Author: Mary JL

Beneath the modern streets of Dublin, Ireland, archaeologists have made an astonishing discovery uncovering the largest known Viking burial in Europe, Scandinavia excluded. This incredible discovery includes not only Viking warriors, but also valuable ancient treasures. This massive research project started back in 1999, and it is now that archaeologists are coming to terms with…

An ancient skeleton surprised archaeologists because he appeared to be dancing when his grave was opened in the Amur region, in the Russian Far East. Archaeologist Denis Volkov, 35, said: ‘We jokingly nicknamed this skeleton Mikhail. Tied up in his grave, the strange ‘dancing skeleton’ of Ust-Ivanovka “He amazed us with his pose – he…

An extraordinary discovery is reported from the area of Mány, a town in Hungary located in the northeast of Fejér County, Hungary.Preliminary excavations began at the beginning of summer on the route of the future M100 highway in the region. During the first few weeks of the archaeological diggings, archaeologists from the Szent István Király…

Archaeologists have uncovered a skeleton of a person who lived 31,000 years ago. According to a new study, the individual is missing its left foot, and part of its left leg reveals the oldest known evidence of amputation. Discovered on the island of Borneo, the remains pre-date the previously oldest known case of limb amputation…

An astonishing discovery took place in the fall of 2011 when a team of archaeologists working in the palace of ancient Avaris, Egypt, found the remains of 16 human hands in four graves in the compound. Two of the pits, located in front of the throne room, contain one hand each. And the other two…