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Iron Age Artifacts Found Under Norwegian Glaciers
Archaeologists from the U.K. and Norway discovered more than 2,000 artifacts from Norway’s glaciers, and the finds have given scientists keen insights into the people who lived in the area centuries ago…
Divers Find 2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck Graveyard
Ancient sailors courted adventure and risked death on the Aegean Sea. And now divers have discovered five of their approximately 2,000-year-old shipwrecks and a giant, granite anchor pole near the tiny Greek island of Levitha….
Spanish Stonehenge Above Water - First Time in 50 Years
After 50 years, a 7,000-year-old megalithic monument known as the Dolmen of Guadalperal (Spain) is above water…
Ox-drawn plows to blame for increased inequality beginning in 4,000 BC
The adoption of the ox-drawn plows, not the advent of agriculture, triggered an accelerating increase in inequality among Eurasian societies beginning around 4000 B.C. …
Mosaic from 5th century church discovered near Sea of Galilee
A fire that destroyed an ancient Holy Land church near the Sea of Galilee around 700 CE appears to have preserved the church's beautiful mosaic floor, which includes depictions of baskets, loaves and fish, as well as inscriptions…
The Course of Empire
Painted by Thomas Cole in 1883 to 1836, this series of five paintings shows what Cole believed to be the five stages of any empire. The paintings contain a huge amount of small details and are definitely thought-provoking.
Bronze Age Palace Surfaces
The waters of the Tigris River in Iraqi Kurdistan have receded and revealed the ruins of a 3,400-year-old palace. A team led by Hasan Ahmed Qasim of the Kurdish Archaeology Organization and researcher Ivana Puljiz of the University of Tubingen has now excavated the site and found…
4,000-year-old jet necklace discovered during Bronze Age burial mound excavation
For the past three seasons, archaeologists have been excavating at Berk Farm, near Kirk Michael, as part of the Round Mounds of the Isle of Man project. This initiative is working to investigate how and when Bronze Age ‘round mounds’ were constructed …
4,500-year-old boat among Viking artifacts hoard discovered in Galway
Archaeologists used radiocarbon dating to establish that one of the boats dates from 2,500 BC. Other items that were found include several battle axes and other weapons…
The Known World According To Herodotus
The map above is a modern depiction of ancient Greek historian Herodotus’ view of the Ecumene (or oecumene), literally the the known or the inhabited world, in the 5th Century BC…