Dr Irene García Losquiño and Dr Jan Henrik Fallgren on a possible Viking archaeological site in northern Spain http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/7184/ The fearsome reputation of the Vikings has made them the subject of countless exhibitions, books and films – however, surprisingly… Continue Reading
Archaeologists have uncovered a monumental entryway and corridor with arches and frescoes that led into the courtyard of King Herod’s hilltop palace complex, known as Herodium, in the Palestinian West Bank. – See more at: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/archaeologists-unearth-huge-entryway-herods-020147#sthash.UD5VmIUY.dpuf
Archaeologists have unearthed what is considered to be the central temple of the village of Trypillia in Kyiv region, Ukraine. The Trypillian people where a matriarchal society which inhabited this area between 5,400 BC and 2700 BC, and were extremely advanced in… Continue Reading
A small stone container found by archaeologists a half-century ago has now been recognized as further evidence of a Viking or Medieval Norse presence in Arctic Canada during the centuries around 1000 A.D. The short article – http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215154800.htm The original… Continue Reading
The UK mainland’s first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been discovered by archaeologists working in the Scottish Highlands. The 5m-long grave contained the remains of a high status Viking, who was buried with an axe, a sword with… Continue Reading
The Coptic Church of Egypt is the earliest Christian church in the world, going back to around 42 AD. According to Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea, as well as Coptic traditions, Saint Mark the evangelist, who wrote the earliest of the… Continue Reading
DangerousMinds.net is posting footage of an “Aztec Death Whistle” being played. They report: “The Aztec death whistle, sometimes described as ‘the scream of thousand corpses’ is a frightening sound indeed. The skull-shaped whistles, discovered only 20 years ago by archaeologists,… Continue Reading
Julita Rękawek examined more than 400 anthropomorphic rock drawings of from 60 archaeological sites from the archaic period located in deep ravines in the region of San Rafael (Utah) in the U.S. Her analysis showed that drawings had been made… Continue Reading
The Takenouchi manuscripts are a set of mysterious documents that were rewritten by a man named Takenouchino Matori 1,500 years ago in a mixture of Japanese and Chinese characters, transcribed from even older texts. According to legend, the original documents… Continue Reading
The lamp is important magical weapon and it seems that it has quite the mythology surrounding it. http://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/ancient-mystery-ever-burning-lamps-002451