Category Archives: Archaeology

The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

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Hundreds of Dinosaur Egg Fossils found in Spain

Hundreds of dinosaur fossil eggs have been discovered in Spain and may shed new light on dinosaur nesting habits. Researchers in northeastern Spain say they’ve uncovered hundreds of dinosaur egg…

Eight million dog mummies found in Saqqara

8 Million Animal Mummies Found in Egypt

Unbelievable, approximately 8 million mummified animals have been found at Saqqara Egypt. The majority appears to have been burred only hours after they were born. Saqqara, also spelled Sakkara or…

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Viking Outpost Found in Canada?

New evidence that Vikings discovered and settled in the new world?
Archaeologists and amateur historians have combed North America’s east coast searching for traces of Viking visitors.

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New Pyramid found with Google Earth?

Two unidentified, possible pyramid complexes have been located with satellite imagery from Google Earth. One of the complex sites contains a distinct, four-sided, truncated, pyramidal shape that is approximately 140 feet in width, the second possible site contains four mounds with a larger, triangular-shaped plateau.

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Baltic Sea UFO may be Secret Nazi Weapon

Some say this is starting to turn into a coverup to hide the truth that a crashed UFO has been found in the Baltic sea, but the evidence now seems to suggest the object is a World War II Top-Secret Nazi Weapon, that was perhaps designed to confuse enemy radar. Whether the device was actually used is now clear, but it may have been capable of blocking ship and aircraft radar.

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World’s oldest tree fossil found

Two 400-million-year-old fossil plants are the oldest known examples of wood. They are small herbs, suggesting that wood did not evolve to help plants grow tall.

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Tunnel found under Teotihuacan Temple in Mexico

Archaeologists say they have discovered ‘a recreation of the underworld’ at the ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico thanks to a radar device.

The tunnel, which is 13 metres below the ground, was originally discovered by chance in 2003 after heavy rains seeped into a tiny hole in the ground. No monarch’s tomb has ever been found at the site near Mexico City.

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Giant Ant Fossil Found

A giant ant growing over 5cm (2in) long crossed the Arctic during hot periods in the Earth’s history, scientists say, using land bridges between continents.

Little is known about how these ants lived or what they ate – but wings are present on the fossils. They are found, in Europe and now in Wyoming.

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Human Skulls used as Ice Age Cups!

Nice to see us Britons getting a first… shame it’s such a gruesome one though! Mind you, what we perceive as gruesome now, might well have been the norm back then?

Bones excavated from caves in southwest England include the oldest known examples of drinking cups or containers made out of human skulls, says a team led by paleontologist Silvia Bello of the Natural History Museum in London.

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Sad News: Artefacts missing from Cairo Museum

Dr. Zahi Hawass has confirmed the staff of the database department at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo have discovered objects are missing from the museum.

An investigation has begun to search for the people who have taken these objects, and the police and army plan to follow up with the criminals already in custody.