Some years ago, a team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling and which likely originated in East Asia. (Credit: Colorado. edu) A team of researchers led […]
Breaking News: 06-07-2016 The Neolithic group of six appeared to have died violent deaths, with multiple injuries to their legs, hands and skulls. Archaeologists said Tuesday, June 7th, they had discovered the remains of victims from a 6,000-year-old massacre in Alsace in eastern France that was likely carried out by “furious ritualized warriors”. The corpses […]
(Credit: Martin Frouz and Jirí Svoboda) Three ~31,000-year-old skulls from Dolni Vestonice in the Czech Republic. For the next five thousand years, all samples analyzed in this study — whether from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Austria, or Italy — are closely related, reflecting a population expansion associated with the Gravettian archaeological culture. Analyses of […]
English archaeologists have discovered “demon traps” under the floorboards of one of Britain’s most important historic houses. Consisting of carved intersecting lines and symbols, the witch marks were found in a bedroom at Knole, a huge, stately home in Kent which is considered one of the country’s most precious historic houses. Acquired by the Archbishops […]
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