Israeli archaeologists have found evidence that early humans wore shell necklaces painted with ochre as far back as 120,000 years ago. The discovery, which included several examples of ancient shell jewellery as well as dozens of human skeletons from the Mediterranean Paleolithic period, was made at Qafzeh Cave in northern…
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Aztec palace which later became the site of the home of famed Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes in Mexico City. The discovery was made under the Nacional Monte de Piedad (National Mount of Piety), an iconic pawnshop in the centre of the Mexican…
Credit: Newsflash/Kharaysin archaeological team-CSIC Archaeologists have discovered dozens of tiny human figures which they say were used in funeral rituals to celebrate the dead over 10,000 years ago. Human-shaped figures from 7,500 BC were discovered by Spanish archaeologists in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Kharaysin, located in the village of…
Archaeologists have found this 2,000-year-old map carved into a stone - and it is believed to have been used to pass on information about the land to future generations by the pre-Hispanic inhabitants of southern Mexico. The carving was found in the village of Suchitlan in the state of Colima…
A Norwegian couple in the process of renovating their house has found an ancient Viking burial ground underneath their floorboards. The incident took place at the couple’s home in the town of Bodo in the northern Norwegian municipality of the same name when they removed the floorboards to put in…
