Archaeologists have discovered an extensive prehistoric ritual landscape in Northwest Arabia. This site features massive rectangular stone structures called ‘mustatils.’ These monuments are around 7,000 years old, from the Late Neolithic period, and they were built long before the Pyramids of Giza or Stonehenge. Recent digs funded by the Royal Commission for AlUla show that […]
A historical construction lying in the depths of Loch Bhorgastail provides information about human existence more than 5,000 years ago. The structure, which appears to be just a small island made of stone nowadays, used to be a wooden structure carefully erected by Neolithic individuals. The age of this ancient structure makes it older than […]
In Botoșani County, Romania, a team of archaeologists uncovered a monumental mega-structure dating back 6,000 years. This discovery challenges our basic ideas about how human societies developed. According to a study published on PLOS One, the structure, associated with the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture from around 4000 to 3900 BC, covers about 350 square meters. That’s almost […]
Ruins of the sanctuary site at Ithaca, where archaeologists uncovered evidence of long-standing worship linked to Odysseus. A remarkable archaeological discovery on the Greek island of Ithaca is reigniting one of history’s oldest debates: was the story of Odysseus rooted in reality? Excavations at a site known as the “School of Homer” have uncovered what […]
Scientists have discovered an archaea called ‘Asgard’ in the extremely high-salinity waters of Shark Bay, Australia, which contains microbes that provide a long-standing evolutionary enigma for many centuries – how did simple, single-celled bacteria develop into such complex multicellular organisms, animals, and human beings? These unique microorganisms serve as an evolutionary link; they carry with […]
A new era in maritime archaeology has been opened up with the major discovery of a French Navy-controlled shipwreck site at a depth of 2567 meters, far from shore at Ramatuelle in the Mediterranean Sea. According to the official Préfet Maritime de la Méditerranée report, this vessel- dubbed Camarat 4- is the deepest known shipwreck […]
Study reveals humans lived at Sharjah’s Buhais Rockshelter from 125,000 to 16,000 years ago/Image: WAM For years, a site believed to have remained largely uninhabited between 60,000 and 12,000 years ago has been re-evaluated, as new research uncovers evidence of repeated human occupation at Buhais Rockshelter, an archaeological site in Sharjah, UAE. The findings challenge […]
Renowned Caltech scientist and astrophysicist Carl Grillmair, 67, was found dead outside his Los Angeles County home in a remote area that Grillmair chose to watch stars at night. Grillmair is credited with the discovery of galactic streams. The shooting took place Monday when the cops responded to the reports of an assault with a […]
Deep in the deserts of Iraq, the lost city of Charax Spasinou has finally been found. It seems it had been hiding under the Earth for more than a millennium. Experts say the city was one of Alexander the Great’s final ambitious settlements. As reported by Archaeology News, once a bustling trade hub along the […]
Beneath a serene grassland at Hedegaard, near Ejstrupholm in central Jutland, a 2,000-year-old Iron Age temple and stronger settlement have emerged, shedding light on politics, religion, and trade in northern Europe, archaeologists in Denmark confirmed. Experts say this site may be one of the most important power centres ever discovered in Denmark.For decades, Hedegaard seemed […]
