Human DNA mapped from 20,000-year-old deer tooth
A breakthrough study has managed to obtain human DNA from a Stone Age object for the first time. Using a necklace that is 20,000 years old, researchers have been able to identify to whom it belonged.
Archaeology
The incredible discovery of a 20-meter-long Viking ship in Norway using georadar!
Ground-penetrating radar has revealed the outline of a Viking ship in a mound in southwest Norway that was once thought to be empty.
Early American humans used to hunt giant armadillos and live inside their shells
Glyptodons were large, armored mammals that grew to the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, and natives took shelter inside their gigantic shells.
Strange 8,000-year-old rock carvings in the world’s largest asteroid crater
Experts revealed details of the mysterious 8,000-year-old rock carvings found in the world’s largest asteroid crater in South Africa.
Archaeologists discover early traces of brain surgery from Late Bronze Age
Archaeologists have found evidence of brain surgery being conducted during the Late Bronze Age, which provides insights into the history and evolution of medical practices.
Hidden gems: Mind-blowing Mayan civilization discovered just under our feet!
Using LiDAR technology, researchers located a new Maya site in northern Guatemala. There, causeways connect multiple settlements dated from roughly 1000 BC to 150 AD.
Red paint on 1,000-year-old gold mask from Peru contains human blood proteins
The gold mask found in Peru was used in the burial of an elite leader from the Sican culture.
The Euphrates River dried up to reveal the secrets of antiquity and inevitable disaster
In the Bible, it’s said when the Euphrates river runs dry then immense things are on the horizon, perhaps even the foretelling of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and the rapture.
The Shroud of Turin: Some interesting things you should know
According to legend, the shroud was secretly carried from Judea in AD 30 or 33, and was housed in Edessa, Turkey, and Constantinople (the name for Istanbul before the Ottomans took over) for centuries. After crusaders sacked Constantinople in AD 1204, the cloth was smuggled to safety in Athens, Greece, where it stayed until AD 1225.
200,000-year-old hand and footprints discovered in Tibet could be the world’s earliest cave art
Archaeologists discovered 200,000-year-old hand and footprints on the Tibetan Plateau at an altitude of 4,269 meters above sea level, that could be the world’s earliest cave art.
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