A curious four-year-old boy managed to break a 3,500-year-old vessel at a museum in Israel last week, prompting the museum to contact an expert who can restore the artifact. The incident occurred Friday at the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa in Israel, Inbal Rivlin, director general of the Hecht Museum, confirmed to USA […]
Ancient finds can appear anywhere, sometimes even by chance. Twelve-year-old Rowan Brannon from Bognor Regis, West Sussex, was walking his dog with his mother in Pagham in 2022 when they stumbled upon a gold bracelet. Not knowing the bracelet’s value or history, they took the gold bangle to a local lost and found liaison officer, […]
In response to the accident, the museum invited the family back for a tour to “sweeten” their embarrassing experience. ADVERTISING A precious 3,500-year-old vessel was accidentally smashed by a four-year-old boy during a visit to the Hecht Museum in northern Israel. The vessel comes from the Bronze Age between 2200 and 1500 BC, were exhibited […]
TEHRAN: A 2,200-year-old bronze coffin believed to have belonged to a royal figure from the Seleucid period is set to go on display in Lorestan after 20 years, offering a unique insight into ancient Iranian history. “The coffin, unearthed in 2004 during excavations in the Chub Tarash area south of Khorramabad, is believed to date […]
Discovered in the southern part of the state, it is Iowa’s first well-preserved mastodon. Watch: Ancient mastodon skull dug out of ground in Iowa Researchers at the University of Iowa have found a mastodon skull estimated to be over 13,000 years old. Archaeologists in Iowa believe they have unearthed an ancient mastodon skull dating back […]
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have discovered a 180,000-year-old child’s tooth during the fifth season of archaeological excavations in the Qaleh Kord cave in Qazvin. Hamed Vahdati-Nasab, the leader of the excavation team, announced the new discovery on Monday, noting that another Neanderthal child tooth had already been discovered at the site during the second excavation season, […]
Researchers at Curtin University have traced the origin of the Stonehenge altar stone back to Scotland, disproving previous assumptions that it came from Wales. By analyzing the mineral grains in the stone, they were able to demonstrate highly developed transport and social structures from the Neolithic period. The stone was probably transported over 750 kilometers […]
The Screaming Woman, a well-preserved mummy from Egypt, was embalmed with imported materials and examined using modern scientific methods. The examinations indicated unusual mummification practices and suggested that her screaming facial expression may have been caused by a corpse spasm. Photo credit: Sahar Saleem Scientific analysis of the Screaming Woman mummy revealed that she was […]
In northern Peru, archaeologists have found 3,800-year-old human skeletons in an ancient temple that reveal a lot about their culture. Peru, also known as the land of ancient magic, has always attracted tourists and history lovers alike for its scenic beauty and its ancient civilizations, especially Norte Chico, one of the six oldest in the […]
Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,200-year-old agora, or town square, in the ancient city of Aigai in Manisa, western Turkey. The agora, located next to a council building, features reliefs depicting bulls’ heads and inscriptions related to Apollo, an important god in ancient Greek and Roman mythology associated with many aspects of life. The discovery was […]
