Stone Age boy in Sweden was buried in deerskin and a woodpecker headdress, archaeologists discover
data-component-name=”Image”> An artist’s impression of the Skateholm burial island. In the foreground is a young boy whose tomb consisted of deer hair and potentially a piece of a woodpecker plume….
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5,000-year-old stone tomb discovered in Spain is 43 feet long — and it holds many prehistoric burials
The newly found dolmen in Spain was utilized to hold several burials and go back around 5,000 years. (Image credit: Thalassa(PAI HUM 1127)) Archaeologists in Spain have actually found a…
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2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were ‘forward planning’ 600,000 years earlier than thought
An Oldowan flake tool was discovered near a butchered bone from a hippo relative. (Image credit: T.W. Plummer, Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project) Ancient human family members moved varied stones over…
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1.5 million-year-old stone tools from mystery human relative discovered in Indonesia — they reached the region before our species even existed
Among the stone tools found on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia go back a minimum of 1 million years. (Image credit: M.W. Moore) Stone tools found on the Indonesian…
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2,600-Year-Old Stone Relief Unearthed in Ancient Nineveh
The ancient stone relief illustrates Ashurbanipal, the ruler of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 699 to 631 BCE, 2 divine beings and other figures, according to a group of archeologists from…
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150,000-year-old stone tools reveal humans lived in tropical rainforests much earlier than thought
A 150,000-year-old stone tool from the Ivory Coast (Image credit: Jimbob Blinkhorn, MPG ) Ancient people resided in tropical rain forests much earlier than we initially believed, a brand-new research…
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Stone Age people made sun stone ‘sacrifice’ to banish ‘darkened sun’ after a volcanic eruption, archaeologists say
2 of the sun stones, little pieces of shale engraved with a sun theme. (Image credit: National Museum of Denmark) A volcanic eruption in 2910 B.C. might be the factor…
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‘Vulva stone’ and coin jewelry among remarkable treasures discovered at Viking burial site in Norway
Archaeologists in Norway have actually discovered a chest of uncommon products at a Viking burial website, consisting of a coin from southern Denmark, brooches and coin precious jewelry. (Image credit:…
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Stone Age ‘CSI’: Archaeologists identify a family killed in a house fire nearly 6 millennia ago
Scorched and battered human bones from 5,700 years ago mean a ruthless end for a group of Stone Age individuals who likely passed away in a home fire in what…
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Strange pile of Stone Age skulls unearthed in Italian village baffles archaeologists
An illustration of what the Masseria Candelaro skull cache may have appeared like in the Neolithic. (Image credit: Vicki Herring/ University of Cambridge) Archaeologists have actually found a stack of…
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