Archaeology & Discoveries
Lost Tree Mentioned in the Bible Brought Back to Life after 1,000 Years
A team of researchers working for fourteen years have managed to bring to life an entirely extinct tree, resurrecting a lost species that was originally mentioned in the Bible. The discovery, published…
AI search of Nazca Plain Doubles the Number of Known Geoglyphs
The Nazca geoglyphs are an enduring puzzle. We do not really understand why these ancient peoples in the south of what is now Peru traced enormous patterns on the barren plains of…
Entirely Unknown Neolithic Culture Found in Morocco
Archaeologists excavating a site in the Maghreb desert in north western African known as Oued Beht have uncovered evidence of a farming society from the Neolithic that was completely unknown, according to…
Roman Chariot found in Ancient Varna Necropolis
Archaeologists in Bulgaria have uncovered something they did not expect while excavating a necropolis mound in the Varna Province. The site has previously revealed only Bronze Age finds, but the new mound…
Milanese Hospital Bones Suggest Early Use of Cocaine
Researchers in Italy excavating a crypt in Milan’s Ospedale Maggiore have discovered something which sets established history on its head: traces of cocaine in the brains of two bodies, which suggests the…
3,000 Year Old Sword of a Pharoah Discovered in Egypt
An excavation team led by Dr. Ahmed Saeed El-Kharadly have uncovered an ancient sword in Egypt’s Beheira Governate in the north of the country, between Alexandria and Cairo and in the heart…