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Harald Bluetooth’s “Probable” Burial Mound Scanned By Satellites
... solid conclusions. Marek Kryda told The First News that “space-based reconnaissance” allowed the team to scan areas ...
ashley cowie - 30/06/2022 - 23:00
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Imperial Measures and the Pyramids
... to construct the Great Pyramid, has now been taken into space – encapsulated within the design of the Space Shuttle. This article was extracted with permission ...
ralph ellis - 16/07/2014 - 15:31
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Omens in the Ancient World
... of the Mesopotamian knowledge of omens extended in both space and time. Perhaps, the appeal of omens in ancient ...
dhwty - 10/03/2014 - 22:07
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Celts, Medieval Monks, and Pirates: The Secrets of the Cíes Islands
... the Islands of the Gods, and most likely tried to use the space for their own purposes. Archaeologists have discovered ...
Natalia Klimczak - 26/09/2016 - 21:57
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Finland’s Mysterious 18th-century Baltic Sea Ship Has Been Identified!
... the sails, and this rig structure also enabled more space, and therefore cut operational costs. Manders said the ...
ashley cowie - 30/08/2021 - 22:46
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Megaliths Discovered in Brazil May Be an Amazonian Stonehenge Created By an Advanced Ancient Civilization
... stones to get to a Stonehenge.” Message from Outer Space? The Mysterious Indecipherable Script of the Inga Stone ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 20/12/2016 - 14:40
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NASA book explores how archaeology could contribute to understanding Extra-terrestrial Communication
... fields to understand any possible communication from outer space. Archaeologist and anthropologist Kathyrn Denning, in ...
aprilholloway - 22/05/2014 - 03:08
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Architect presents radical new theory that Stonehenge was a two-storey, wooden feasting and performance hall
Could the prehistoric Stonehenge megaliths once have been the support for a wooden, two-storey roundhouse, a venue for feasting, speakers and musicians? That’s the theory of an English landscape architect who designed a small model of what she has in mind and is looking for money to build a 1:10 scale model of the structure.
Sarah Ewbank says the fact she is not an archaeologist has freed her from preconceived notions and allowed her to approach the matter in a fresh way.
Mark Miller - 29/01/2016 - 14:50
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Largest Mass Grave in Europe Discovered in Nuremberg, Germany
... in the gaps, a grim testimony to the urgent need for space. The meticulous documentation of these graves is ...
Gary Manners - 12/03/2024 - 21:40
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Rare 5,000-Year-Old Axe Polishing Stone Found in England
A “vanishingly rare” polishing stone called a polissoir has been uncovered by a team of volunteers in the Valley of Stones national nature reserve in Dorset, England. This extraordinary 5,000-year-old find was once used to sharpen tools and weapons like axes.
Sahir - 15/07/2023 - 18:49
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Sherborne Missal: 44-Pound Medieval Masterpiece Goes Digital
The British Library has digitized one of the most remarkable medieval books ever made in England. The Sherborne Missal contains many paintings on a vast array of subjects. Many of the images are masterpieces of English illumination art. Putting the Sherborne Missal into a digital format means that more people can admire this work of art and gain new insights into Medieval life.
Ed Whelan - 30/08/2020 - 13:58
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Stunning Lost Medieval Altar Found in the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
For many years in an obscure back corridor of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem there was a large stone slab leaning against a wall. The eight-feet-by-five-feet (2.5 meter-by-1.5 meter) slab was covered with graffiti - messages in many languages left by Christian pilgrims who’d come to visit this holiest of holy sites.
Nathan Falde - 14/04/2022 - 18:57
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Drone Footage Reveals Lost Mesopotamian City Built on Marsh Islands
Using remote sensing data technologies at the site of one of the oldest urban centers in world history, scientists have identified a vast Mesopotamian settlement called Lagash. Once upon a time, Lagash consisted of four marsh islands interconnected by waterways. A flourishing, watery lifestyle existed almost 5,000 years ago, in this ancient wetland area located between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in southern Iraq.
Sahir - 15/10/2022 - 14:53
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Matariki: Mythology, Astronomy and Warring Gods of the Maori New Year
... The sons of Ranginui and Papatūanuku had finally won space in which to move for the first time, but Tāwhirimātea ...
ashley cowie - 19/02/2021 - 13:39
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The Anasazi and Anakim: Nephilim Ruins and Evidence of Ritual Murder
Across the ancient world, from the rocky deserts of the American West all the way to the shores of the Mediterranean, enigmatic parallels between ancient myths and archaeological sites are emerging. One such parallel exists between the Anasazi people of North America and the Anakim of the ancient Near East, the land of Canaan.
Mark A. Carpenter - 17/11/2020 - 22:04
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800 Ancient Egyptian Tombs Discovered at Middle Kingdom Necropolis
... the mountainside. Many of the shaft tombs could have had space for a number of corpses and the site could have held ...
Ed Whelan - 12/09/2018 - 23:01
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Butrint National Park, Preserving the Rise and Fall of an Ancient City
... , the central heating system. The forum or central public space of Roman-era Butrint can still be visited but it is now ...
Ed Whelan - 27/11/2020 - 00:28
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Neolithic DNA Reveals Surprising Truth of the Yamnaya Culture in Europe
... This meant that the two groups did not merge over a space of years, which also indicates something about their ...
Ed Whelan - 20/04/2020 - 23:00
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Archaeologists reveal lost medieval palace beneath prehistoric fortress at Old Sarum
... palace. ( Wikimedia Commons ) By 1219, the limitations of space on the hilltop site had become cause for concern, with ...
aprilholloway - 03/12/2014 - 22:41
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Survey Identifies Neolithic Monument Aligned With the Winter Solstice at Brú na Bóinne
The Newgrange Stone Age monument in Ireland is of great archaeological importance and it’s extent keep reaching new bounds. In recent years many historic remains have been identified in the area around this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ed Whelan - 08/08/2019 - 01:13