Tagged: archaeologists

ARCHAEOLOGISTS examining a pair of graves from Valsgarde in Sweden were surprised to discover the remains of a beheaded owl next to a highly-decorated Iron Age warrior. According to the experts, the beheading may have prevented the hapless bird from rising from the dead. The...

Nearly 2,400 years after his death, archaeologists believe they’ve finally found the tomb of Aristotle. Researchers made the discovery during a 20-year dig in the ancient Greek city of Stagira, reports Atlas Obscura. Aristotle was born there in 384 BC, but he died in a...

CAIRO – Spanish archeologists have unearthed a 3,600-year-old mummy in the ancient city of Luxor, Egypt’s Antiquities Minister said Thursday. Prosecutors accused nine people including three Germans of smuggling stone samples from pyramids. In a statement, Mohammed Ibrahim said the rare find in a preserved...

The Church of the Apostles, which is said to have been built over the house of Jesus’ disciples Peter and Andrew, has been discovered near Israel’s Sea of Galilee, according to a team of American and Israeli archaeologists. Experts from the Kinneret Institute for Galilean...

Experts have discovered the largest, oldest Maya monument near Mexico’s border with Guatemala. Researchers from the University of Arizona discovered the site of Aguada Fénix in Tabasco in 2017, but have just released details of the find. The monument is 4,600 feet long and between...

It’s less than half an inch long, but a small stone chip discovered in western Australia is a piece of the world’s oldest ground-edge axe, an archaeologist at the University of Sydney reports. In fact, the axe’s creation likely coincides with the general time period...

At least 10 unexploded bombs dropped by the Allies during World War II are believed to be near the ruins of Pompeii, archaeologists warn, according to a local report. The bombs were dropped in August 1943 by Allied forces and at least 10 remain unexploded...

Archaeologists in the U.K. are confident that they have uncovered the remains of a lost Anglo-Saxon-era monastery. Wessex Archaeology recently reported that two semi-circular stone structures were found beneath Bath Abbey. The structures were beneath medieval structures but surrounded by Anglo-Saxon-era burials. “Both structures had...

Archaeologists in Mexico have unearthed the remains of a huge Mayan palace that’s estimated to be more than 1,000 years old. Located in the city of Kuluba, which is about 100 miles west of Cancun, the building itself is 180 feet long, 49 feet wide...

Archaeologists in Britain discovered a basket of 1,700-year-old eggs from Ancient Rome — and accidentally broke three of them, releasing the “world’s oldest stinkbombs,” SWNS reports. The experts found four eggs in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in a waterlogged pit that they believe may have been used...