Archaeology
Machu Picchu, the famous 15th-century Inca site in southern Peru, is up to several decades older than previously thought, according to a new study led by Yale archaeologist Richard Burger. #machupicchu
Researchers have conducted a comprehensive genetic analysis and found no evidence of interbreeding between modern humans and the ancient humans known from fossil records in Island Southeast Asia. They did find further DNA evidence of our mysterious ancient cousins, the Denisovans, which could mean there are major discoveries to come in the region. #Denisovans #Archaeology #Genetics
59 well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins were recently discovered by archeologists in Egypt. #AncientEgypt #archaeology
The rock art scenes discovered by the Max Planck researchers provide a first-ever insight into life with dogs in early human history. Men are shown with bows and arrows shooting at gazelles, antelopes, lions and leopards which are contained by dogs. Other images show how dogs hunt down small game, like gazelles and ibexes, by biting them.
Ancient manuscripts describe sound levitating heavy objects, perhaps aiding in the building of huge pyramids and monuments. Ancient texts, all over the globe, describe sound as an effective method to move and alter dense physical matter.
Discover what knew things we’ve learned from finding a 1000 year old Viking fortress. Read this.
CU Boulder Professor Emeritus J. McKim “Kim” Malville said the petroglyph—carved in a rock by early Pueblo people—is a circle that resembles the sun’s outer atmosphere known as its corona, with tangled protrusions looping off the edges. The object may illustrate the total eclipse of the sun that occurred over the region on July 11, 1097.
As Edinburgh’s Dr Martin Sweatman puts it: ‘One of the pillars at Gobekli Tepe seems to have served as a memorial to this devastating event — probably the worst day in history since the end of the Ice Age.’ Part of the Gobekli carving shows a headless man, a graphic symbol of human carnage. The comet wiped out many larger animal species, including the woolly mammoth and the sloth bear, and it almost destroyed humanity…
The hidden caves in Shropshire, England once belonged to The Knights Templar, a feared Catholic military order. As time passed, the underground system was eventually utilized by druids, pagans, and other secretive religious sects
Trapped inside massive crystals deep in a Mexican cave, creatures have been discovered that subsist on iron, sulfur, and other chemicals. The researchers say the microbial lifeforms are new to science but have been tucked away for tens of thousands of years.
If you found a million dollar treasure, would you donate it to a museum? Barry Clifford has donated over $400 million worth of artifacts he’s found in the last 30 years. Read about him and his findings here.
What to read about a cool archeological discovery? Check out this 99 million-year-old amber fossil that contains the first definite dinosaur feathers.
They arrived with cannons and guns, and quickly built a fort on the coast of this vast, uncharted territory to ward off native people and French settlers. But after 21 years, Spain’s northernmost settlement on the east coast of North America was abandoned , and stood hidden for the next four centuries. Archaeologists announced on Tuesday that they have found the Spanish fort of San Marcos on Parris Island, South Carolina, under what is now a golf course at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
