In the late medieval period, pagans in the Baltic region of northern Europe imported horses from neighboring Christian nations for use in funeral rituals, according to a study.
Horse sacrifices were highly visible and symbolic public rites across pagan prehistoric Europe, persisting the latest among the Baltic tribes, up to the 14th century AD. Offering pits might…
During an archaeological excavation in Visegrád, a fortified medieval castle on a hill overlooking the Danube in northern Hungary, the ruins of the Church of the Virgin Mary, built during the reign of King Sigismund, were found under a tennis court.
Traces of a clash from hundreds of years ago were also discovered in the area surrounding the…
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Egypt’s oldest papyrus fragments, which detail the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza, have gone on public display in Cairo.
In 2013, a joint team of French and Egyptian archaeologists discovered a remarkable find in a cave at the ancient Red Sea port of Wadi el-Jarf—hundreds of inscribed papyrus fragments that…
Surveyors in Brazil were appraising a site identified for the building of a new apartment complex. However, they downed tools, and called in archaeologists when they started finding bones and shards of pottery. Now, a multi-layered archaeological site has been revealed which has yielded 43 human skeletons and in excess of 100,000 artifacts.
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In Southeastern Washington, the discovery of the 9,000-year-old remains, known as Kennewick Man, has captivated paleoanthropologists.
This ancient Native American, with a stocky build and standing at about five feet seven inches, left behind a remarkable osteobiography. His life, marked by injuries and adaptations, reveals a tale of survival and resilience.…
In addition to the many magnificent historical monuments in Greece, the country has several unique sunken cities and archaeological sites. Reported Greek Reporter.
Apart from the numerous impressive historical landmarks in Greece, the country boasts several distinct sunken cities and settlements. Credit: JamesDavidShoots / CC-BY-SA-4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
These submerged sites aren’t mere shipwrecks or…
The whole tomb is littered with signs and symbols which mention Queen Neferтιтi and after some time had pᴀssed and the expert linguists managed to decipher the stories told here the team was baffled.
The story is written from the point of view of her followers, as we follow their attempts to see whether her…
Archaeologists discover Zapotec ‘entrance to underworld’ beneath a church in Mexico.
A team of researchers has uncovered compelling evidence of an ancient underground temple of Lyobaa, known as the “place of rest” to the Zapotec people, beneath the ruins of Mitla in southern Mexico.
The legendary tunnels were first described in 1674 by historian…
Iraq is battling its worst drought in decades. Lack of rainfall and poor resource management has left communities that depend on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers devoid of the water they need to survive. So authorities drained part of the Mosul Dam reservoirin the country’s Kurdistan region this January to keep crops from drying out.
Archaeologists got brief access…
An ancient burial site holding at least 50 skeletons was unearthed in Israel's Negev desert.
Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a burial site holding dozens of skeletons from 2,500 years ago — possibly the remains of trafficked women — in the heart of the Negev desert in southern Israel.
The two elaborate tombs,…