lion figurine fragment discovered in level 11 of Denisova Cave, Altai, Siberia (Russia). A chest with a dress decorated with hatching colored
Archaeologists working at the site of the ancient city of Berenice Troglodytica, in the eastern desert along Egypts Red Sea coast, have announced the results of the latest season of excavations. Among them stands out a tomb with coral walls and floors and intact burials with a rich grave goods. Thi