Iron Age

19 January, 2017 - 21:50 ancient-origins

Archaeologists are Ecstatic that a Major Viking Age Manor is Finally Found in Sweden

For centuries it has been speculated where the manor of the royal bailiff of Birka, Herigar, might have been located. New geophysical results provide evidence of its location at Korshamn, outside the...

12 January, 2017 - 21:48 Alicia McDermott

Fascinating Artifacts Unearthed in TWO Newly Discovered Neighboring Anglo-Saxon Sites in England

Preparations for two new Cambridgeshire housing development projects have uncovered a fine collection of precious ornamental items and weaponry from Anglo-Saxon times and rare Roman era domestic...

11 December, 2016 - 21:49 dhwty

2,500-Year-Old Celtic Chariot Proves Iron Age Links with Mainland Europe

The Newbridge Chariot is the name given to the remains of a Celtic chariot found in Edinburgh, Scotland. The burial is found to date to around the 5 th century B.C., hence placing it in the Iron Age...

28 September, 2016 - 00:41 Natalia Klimczak

A Polish Stonehenge? Discovery of New Burial Mounds May Rewrite History

A group of previously unknown burial mounds has been discovered near Czaplinek in north-western Poland. The most interesting feature found so far is a stone ring, which is shaped similar to the world...

20 September, 2016 - 03:42 Alicia McDermott

Bizarre Burials Uncovered in Ancient Georgia Cemetery Include Headless Skeletons and Decapitated Skull on a Plate

A team of Georgian and Polish archaeologists working at the Beshtasheni burial site of south-eastern Georgia have uncovered 16 graves dating from the Late Bronze to Early Iron Age. Most of the...

One of the burials at Didnauri, the largest Bronze Age settlement ever discovered in the southern Caucasus. This burial predates the 3,100-year-old wall around the settlement by about about 200 years

23 July, 2016 - 22:49 Mark Miller

Largest Ancient Settlement of South Caucasus Discovered from Satellite Photos

A military commander killed in battle with the arrowhead still lodged in his thorax is one of the interesting finds by archaeologists at the largest prehistoric settlement discovered in the South...

Illustration of people during the Bronze Age.

12 July, 2016 - 14:50 Kerry Sullivan

Child Miners, Mother Goddesses, and One of the Greatest Powers of the Bronze Age

In ancient times, metal ores such as tin and copper were hard to come by. So in 4,500 BC when the innovators discovered how to produce bronze from a mixture of the two, there was a mad rush to...

4 July, 2016 - 00:59 dhwty

Buried for One Thousand Years: The Eerie Graveyard of the Vikings

Lindholm Hoje is an ancient graveyard of the Vikings that had been lost for one thousand years, buried beneath thousands of tons of sand. As many as 700 burials, along with the remains of settlements...

12 May, 2016 - 14:40 ancient-origins

New Archaeological Method Finds Children Were Skilled Ceramists During the Bronze Age

Artisanal interpretation of ceramics from the Bronze Age shows that a nine-year-old child could be a highly skilled artisan. This was one of the discoveries presented in a new thesis from Lund...

22 March, 2016 - 13:50 Alicia McDermott

Researchers Renew Efforts to Solve the Puzzling Plain of Jars Site

Although there is still a long way to go, researchers have found new information on the mysterious Plain of Jars site located in the central Lao province of Xieng Khouang. Human remains dating to the...

Bronze bracelet with coral decoration discovered at the site in Yorkshire.

18 March, 2016 - 02:43 Mark Miller

Iron Age Burial Ground in Yorkshire Yields 150 Skeletons and Valuable Grave Goods

A “hugely important” find of the burial ground of an Iron Age community in England has turned up many artifacts, including jewelry and brooches, spears, swords, hundreds of amber and glass beads, and...

Two quivers made of copper/bronze found at Mudhmar East

12 March, 2016 - 22:00 Mark Miller

Tiny, 3,300-Year-Old Metal Weapons, Possible War God Offerings, Discovered in Arabia

A cache of small, ornamental daggers, battle axes, bows and arrows, possibly offerings to a war god, has been excavated in a 3,000-year-old building in what researchers think was a religious complex...

Artist’s rendering of the palace of Knossos.

10 January, 2016 - 01:08 Alicia McDermott

Knossos Thrived Well into the Iron Age and Was Much Larger than Once Believed

Current research on the ancient Greek city of Knossos in Crete suggests that it not only recovered from the Bronze Age collapse that brought down many of the Aegean palaces, but actually flourished...

One of the eight dog skeletons were found next to three tethering stakes.

15 October, 2015 - 21:47 aprilholloway

Iron Age Sacrificial Site with Human and Canine Remains Discovered in Denmark

Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed a well-preserved Iron Age village, along with the remains of one human and eight dogs lying next to tethering stakes in a nearby peat bog. The circumstances...

Part of one of the hoards as it was found in 2012.

30 September, 2015 - 00:53 Alicia McDermott

Gifts for the Gods? Over 350 Artifacts Discovered in Transylvania Begin to Provide Details on Ancient Trade Routes

Corina Bors with the National History Museum of Romania, recently presented at the European Association of Archaeologists in Glasgow, Scotland about the two massive stashes that were discovered in...

Human remains at the necropolis, (2013) Karmir Blur, Armenia (vchechne.ru)

4 August, 2015 - 23:42 Alicia McDermott

It is Possibly the Largest Iron Age Necropolis in the Near East But Archaeologists only Have Six Months to Excavate

Rescue archaeology is a common occurrence for those in the field. This time, a team of archaeologists are fighting against time to complete excavations at a 2,600 year old Urartian necropolis in...

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Myths & Legends

Legendary Black Knights: Mysterious Medieval Entities of Neutrality

Black Knights began to appear in history during the Middle Ages. Since the 13th century, a series of legends mentioning the mysterious Black Knights emerged. Although the Black Knights were said to...

Viking Berserkers – Fierce Warriors or Drug-Fuelled Madmen?

The Penteli Cave Enigma – A Place of Unexplained Phenomena Since Ancient Times

The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend – Part I

Talos of Crete: A 2,000-Year-Old Tale of the First Robot God

The Origins of the Faeries: Encoded in our Cultures – Part I

Human Origins

A modern human, left, and Neanderthal woman, right.

Research Confirms That 20% of the Neanderthal Genome Can Be Found In Modern Humans

Though it was disputed for many years, there is conclusive evidence that Neanderthals bred with modern humans (Homo sapiens). The first complete mapping of a Neanderthal genome took place about five years ago - supporting the human-Neanderthal hook-up and also showing that Neanderthal DNA in humans is a thing.

Dark Skin and Blue Eyes: European Hunter-Gatherers Did Not Fit with Common Representations

The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend – Part I

The Origins of the Faeries: Encoded in our Cultures – Part I

Peking Man and China’s Paleontological Nationalism

The human skull that challenges the Out of Africa theory

Ancient Technology

The Evidence is Cut in Stone: A Compelling Argument for Lost High Technology in Ancient Egypt

Most people know of the great construction achievements of the dynastic Egyptians such as the pyramids and temples of the Giza Plateau area as well as the Sphinx. Many books and videos show depictions of vast work forces hewing blocks of stone in the hot desert sun and carefully setting them into place.

Near-Pristine Bronze Age Spear Dated Over 3,000 Years Found in Britain

Ancient Chinese Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago Really Worked!

Surprising Stone Age Knowledge Revealed on a Mammoth Bone Bracelet

Ancient Maya Tooth Bling Was Also Good for Oral Hygiene!

1,200-Year-Old Telephone, Amazing Invention of the Ancient Chimu Civilization

Ancient Places

Pompeii man and woman discovered in the Casa de Fabbro, or House of the Crafsman, in a photograph taken in 1934. Source: Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità

First Complete DNA Sequencing Unveils Truth of Pompeii Victim

The skeletons of a man and woman discovered around 100 years ago, as they were trying to survive the notorious Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, have been put under the scanner by scientists.

Iklaina: Perhaps the First City State of Mycenaean Culture

Wars of the Diadochi: Alexander the Great’s Generals Fight For Spoils

The mummies of Qilakitsoq and the Inuit baby that captured hearts around the world

A Lost Primeval World Has Been Found in a Giant South China Sinkhole!

Home to 20,000, But Who Built it? The Underground City of Derinkuyu

Opinion

The Coming Gnostic Civilization, and his most recent book, Sedona: City of the Star People.

The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend – Part I

What is the origin of the legend of the Christed Son who was born of a virgin on December 25th? I am sure you are familiar with his legend which states that he was born in a manger surrounded by shepherds

Library in Stone: The Ica Stones of Professor Cabrera – Part I

Two Sides to Every Story: The North American Martyrs Shrines and Indigenous/ Roman Catholic Relations

The Origins of the Faeries: Encoded in our Cultures – Part I

Curse of the Buried Pearl: The Hunt for Ancient Treasures – Part I

The Enigma of the Shugborough Inscription

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Iron Age

Archaeologists are Ecstatic that a Major Viking Age Manor is Finally Found in Sweden

Fascinating Artifacts Unearthed in TWO Newly Discovered Neighboring Anglo-Saxon Sites in England

2,500-Year-Old Celtic Chariot Proves Iron Age Links with Mainland Europe

A Polish Stonehenge? Discovery of New Burial Mounds May Rewrite History

Bizarre Burials Uncovered in Ancient Georgia Cemetery Include Headless Skeletons and Decapitated Skull on a Plate

Largest Ancient Settlement of South Caucasus Discovered from Satellite Photos

Child Miners, Mother Goddesses, and One of the Greatest Powers of the Bronze Age

Buried for One Thousand Years: The Eerie Graveyard of the Vikings

New Archaeological Method Finds Children Were Skilled Ceramists During the Bronze Age

Researchers Renew Efforts to Solve the Puzzling Plain of Jars Site

Iron Age Burial Ground in Yorkshire Yields 150 Skeletons and Valuable Grave Goods

Tiny, 3,300-Year-Old Metal Weapons, Possible War God Offerings, Discovered in Arabia

Knossos Thrived Well into the Iron Age and Was Much Larger than Once Believed

Iron Age Sacrificial Site with Human and Canine Remains Discovered in Denmark

Gifts for the Gods? Over 350 Artifacts Discovered in Transylvania Begin to Provide Details on Ancient Trade Routes

It is Possibly the Largest Iron Age Necropolis in the Near East But Archaeologists only Have Six Months to Excavate

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