Author: Mary JL

ROME—The discovery of 24 perfectly-preserved bronze statues dating back to the 2nd Century B.C. at a thermal spa in Tuscany has given archeologists a rare glimpse at the past that may just “rewrite history,” they say. The discovery was made at the San Casciano dei Bagni spa in Tuscany, which boast millennia-old natural thermal springs…

Archaeologists report the find of what could be believed to be ancient Unicorn fossils in a remote region of the Scottish Highlands. The fossils appear relatively intact, although the spiraled horn may have been lost or removed on some. The exact location of the find has not yet been disclosed, as further excavations of the…

A team of Israeli archaeologists unearthed the gigantic tusk of a prehistoric elephant near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel. These enormous animals once roamed the prehistoric landscape of the coastal region of Israel half a million years ago. A team of Israeli archaeologists unearthed the gigantic tusk of a prehistoric elephant near Kibbutz Revadim in…

ARCHAEOLOGISTS EXCAVATING THE ROMAN COASTAL RETREAT OF HERCULANEUM HAVE UNEARTHED THE REMAINS OF A VICTIM FROM THE VESUVIUS ERUPTION IN AD 79. Although the town was smaller than the city of Pompeii, Herculaneum was a wealthy resort for the Roman elite, reflected in their grand and luxurious villas. During the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the…

ARCHAEOLOGISTS CONDUCTING EXCAVATIONS IN THE CENTRE OF ANCIENT VERIA IN NORTHERN GREECE HAVE UNCOVERED A ROMAN-ERA STATUE FROM THE 2ND OR EARLY 3RD CENTURY AD. The city surrendered to the Roman Empire in 168 BC following the Battle of Pydna, emerging as a ceremonial centre and one of two capitals of the Roman province of…

“I really believe that this year and next year, this site is going to be the most important site in Egypt,” said Egyptologist Zahi Hawass. GIZA, Egypt — A century after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb made headlines around the world, in the sweltering desert heat just outside Cairo, a small team is still making…

The first complete ichthyosaur skeleton, believed to have been found by the fossil hunter Mary Anning, was thought to have been lost forever when German bombs rained down on London in World War II. But two plaster casts of the distinctive dolphin-like reptile have now been unearthed, even though there was no record of them…

DNA studies on Bronze Age Tarim mummies found in China’s Xinjiang region revealed recently that not only were these people not descendants of Indo-Europeans that immigrated to the area — they may in fact be the ancestors of Native Americans. With genes that are shared between them, people living in Siberia, and Native Americans, the…

Michigan was digging into a field, for the purpose of drainage, when, about eight feet deep, they encountered a substance that looked like wood. As the Detroit Free Press reports, the farmers soon realized they were hitting not wood, but bone. Is it a dinosaur bone? They called the University of Michigan, who relayed the…

Dinosaur hunters have uncovered a 6.5-foot thigh bone probably belonging to a giant sauropod in France. The enormous femur was dug up in a fossil-rich area in Charente, and dates back 140 million years. Sauropods are the largest herbivorous dinosaurs known to date — and include diplodocus, brachiosaurus and brontosaurus They first appeared in the…