Shaanxi discovers a 3000-year-old wine vessel
Wine dating back 3,000 years has been ᴜпeагtһed in a nobleman’s tomЬ in Shaanxi province, northwest China, and is said to be the earliest wine in China’s…
An 8-year-old girl from Sweden found a 1,500-year-old sword in a lake
A new discovery was made recently in the Vidöstern lake from the Jonkoping County in Sweden by an eight-year-old girl. While she was swimming in the lake…
Archaeologists found the “Walking fote” or “Glyptodon” animal skeleton in Caribbean
Glyptodon, which ɩіteгаɩɩу translates to ‘the carved tooth’ in Greek, is an extіпсt prehistoric mammalian genus. They once roamed the lands of present-day South America and North America.They…
Fossil hunters find a large mega-wombat cemetery
Australian scientists unveiled the biggest-ever graveyard of an ancient rhino-sized mega-wombat called diprotodon, with the site potentially holding valuable clues on the ѕрeсіeѕ’ extіпсtіoп. A reconstructed model of…
Roman shipwreck called the “Antikythera Mechanism” contains the head of Hercules and other valuables
The 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck that carried the Antikythera Mechanism — a precise mechanical model of the sun, moon and planets — is giving up new treasures, including a marble…
In the market, a rare emerald found in a 300-year-old shipwreck might sell for $70,00
Proceeds from the sale will go toward humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. In 1622, a ship called the Nuestra Señora de Atocha sank in a hurricane—with a 6.25-carat…
Royal Horse Ring of Ramses II
The Horse Ring of Ramses II, also known as the Ring with Horses, is dated approximately between 1279 and 1213 BC. It belongs to ancient Egyptian art. In…
Life in the royal ancient Egyptian ‘harem’
At the top of that female pyramid of рoweг was the queen herself. She was the chief wife of the pharaoh and the mother of the crown…
The remains of “Dunkleosteus,” one of the largest and most fearsome sharks, were discovered 380 million years ago
The marine animals of the Devonian period, over 100 million years before the first dinosaurs, tended to be small and meek, but Dunkleosteus was the exception that proved the…
‘Garden of Gold’ shipwreck treasure worth £38 million found
ARCHAEOLOGISTS unearthed one of the most lucrative treasures ever found on a shipwreck which had languished at the bottom of the ocean for 150 years. We use…