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Incredible 4,000-year-old Stone Board Game Found in Oman Was For More Than Just Fun
... BC). Several copper objects were found at the site, but more importantly, evidence of copper processing was also ... 4,000-year-old Stone Board Game Found in Oman Was For More Than Just Fun ...
ashley cowie - 09/01/2022 - 18:00
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The 10 Most Exciting and Extraordinary Artifact Finds Of 2021
... from the Med, intact 2,400-year-old fruit baskets and more… Here is our list of popular artifact finds from 2021. This is our top ten from 2021, but there are plenty more extraordinary artifact stories to be found in our ... by trailblazing archaeologist Kathleen Martinez. Read more… Huge Roman Silver Hoard Unearthed in Augsburg, ...
ancient-origins - 05/01/2022 - 18:00
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Landmark Study Reveals Elephant Tusk Origins Of 16th Century Shipwreck
... the coast of present-day Namibia while it was filled with more than 40 tons of precious cargo, including gold, silver, copper, and more than 100 elephant tusks. In 1533, a famous Portuguese ... the coast of present-day Namibia while it was filled with more than 40 tons of precious cargo, including gold, silver, ...
Alicia McDermott - 18/12/2020 - 18:09
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Kasivaki: An Ancient Tongan Game That Was More Than Underwater Rugby
... cultural activities, there may have originally been more to the game than just entertainment. Kasivaki could have ... Tonga. The office of the Tu’i Tonga also developed into more of a religious role. Nonetheless, because of the ... kasivaki may be an aspect of a way of thinking that is more uniquely Tongan. It is arguably also form of faiva or ...
Caleb Strom - 06/12/2021 - 17:57
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The Sunghir Burial Site: Were these Two Children Sacrificed in a Form of Prehistoric Scapegoating?
... grave goods at the Sunghir burial site imply that there is more to the story than simply the tragic deaths of two ... While most of the graves are fairly simple, others are more elaborate and involve items that would have been harder ... only children implies that there may have been something more than status involved, though one could argue that it is ...
Caleb Strom - 05/10/2017 - 19:00
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Viking Ships: More than Fearsome Weapons of the Open Seas
Few things struck fear into the hearts of medieval people more than the sight of a fleet of Viking ships sailing up the ... Few things struck fear into the hearts of medieval people more than the sight of a fleet of Viking ships sailing up the ... improvements, however, that made Viking longships even more effective. History of the Vikings: All You Need to Know ...
Mark Brophy - 27/07/2022 - 18:57
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Beyond Violence: Examining UK Viking Families and their Artifacts
... behind and their DNA is the latest approach to learning more about the Viking Age in the United Kingdom. ... behind and their DNA is the latest approach to learning more about the Viking Age in the United Kingdom. Scientists ... typically imagine when we think about Vikings but there is more to these people than just looting or violence. Many ...
ashley cowie - 29/10/2020 - 16:32
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Archaeologists Uncover Rare 2,000-year-old Roman Sundial and it Tells Them More than Just the Time
... Not only has the sundial survived largely undamaged for more than two millennia, but the presence of two Latin texts ... forum. Archaeologists find Bronze Age sundial dating back more than 3,000 years Italian Archaeologists Find a Rare ... of Roman Plebeians. ( serenitynaturalwellness ) But even more striking is the specific public office Tubula held in ...
ancient-origins - 09/11/2017 - 22:58
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Why was a Newly Discovered Irish Ringfort Surrounded by Bizarre Burials and Unfinished Jewelry?
... project about a mile north of Roscommon town in Ireland. More importantly, however, 793 bodies were found during the ... project about a mile north of Roscommon town in Ireland. More importantly, however, 793 bodies were found during the ... Roscommon, Ireland. ( Irish Archaeological Consultancy ) More Ringforts are “Hiding” Not Far Away The excavation, ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 05/04/2017 - 22:59
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Remembering the Barbary Slaves: White Slaves and North African Pirates
... of Baltimore on Ireland’s southwest coast is one of the more horrific acts performed by the Barbary corsairs. At ... to diminish in the latter part of the 17th century, as the more powerful European navies started to force the pirates to ... of America and some European nations began to fight back more fervently against the Barbary pirates. In the early 19th ...
Joanna Gillan - 02/02/2021 - 16:51
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La Llorona: The Terrible Truth About Mexico's Weeping Woman
... all the Latin American folktales and legends, none are more prolific and well-known as that of La Llorona. Long ... Of all the Latin American folktales and legends , none are more prolific and well-known as that of La Llorona. Long ... the water. 2. The grieving woman is the spirit of one or more Aztec Goddesses, like Chihuacoatl, who first appeared ...
Robert Lopez - 25/05/2019 - 01:43
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An ancient text that has baffled researchers for more than 200 years - The indecipherable Rohonc Codex
The discovery of an unidentified text in Hungary has led to more than 200 years of attempts to determine who authored it ... used is considered to be extremely high, with ten times more symbols than are found in any known alphabet. The paper ... transcribed after its initial creation. The Codex contains more than just written text – it is also accompanied by 87 ...
mrreese - 11/01/2015 - 12:29
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Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Empire Served the Sultan in More Ways Than One
... Ottoman Empire . However, the members of the harem were more than just sexual playthings for the Sultan. Existing ... role within the Ottoman government, leading them to gain more power than ever before. Harem, Fernand Common ( Public ... to disloyalty to the Sultan. Therefore, concubines were more trustworthy when it came to producing sons, as they ...
Veronica Parkes - 07/01/2021 - 22:23
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Researchers Say Stonehenge had More Gender Equality than Commonly Believed
... and their burials suggest that Stonehenge was a site with more gender equality than most people believe. During the latest excavation, more remains of women than men were discovered at Stonehenge. ... with the earlier burial mounds, where men seem to be more prominent.” A drawing of Stonehenge from 1645. ( ...
Natalia Klimczak - 04/02/2016 - 14:45
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Ancient Warriors Show Europeans Were Late Adopters of Dairy Produce
... Since the battlefield was first discovered in the 1990s, more than 100 human remains with signs of violent trauma have ... have been crushed by blunt objects’. So far, bones from more than 100 individuals have been discovered on the ... searching a section along the Tollense river for more than 10 years. (©: Stefan Sauer / Tollense Valley ...
Ed Whelan - 04/09/2020 - 23:23
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The Giants of Ancient Egypt: Part II – Physical Evidence of the Giant Characters
... ancient Egyptian, Hugh Newman brings to light evidence of more substantial giants in Egyptian history. Here we see some of more credible physical evidence that hints at the existence ... ancient Egyptian, Hugh Newman brings to light evidence of more substantial giants in Egyptian history. Here we see some ...
Hugh Newman - 06/09/2017 - 19:01
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Apocalyptic Apocrypha: What was Removed from the Bible - and Why?
... the Bible have been published, the issue has only gotten more confusing. Each Bible handles the issue of the Apocrypha ... of ‘the Bible’, but of course, there are many, many more. Some include all books of the Apocrypha, others only include some, and each orders it in a different way. More commonly, most modern editions of the Bible leave it out ...
Robbie Mitchell - 02/09/2022 - 14:51
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Fires Reveal More of the 6,000-Year-Old Budj Bim Site
... And now the fires ravaging the country have revealed even more of the fascinating site. The status was awarded during a ... until they were harvested. How to get to Australia … more than 50,000 years ago DNA Study Finds Aboriginal ... site was lost and forgotten until winter flooding once more revealed the impressive network of channels, weirs, and ...
Ed Whelan - 23/01/2020 - 02:11
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Common Tools or Ancient Advanced Technology? How Did the Egyptians Bore Through Granite?
... cut and bore through solid granite - which is considerably more difficult to do than cutting through softer, sedimentary ... Others, however, have suggested that it was done with more advanced equipment that is yet to be discovered. For the ... must have meant that the people at the time had access to more advanced tools than previously believed, advanced ...
Caleb Strom - 13/03/2017 - 17:48
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The Eternal Kiss of the Hasanlu Lovers Throws Up Questions of Ancient Love: Romance, Bromance or Something More Familial?
... lovers. But in reality, the “show” is a somewhat more macabre. The Hasanlu Lovers consists of a picture ... some traits that are masculine in form and others that are more feminine or neutral. The individual on the left – ... legs entwined, as if they were embracing. What’s even more impressive, double burials from the Neolithic period are ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 02/07/2020 - 19:01