Recent excavations at an Ancient Greek ruin first unearthed in 1982 has revealed the site was an important religious sanctuary. A dig was carried out at the Minoan palace on the Zominthos plateau in the foothills of Mount Ida on the island of Crete this summer. It revealed that the…
A huge arsenal of World War II explosives have been found on a beach in southern France. The WWII arsenal, including shells and mines, was found at Messanges Beach in the commune of Messanges in the south-western French department of Landes on 30th September. According to French newspaper Sud Ouest,…
Prince George can keep his shark tooth according to Maltese officials who caused a stir over the 23 million year old fossil given to him by naturist Sir David Attenborough. Malta's Culture Minister Jose' Herrera caused an international fuss when he told the Times of Malta that he wanted to…
An incredibly well-preserved limestone sarcophagus and numerous funeral statuettes known as ushabti have been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists. The find at the Gharaifa site in Tuna al-Jabal near the city of Minya, located in Upper Egypt, was announced by officials on Monday, 21st September. The white limestone sarcophagus is decorated…
These are the remains archaeologists have found after discovering a chapel that was built by the former Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. Cortes was a Spanish conquest to door whose expedition led to the collapse of the Aztec Empire bringing much of what is now modern day Mexico under the rule…
