1,600-year-old burials in Crimea hold gold and silver jewelry from ‘rich women’

1,600-year-old burials in Crimea hold gold and silver jewelry from ‘rich women’

The brand-new finds consist of these earrings made from gold with inlays of a red stone, perhaps garnet or carnelian. ( Image credit: Crimean Federal University) Archaeologists have actually uncovered…

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1,500-year-old riches and more than 100 weapons found under Iron Age chieftain’s house

1,500-year-old riches and more than 100 weapons found under Iron Age chieftain’s house

Vejle Museums archaeologist Elias Witte Thomasen excavates metal weapons. (Image credit: Vejle Museums) Archaeologists in Denmark have actually found a cache of more than 100 weapons buried under your home…

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36,000-Year-Old Scimitar-Toothed Cat Cub Found in Yakutian Permafrost

36,000-Year-Old Scimitar-Toothed Cat Cub Found in Yakutian Permafrost

The 36,000-year-old frozen specimen from Yakutia comes from Homotherium latidensa types of scimitar-toothed feline that populated Eurasia throughout the Pliocene and Pleistocene dates, and considerably varies from a contemporary lion…

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2,600-year-old inscription in Turkey finally deciphered — and it mentions goddess known ‘simply as the Mother’

2,600-year-old inscription in Turkey finally deciphered — and it mentions goddess known ‘simply as the Mother’

The monolith with the ancient engraving is called Arslan Kaya(likewise spelled Aslan Kaya), which implies “lion rock” in Turkish. (Image credit: daphnusia through Alamy Stock Photo) A scientist states he…

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Evidence of 2,200-year-old hallucinogenic ritual found in Egyptian vase depicting dwarf god

Evidence of 2,200-year-old hallucinogenic ritual found in Egyptian vase depicting dwarf god

The ancient Egyptian vase illustrating the dwarf god Bes, beside its 3D design on a laptop computer, as soon as held a hallucinogenic beverage, a residue analysis discovers. (Image credit:…

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35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten with preserved whiskers pulled from permafrost in Siberia

35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten with preserved whiskers pulled from permafrost in Siberia

Scientists have actually pulled the mummy of a newborn saber-toothed feline that passed away a minimum of 35,000 years earlier from Siberia’s permafrost– and the kitty still has its hairs…

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12,000-year-old, doughnut-shaped pebbles may be early evidence of the wheel

12,000-year-old, doughnut-shaped pebbles may be early evidence of the wheel

The researchers made experimental spindles and whorls based on 3D scans of the pebbles and their negative perforations. (Image credit: Yashuv, Grosman, 2024, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0) Archaeologists in Israel…

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150,000-year-old rock-shelter in Tajikistan found on ‘key route for human expansion’ used by Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans

150,000-year-old rock-shelter in Tajikistan found on ‘key route for human expansion’ used by Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans

Archaeologists unearthed stone tools and animal bones that had been at the site for more than 100,000 years. (Image credit: Zaidner et al., 2024) Along a stream in Tajikistan, archaeologists…

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Archaeologists Find 4,000-Year-Old Copper Dagger in Italy

Archaeologists Find 4,000-Year-Old Copper Dagger in Italy

Archaeologists have actually uncovered an uncommon dagger going back to the Copper Age at Tina Jama Cave in the local decentralization entity of Trieste in the Italian area of Friuli-Venezia…

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1,200-year-old Viking cemetery with ‘stone ship’ burials discovered in Sweden

1,200-year-old Viking cemetery with ‘stone ship’ burials discovered in Sweden

National Historical Museums archaeologist Petra Nordin analyzes among the Viking Age graves. (Image credit: The Archaeologists, National Historical Museums, Sweden; CC BY ) While digging to discover an ancient settlement…

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