Ancient Archaeology

The fantastic Theater of Epidaurus, one of the wonders of ancient Greece, dating back to the period between the end of the IV century BC. and the middle of the II century BC .With a maximum capacity between 13,000 and 15,000 spectators, the theater hosted music, songs and dramatic games that were included in the cult of Asclepius; it was also used as a means of healing the sick, as viewing dramatic performances were believed to have positive effects on mental and physical health.

2,000-Year-Old Dancing Man Statuette Unearthed in Siberia

2,000-Year-Old Dancing Man Statuette Unearthed in Siberia - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY SHARE THE ARTICLE2,000-Year-Old Dancing Man Statuette Unearthed in Siberia During excavations along the shore of the Ob River near Novosibirsk in southwestern Siberia, a tiny, sculpted object was unearthed that has archaeologists and historians puzzled. The object was a four-inch (10-centimetre) bro...

Mystical Mummification: Latest Secret of Scotland’s Covesea Caves

Mystical Mummification: Latest Secret of Scotland’s Covesea Caves - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY Archaeologists were stunned on coming across a cave in Scotland filled with human bones.

Old Town, Chefchaouen, Morocco

4,000-year-old Syrian monument contains remains of soldiers killed in war

4,000-year-old Syrian monument contains remains of soldiers killed in war - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY SHARE THE ARTICLE4,000-year-old Syrian monument contains remains of soldiers killed in war An earthen mound in what is now Syria may be the oldest known war memorial in the world, constructed before 2300 BC. The remains of what could be foot soldiers and charioteers were buried in distinct clusters....

Stone Age Burial Garment Found In France Was Adorned With Shells And Deer Teeth

Stone Age Burial Garment Found In France Was Adorned With Shells And Deer Teeth - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY SHARE THE ARTICLEStone Age Burial Garment Found In France Was Adorned With Shells And Deer Teeth The south of France is known for its luxurious film festivals and high-end fashion. And now it seems the famous south of France glamour may date back as far as the Stone Age. Archaeologists studying a ...

Mysterious three-mile wide ‘star map dating back 150,0000 YEARS’ found in Hawaii

Mysterious three-mile wide ‘star map dating back 150,0000 YEARS’ found in Hawaii - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY Perhaps you haven’t still scrolled through the internet for the latest videos of mind-blowing discoveries that have been posted by some of the content creators of some platforms.

Thrilled Detectorist Finds 800-Year-Old Brooch with Magical Words to Ward off Illness

Thrilled Detectorist Finds 800-Year-Old Brooch with Magical Words to Ward off Illness - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY A keen metal detectorist was amazed to find an 800-year-old brooch that was used as a magical charm to keep fever at bay.

The Tomb of Prince (Τomb ΙΙΙ). Macedonia, Greece (Hellas)

Inca stone wall. Semi-worked polygonal blocks. Cusco, Peru.
Inca architecture is the most significant pre-Columbian architecture in South America. Cusco, the capital of the empire, still has many examples of Inca masonry and constructions.

A mummified falcon. about 4 thousands years ago in ancient Egypt.

The Areni-1 shoe is a 5,500-year-old leather shoe that was found in 2008 in excellent condition in the Areni-1 cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia. It is a one-piece leather-hide shoe, the oldest piece of leather footwear in the world known to contemporary researchers. The discovery was made by an international team led by Boris Gasparyan, an archaeologist from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (co-directors of the project are Ron Pinhasi from University College Cork in Ireland, and Gregory Areshian from UCLA)

Church discovered in Sudan could be medieval cathedral

Church discovered in Sudan could be medieval cathedral - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY SHARE THE ARTICLEChurch discovered in Sudan could be medieval cathedral Archaeologists have found the remains of the largest church known from medieval Nubia in old Dongola (Sudan). Dongola was the capital of Makuria, one of the three Christian Nubian kingdoms. Archaeologists from PCMA UW have been....

5,000-year-old prehistoric animal carvings found for first time in Scotland

5,000-year-old prehistoric animal carvings found for first time in Scotland - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY SHARE THE ARTICLE5,000-year-old prehistoric animal carvings found for first time in Scotland LONDON, May 31 (Xinhua) — Prehistoric animal carvings have been discovered for the first time in Scotland, local cultural officials said Monday. The carvings date back to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age ...

Iron Age and Roman Skeletons Discovered on Alderney

Iron Age and Roman Skeletons Discovered on Alderney - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY SHARE THE ARTICLEIron Age and Roman Skeletons Discovered on Alderney Well-preserved skeletons from the late Iron Age and Roman periods were found in Alderney, one of the channel islands. The two skeletons are almost wholly intact, which is thought to be rare for that period, and have lain undisturbe...

New Evidence Could Change the Date People First Arrived in North America

New Evidence Could Change the Date People First Arrived in North America - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY SHARE THE ARTICLENew Evidence Could Change the Date People First Arrived in North America AMES, Iowa – An unexpected discovery by an Iowa State University researcher suggests that the first humans may have arrived in North America more than 30,000 years ago – approximately 20,000 years earlier t...

Ancient P**p Shows People in Austria Drank Beer and Ate Blue Cheese 2,700 Years Ago

Ancient P**p Shows People in Austria Drank Beer and Ate Blue Cheese 2,700 Years Ago - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY You can tell a lot from a chunk of f***s – and researchers analyzing human p**p that's lasted for 2,700 years have discovered that Iron Age Europeans had a fondness for blue cheese and beer not all that dissimilar from modern-day tastes.

“Elephant Rock”', Iceland
Elephant Rock is a natural rock formation on the island of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands archipelago. It is made of basalt rock formed in a volcanic eruption of Eldfell.
It is known for its shape which resembles the head of an elephant with its trunk in the water.

Princely tomb of Iron Age mystery man discovered in Italy. And there’s a chariot inside

Princely tomb of Iron Age mystery man discovered in Italy. And there's a chariot inside - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY A lavish 'Princely tomb' belonging to an Iron Age man was unearthed in Italy, full of treasures including a bronze helmet, weapons and a whole chariot.

English Teenager Discovers Hoard of 3,300 Year-Old Axes and Becomes Metal Detecting Celebrity

English Teenager Discovers Hoard of 3,300 Year-Old Axes and Becomes Metal Detecting Celebrity - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY A 13-year-old metal detectorist was on a trip with her dad near Royston when she unearthed possible buried treasure.

23,000 Years Ago, Humans In Israel Enjoyed A New Bounty Of Food Options

23,000 Years Ago, Humans In Israel Enjoyed A New Bounty Of Food Options - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY A team of scientists examined the remains of a previously submerged fisher-hunter-gatherer camp on the shores of the Sea of Galilee from around 23,000 years ago and discovered something interesting.

Climate change threatening Britain’s ancient treasure as peat bogs dry out

Climate change threatening Britain’s ancient treasure as peat bogs dry out - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY Britain's ancient treasures are being threatened by climate change, experts have warned, with about 22,500 UK sites of archaeological significance potentially at risk.

St. Patrick's Well, "Pozzo di San Patrizio"
It is a historic well in Orvieto, Umbria, central Italy.
It was built to store up water during the war between 1527 and 1537, it was built at the behest of then Pope Clement VII.
The Pope had sought refuge in the city as Rome was being sacked and was concerned that there was not enough water and the city would fall under siege.
The well took almost ten years to complete, and by the time diggers finally struck the water, Pope Clement had passed away.
The cylindrical wall is 53.15 meters (174.4 ft) deep with a base diameter of 13 meters (43 ft).
There are 248 steps and 72 windows that provide illumination.
At the bottom of the well, the water level remains constant thanks to a natural spring that supplies the cavity and a stream that drains excess water.

The short-faced bear is an extinct ancient bear that lived in North America 11,000 years ago. They were extremely large bears, weighing more than 1 ton (1000 kg) and standing up to 12 feet (3.7 m) tall. Despite their enormous stature, the bear could run up to 40 miles per hour (64km per hour).

The Oseberg Ship.
A 9th Century Viking Ship. It was discovered in 1880, almost perfectly preserved in a burial mound in Norway.

40,000-year-old log is found underneath New Zealand swamp – could explain Earth’s climate mystery

40,000-year-old log is found underneath New Zealand swamp - could explain Earth’s climate mystery - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY A 45,000-year-old log discovered during excavations for a new power station could explain a mysterious global event that may have.....

‘Hipster’ warrior was buried 1,500 years ago with a comb that may have been used to style his beard

'Hipster' warrior was buried 1,500 years ago with a comb that may have been used to style his beard - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY They're famed for their vintage-inspired fashion sense, well-groomed appearance and bushy beards.

‘Oldest’ British Skull Found to Be a Decapitated Woman from the Norman Conquest

'Oldest' British Skull Found to Be a Decapitated Woman from the Norman Conquest - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY She was hailed as one of the great archaeological finds - and was discovered right here near Burton. In 1943, submerged in the cloying...

Archaeologists unearth 800-year-old mummy in Peru

Archaeologists unearth 800-year-old mummy in Peru - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY A mummy estimated to be between 800 and 1,200 years old has been unearthed by archeologists in Peru, at a site near the country's capital city of Lima.

Skeleton found in England with a nail through its foot is evidence of Roman crucifixion, archeologists say

Skeleton found in England with a nail through its foot is evidence of Roman crucifixion, archeologists say - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY The remains of a Roman slave with a two-inch iron nail driven through his heel bone have been discovered in Cambridgeshire – the 'world's best example of crucifixion' and the first evidence of such from the UK.

Gauntlet of “Lion” with super detailed gold inlay owned by Henry II, King of France, 1550

How Medieval Castle Toilets Looked ...!

Ancient Church of Saint George is one of eleven rock-hewn monolithic churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia.

The golden mask of king Tutankhamun

1,400-year-old Pictish Remains Finally Unearthed in Scotland

1,400-year-old Pictish Remains Finally Unearthed in Scotland - ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY SHARE THE ARTICLE1,400-year-old Pictish Remains Finally Unearthed in Scotland At a 1,400-year-old cemetery in the Highlands, archaeologists discovered the partly preserved remains of a Pictish skeleton. The skeleton was found on the last day of a two-week dig at Tarradale near Muir of Ord on the Bla...