Category: Archaeology
Korphos-Kalamianos.
Archaeologists are exploring a lost city built by the Mycenaeans 3500 years ago.
Post date: Tuesday, March 11th, 2008.
Muziris.
Archaeologists believe they have found the remains of a fabled city in India that once was a major trading port with the Roman Empire.
Post date: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006.
Vilhonneur cave.
Portrait of a human face drawn 27,000 years ago discovered in a French cave. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 5th, 2006.
Parthenocarpic figs.
Scientists discover 11,400 year-old seedless figs that may be the first crop to be domesticated by man. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 5th, 2006.
Derveni Papyrus.
Charred remains of an ancient book believed to be a missing link in the shaping of monotheistic religions has been decoded with modern imaging technology. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 1st, 2006.
Queen of Rome.
Archaeologists unearth well-preserved bones of a woman dating back to the 10th century B.C.
Post date: Thursday, June 1st, 2006.
Temple of the Fox.
Observatory dating back to 2200 B.C. discovered in Peru.
Post date: Thursday, May 18th, 2006.
Marmaray Project.
Tunneling project connecting Europe and Asia underwater by rail uncovers 4th century seaport.
Post date: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006.
Site Q.
Archaeologists have discovered a royal tomb inside a Mayan pyramid. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006.
Najash rionegrina.
Snake fossil discovered having two legs may prove that they evolved on land rather than at sea.
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Mapusaurus roseae.
Meat-eating dinosaur believed to have hunted in groups discovered in Argentina.
Post date: Tuesday, April 18th, 2006.
Australopithecus anamensis.
Species of ape-man discovered in Ethiopia that Homo sapiens evolved from.
Post date: Wednesday, April 12th, 2006.
Holy Grail.
Archaeologists have discovered remains of the Knights of Templar in a castle dating back to the Crusades. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 11th, 2006.
Iztapalapa hillside.
Archaeologists discover a 1500-year-old pyramid under a site used for re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus.
Post date: Wednesday, April 5th, 2006.
Painful roots.
Dental drill discovered dating back 9000 years predates the invention of anesthesia.
Post date: Wednesday, April 5th, 2006.
Tiktaalik roseae.
Fossil remains of a crocodile-like fish discovered that may be the missing link explaining how life transitioned from water to land.
Post date: Wednesday, April 5th, 2006.
Hagryphus giganteus.
Utah scientists discover fossilized bones of a giant meat-eating bird dinosaur. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006.
Ur.
Italian archaeologists discover stone tablets that may be the remains of a 5000-year-old Sumerian library. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Trojan War hero.
Archaeologists have unearthed the palace of the Homeric warrior-king Ajax.
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Gawis cranium.
Skull discovered in Ethiopia may be link between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens.
Post date: Friday, March 24th, 2006.
Land ho!
Construction workers uncover the remains of a Spanish ship on land.
Post date: Friday, March 24th, 2006.
Bronze Age bully.
Archaeologists discover that a massive Mt. Vesuvius eruption buried towns and villages 2000 years before Pompeii.
Post date: Tuesday, March 7th, 2006.
Sky Disc of Nebra.
Bronze Age disc was used 3,600 years ago to calculate a thirteenth month. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 2nd, 2006.
Tambora.
Scientists have found the remains of a civilization lost to the biggest volcanic eruption in recorded history.
Post date: Tuesday, February 28th, 2006.
Lost land of Punt.
Archaeologists uncover remains of ancient Egyptian ship including cargo destined for a fabled Red Sea trading center.
Post date: Monday, February 27th, 2006.
Heliopolis.
Ancient temple discovered under the streets of Cairo. (via)
Post date: Monday, February 27th, 2006.
Guanlong wucaii.
Dinosaur that gave rise to the Tyrannosaurus Rex discovered in China.
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Post date: Wednesday, February 8th, 2006.
SeaBed.
Deep sea robot photographs Greek shipwreck from 350 B.C.
Post date: Friday, February 3rd, 2006.
Unidentified buried object.
Large unknown man-made metal object to be unearthed from a Georgia cemetery. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 30th, 2006.
Necropolis.
Archaeologists have found a tomb under the Roman Forum that predates the founding of Rome.
Post date: Friday, January 20th, 2006.
Ceremonial dental modification.
Tooth ethchings, called furrows, support theories that Vikings made visits to North America. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 16th, 2006.
Walk like an Australian.
Ice Age footprints found in the Australian Outback. (via)
Post date: Thursday, December 22nd, 2005.
Multiplex polymerase chain reaction.
German scientists rebuild a section of the wooly mammoth’s mitochondrial DNA.
Post date: Monday, December 19th, 2005.
Hamoukar.
Mesopotamian city shows evidence of being destroyed by ‘large scale organized warfare‘
Post date: Friday, December 16th, 2005.
Dakosaurus andiniensis.
Ancient sea creature was part crocodile and part T. rex.
Post date: Thursday, November 10th, 2005.
Rewriting history.
Alphabet found carved in stone dating from 10th century B.C.
Post date: Wednesday, November 9th, 2005.
Antikythera mechanism.
Ancient Greek computer was ‘capable of predicting the positions of the sun and moon in the zodiac on any given date‘. (via)
UPDATE: Researchers have discovered and deciphered previously undetected ancient Greek text on the device.
Post date: Friday, October 21st, 2005.
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