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Coastal Neanderthals Went Diving For Tools
Neanderthals are known to have used tools, but the extent to which they were able to exploit coastal resources has been questioned. New research shows they collected clam shells and volcanic rock from the beach and coastal waters of Italy during the Middle Paleolithic.
ancient-origins - 16/01/2020 - 14:44
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Chryselephantine: Sculpting the Most Luxurious Greek Cult Statues
Gold and ivory – what could be a richer mix? The ancient Greeks saw this as one of the most luxurious combinations as well, which is why they reserved the chryselephantine sculpting technique for their most treasured cult statues.
dhwty - 16/06/2018 - 14:03
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Spanish Archaeologists Plot Remarkable Rescue of Ancient Phoenician Ship
A Phoenician trading vessel that sank off the coast of Spain around 2,500 years ago has been rendered in high-resolution 3D maps. As a precursor of plans to rescue the shipwreck, piece-by-piece, in what will be a very complicated underwater puzzle.
ashley cowie - 05/07/2023 - 22:56
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A Mother-Daughter Power Team: How Did Two Faustinas Transform Roman Society?
If you think that girl power is a modern idea from songs created in the 90s, you should read the story of a mother and daughter whose bright minds and dose of independence had a remarkable impact on ancient Rome. While their husbands ruled as emperors, the two women were changing the world they knew into a better one. Moreover, the eternal fame they gained placed them in the pantheon of goddesses.
Natalia Klimczak - 13/03/2017 - 02:57
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Desert Diver Discovers Submerged Treasure Beneath 2,300-Year-Old Kushite Pyramid
A team of archaeologists ‘diving’ in the sweltering deserts of northern Sudan, once the land of Nubia, have discovered artifacts and ‘gold leaf’ in a 2,300-year-old submerged tomb belonging to a pharaoh named Nastasen who ruled the Kush kingdom from 335 BC to 315 BC.
ashley cowie - 06/07/2019 - 13:24
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Local hikers discover Pre-European petroglyphs on the Caribbean Island of Montserrat
... north of Montserrat in Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Cuba, Mentore said. Some of the petroglyphs depict geometric ...
Mark Miller - 05/06/2016 - 00:50
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Unravelling the Lesser-known Laser-sharp Cuts of Megalithic Japan
A hurdle in the way of many Western researchers of megalithic Japan is the mystique that surrounds the history of the combined 6,800 islands that piece together the archipelago of Nippon - a place where the Sun originates.
Freddie Levy - 20/05/2020 - 23:01
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The Recognition Of Monarchy Through History
... Juan Perón (and even more so his first wife Eva), Cuba’s Fidel Castro, and China’s Mao Zedong and Xi ...
Dr Michael Arnheim - 30/11/2022 - 15:31
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Beneath a Celestial Dome, A Land Unlike Any Other in the History of Earth. Questioning the Global Flood: Part I
... The Flood from Heaven The Exceptional Underwater City of Cuba: A New Theory on its Origins – Part I Imagine the ...
Brad Yoon - 20/01/2018 - 13:53
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The Lost Treasure of Flor de la Mar, Flower of the Sea
The Flor de la Mar or Flor do Mar (meaning Flower of the Sea) was a Portuguese carrack of 400 tons that sailed the seas during the early 1500s. This ship was carrying a great amount of treasure when it sank somewhere off the coast of Sumatra, possibly at the northern end of the Strait of Malacca, during its voyage back to Portugal. Attempts to find this ship have been made over the years, though they have not been met with success.
dhwty - 05/07/2016 - 14:42
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Archaeologists Verify Location of Elusive Spanish Fort at Florida's Mound Key
... to the British, any remaining Calusa had already fled to Cuba . Researchers continue to question how the Spanish ...
ancient-origins - 24/04/2020 - 14:02
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The Surgeon Eutyches: His Instruments, His Gods
Eutyches was a homo bonus - a good man - and evidently a good surgeon.
Maura Andreoni - 13/03/2020 - 17:56
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Cave Art in the Dark: Thousands of Indigenous Pre-Columbian Paintings Brought to Light
A team of British and Puerto Rican archaeologists claim to have uncovered the long-lost art of a forgotten civilization on a tiny and remote uninhabited island in the Caribbean. Experts suggest that the specific indigenous civilization may have contributed more to modern culture than we originally thought.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 30/10/2017 - 21:55
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Hunting for Captain Morgan’s Lost Inca Gold
... and raided Puerto Principe, modern Camagüey in Cuba, then Porto Bello in modern Panama. In 1668 he ...
ashley cowie - 15/03/2019 - 14:37
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Two Roman Ships that Were Lost in WWII: What Destroyed the Floating Palaces of Emperor Caligula?
This is one of the most tragic stories about remarkable ancient artifacts you will ever read. After reading this article, you may have dreams about impressive ancient Roman ships that survived many centuries, only to be destroyed during World War II.
Natalia Klimczak - 21/03/2017 - 00:52
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Living Robots That Can Reproduce Created by US Scientists
In a staggering new breakthrough that appears to be straight out of the pages of science fiction, scientists have created the first-ever living robots that can self-replicate. The team of biologists and computer scientists from Tufts University, the University of Vermont, and Harvard University have published their living robots research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.
Sahir - 30/11/2021 - 17:57
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DNA Studies Reveals True Origins of First Inhabitants of the Caribbean
... individuals predating European contact from the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, and northwestern ...
ashley cowie - 05/06/2020 - 18:55
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Fort George - Slaves’ Gateway to the Spanish Colonies
... Pedro de la Roca Castle and the Military Might of Spain in Cuba Ruins of ancient port and barracks found near Giza ...
Ed Whelan - 29/07/2019 - 01:56
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Charles Hapgood and the Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings
... There are suggestions, however, that Columbus had maps of Cuba before his first voyage. Implicit, of course, in this ... River, the St. Lawrence River, and the eastern half of Cuba. For instance, a point of considerable interest is the ...
Dr Pat Hanratty - 07/07/2020 - 23:06
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Extinct Bird with Dinosaur-Like Claw May Soon Be Resurrected
A clawed, flightless bird that went extinct in New Zealand in the late 13th century might be brought back to life, claim scientists at Harvard University.
ashley cowie - 10/03/2018 - 22:10