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09/11/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Bible stories come to life: Archaeologists unearth extraordinary mosaic showing what might be Jesus feeding the 5,000 with 5 loaves
A team of archaeologists working at an excavation site near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel have unearthed a 1,500-year-old mosaic that depicts the miracle of Jesus Christ Feeding the Multitude. Hippos, also known as Kinneret, is now located within Israel’s Hippos National Park. Thousands of years ago, it was once a Greco-Roman city that […]
09/10/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Thunderstruck: Peruvian dig uncovers Incan child sacrifice victims said to be struck by lightning
Research conducted on the practices of the ancient Inca Empire in South America found that they used to sacrifice children to their gods by placing them on top of mountains where they would die by being struck by lightning. The experts who studied this phenomenon believed that children were selected by their communities due to their […]
09/04/2020
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By Michael Alexander
An ancient beauty: Experts recreate the face of a Neolithic woman using a 7,500-year-old skull
A Neolithic woman, whose skull was first discovered in 1996 within a cave in Gibraltar, has been brought back to life – in the form of a sculpture. The woman, named Calpeia by experts as an homage to the rock’s classical name, is thought to have been between 30 and 40 years old when she […]
08/28/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Fish bones dug up in Early Neolithic Jiahu site suggest carp farming dates back 8,000 years
The ancient Chinese were engaged in aquaculture at least 4,500 years before the Egyptians, the civilization previously considered to be the first to attempt the farming of food fish, an international team of researchers and experts said recently. The team, made up of researchers from Japan, China, Germany and the U.K., came to the conclusion […]
08/11/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Fresh finds from a cave in Mexico suggest humans populated North America earlier than currently known, rewriting the prehistoric first settlers
Excavations in the Chiquihuite Cave in Zacatecas, Mexico unearthed nearly 2,000 stone artifacts that date back to as early as 33,000 years ago — earlier than the arrival of Clovis people in North America which is dated around 13,500 years ago. This finding, published in the journal Nature, could rewrite the currently accepted narrative based on the “Clovis first” theory. According to […]
06/19/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
For the Mayans, war and violence were all in a day’s work
A study by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley suggests that the ancient Maya civilization of Central America may have been more warlike than historians have previously thought. Historians used to believe that the Maya were a kind and relatively peaceful civilization and that the kind of warfare they engaged in was mostly ritualized. In particular, this was limited […]
06/05/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Elongated skulls unearthed in ancient Chinese tombs may indicate social status, researchers say… is there another explanation?
Human skeletons unearthed in northeast China represent some of the earliest evidence of intentional skull reshaping, says a recent study in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Between 2011 and 2015, the dig at the Houtaomuga site yielded 11 modified skulls and 14 skeletons with unmodified craniums. The former, in particular, had artificially elongated braincases and flattened bones […]
04/24/2020
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By Franz Walker
Ancient secrets to fantastic hair: Scientists uncovered 3000 year old hair wax from the hair of Ancient Egyptian noblewomen
The Ancient Egyptians may have discovered the secret to having long-lasting, perfectly styled hair. Russian scientists identified a special kind of hair wax used by the Ancient Egyptians to preserve the shiny curls of their noblewomen for over 3,000 years. In a recent study published in the Journal of Analytical Chemistry, a team from Moscow’s Kurchatov Institute described the contents […]
04/14/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Ancient avian megafauna: Archeologists discover bones of new bird species THREE TIMES bigger than an ostrich in Crimean cave
A bird that weighed around 992 lbs (450 kg) – nearly as heavy as a polar bear – was discovered in a the Taurida Cave in Crimea, Ukraine. This is the first evidence scientists have found suggesting that early Europeans lived alongside one of the most enormous birds to have ever existed. Previous scientific knowledge […]
04/10/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Ancient reptilian vegetarians: Scientists discover fossilized teeth of extinct crocs that dined on plants
Modern crocodiles are known as apex predators – and rightly so. While these fearsome reptiles don’t primarily hunt people, estimates indicate that crocodiles kill about 1,000 humans per year. They kill more people per year than other fearsome animals like sharks and hippopotamuses. However, recent research shows that the crocodile’s ancient relatives, which lived around […]
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