Archaeologists have found the tokens and dice of an early Iron Age game in Norway. They appeared in a tomb in the Nordhordland district (in the west of the country and north of the city of Bergen), dated around 300 AD. early Iron Age (note that Iron Age dates are not the same for the Mediterranean a
A team of UK researchers has succeeded in reconstructing the vocal tract of an Egyptian mummy using a combination of CT scans, 3D printing and an electronic larynx. The project, which began in 2013, is the result of combining clinical science, archaeology, Egyptology and electrical engineering. For
Some time ago we talked about Torico here as a result of the discovery of an extensive network of mining galleries, the oldest in all of Greece. No less than 5 kilometers of marble-lined underground chambers, shafts and conduits dating from the late Neolithic onwards, where silver and lead were mine
Were the Persians carrying a block of marble at the Battle of Marathon? Thats what Pausanias says: Indeed, on the road between the site of ancient Ramnunte and Marathon is the sanctuary of the goddess Nemesis, surrounded by lush forests. As early as the 6th century B.C. There was a temple here ded
Polish archaeologists discovered an anthropomorphic figurine in one of the oldest cities in the world:Çatalhöyük in Turkey. This is the first such object made of bone known from this site. The find is about 8 thousand years old. The discovery was made at one of the most famous archaeological sites
One of the considered discoverers of the Sumerian civilization is the French archaeologist Ernest Choquin Sarzec. He became interested in archeology when he was vice-consul in the city of Basra in 1872, thanks to the excavations that the British Taylor was carrying out in ancient Ur. Among those
A rare piece of glass was discovered during an archaeological dig at Lindisfarne – the small Northumbrian island whose medieval monastery was raided by Vikings in 793 AD, heralding the start of the Viking Age in Britain. The piece was discovered in September 2019 during a community archaeological d
At the Els Trocs cave site in the Pyrenees (San Feliu de Veri, Bisaurri, Huesca), rival groups of primitive migrant farmers or indigenous farmers and hunter-gatherers clashed violently around 5300 BC. This clash resulted in a massacre of the farmers of Els Trocs. The backlash was possibly triggered
The investigation of ancient Pompeii is not limited to the visible parts of the city, that is, the surface, but also focuses on previously unseen aspects, such as the study of the tunnels and drainage channels that crossed the Forum area , from Porta Marina to Villa Imperiale. 457 meters of these
In 2008 and 2009, archaeologists excavated a site at Løgstrup, located northwest of Viborg in Denmark. It was a Bronze Age settlement with remains of houses and pits and bronze smelting furnaces, built and expanded in several phases around 900–700 BC, where various objects of bronze, amber, ceramics
Archaeologists at the Oriental Institute have discovered an ancient lost kingdom dating from 1400 to 600 BC, which may have battled and defeated Phrygia, the kingdom ruled by the famous King Midas. Researchers from the University of Chicago were studying a site with Turkish and British colleagues
Did the queen of Coba, one of the largest cities in the ancient Mayan world, build the longest known Mayan road to invade a smaller, more isolated neighbor and gain a foothold against the emerging empire of Chichen Itza? The question has long intrigued Traci Ardren, an archaeologist and professor o
New archaeological work supports the hypothesis that human populations were present in India 80,000 years ago and that they survived one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last two million years The Toba super-eruption was one of the largest volcanic events in the last two million years, some
In addition to being the first woman in history to obtain a professorship at the University of Cambridge, and coining terms such as Gravettian or chatelperronian To designate cultural phases of prehistory, archaeologist Dorothy Garrod made a sensational discovery in 1928. In that year she was excav
Vittoria DallArmellina was visiting the Museum of the monastery located on the small Venetian island of San Lázaro de los Armenios when she was struck by a small sword, placed in a glass case along with some medieval objects. The doctoral student noted that this did not appear to be a medieval find,
A shield discovered during excavations prior to the construction of a housing estate in Pocklington, a town located in the county of East Yorkshire in England, and recently restored, is already described as the most significant finding of the Iron Age in this century . The shield was part of an imp
Scientists have debated for years why Bronze Age wall paintings found at the ancient settlement of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini depict monkeys of a species that lived thousands of miles away in Asia. It has been suggested that, indeed, during the Bronze Age there could have been contac
The ancient Romans had a special soft spot for Garo (Latin garum ), a sauce prepared with fermented fish viscera that was used to season or accompany a large number of meals, although it was also used in medicine and cosmetics. Some remains of factories of this preparation have been found throughou
On January 14, 1896, the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin set out from Jotan, a city on the ancient Silk Road in the Taklamakan desert, in the far west of China. He was accompanied by four men with three camels and two donkeys, loaded with provisions for 50 days following the course of the White Jade Riv
Archaeologists from the University of Cincinnati have discovered two Bronze Age tombs containing a trove of engraved jewelry and artifacts that promise to unlock secrets about life in ancient Greece. These are two funerary monuments in the shape of a tholos , which have been officially named Vaulted
Aix-en-Provence , it is not only the student city par excellence of the 21st century where life is good. It is also a city with an undeniable historical heritage, a rich and eventful history. The first beginnings of Aquae Sextiae , the Roman town, to the city of Paul Cézanne and Émile Zola , Aix was
The tomb of Nebamon and Ipouky is unique in more ways than one. While the chapels studied by the team with chemical analysis instruments and photographic documentation are generally dedicated to a deceased person and his relatives, here it is two men who share the space, while not apparently having
Egyptian authorities have announced the discovery of a lost city of the New Kingdom, contemporary to the reign of Amenhotep III, near Luxor, Egypt. The walls of a 3,000-year-old city active during the reigns of Pharaohs Amenhotep III and his son Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) have been discovered near L
For two years in Cambodia, the former capital of the Khmer Empire, Angkor, has not seen any tourists due to a pandemic. An undeniable loss of income for the third economic pillar of the country, but a boon for the conservation and preservation of the sacred temples concentrated in this unique site c