Archaeologists have discovered a Norman bridge during a dig in a West Sussex city. Experts working in Chichester’s Priory Park have uncovered the remains of a military causeway that would have led to the city’s 11th Century castle. The team from Chichester and District Archaeology Society made the discovery during an excavation in the park […]
Archaeologists discovered secret structures in Giza, Egypt with ground-penetrating high-tech methods. The methods revealed an L-shaped structure and a deeper, larger anomaly hidden beneath bare sand. The findings could explain why a large section of the densely packed Western Cemetery is empty. Egypt holds many secrets to its ancient past, and archaeologists may have discovered […]
Barracks believed built by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War between 1776 and 1777 were recently discovered in Colonial Williamsburg. Experts believe the barracks were burned by British troops under the direction of General Charles Cornwallis in 1781. An archaeology team has started unearthing artifacts that show the life of soldiers in the late […]
ROME (Reuters) – Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii near the city of Naples have uncovered charcoal sketches drawn by children as young as six years old, depicting possibly violent fights they may have witnessed. The sketches of gladiator stick figures were discovered during excavations in recent months in Pompeii, a once-thriving city […]
One of the most common stereotypes about the human past is that men did the hunting while women did the gathering. That gendered division of labor, the story goes, would have provided the meat and plant foods people needed to survive. That characterization of our time as a species exclusively reliant on wild foods – […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A two-story building burned to the ground more than 2,000 years ago in the Pyrenees mountains of northeastern Iberia in Spain. The inferno consumed the wooden structure, situated in an Iron Age settlement, killing six animals penned in […]
Archaeologists searching for a missing World War Two bomber pilot are now at work on a “special site” hidden in woodland close to where his aircraft crashed. Cotswold Archaeology are searching for the a B-17 pilot, who died when his plane’s controls failed in 1944. The Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency, a US government agency, has […]
Archaeologists working with the University of York have uncovered an ancient medieval structure in England, Ancient Origins reported. Known as a timber hall, the houses were common in the Middle Ages around England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and other parts of Northern Europe. They earned their name because they were often designed around one central hallway. […]
Ground-penetrating radar has helped archeologists identified buried wonders below the surface. Now, a new study from Japanese and Egyptian researchers reveals the discovery of an L-shaped structure along with an accompanying anomaly right next to the Great Pyramids of Giza. Although its impossible to know for sure what the anomaly is, the researchers guess that […]
Archaeologists discovered three 1,800-year-old tombs from ancient China. The design of the tombs resembles that of a residence, showing the importance of family, even during burial. While looters stripped two of the three tombs nearly bare, one was mostly untouched and yielded a family treasure. Archaeologists discovered three remarkable 1,800-year-old, residential-style tombs featuring rooms and […]
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers’ teeth. The site is on the property of Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum that tells the story of the capital of […]
Studying preserved footprints in New Mexico continues to provide insight into the first human movements in North America. A research team believes the footprints are more than 23,000 years old, confirming an earlier study that dates the prints to 10,000 years older than previously believed. Tracking the footsteps provides modern scientists a view into ancient […]