Areas of the UK heavily affected by the Black DeathAntiquity/University of Lincoln An in-depth analysis of pottery shards has revealed the “eye-watering” impact the Black Death had across rural medieval England. Towns, villages and hamlets were ravaged by the peak of the plague between 1346 and 1351, and between 75 and 200 million people are […]
The eastern Sahara Desert was once home to a 45,000 km2 freshwater lake similar in surface area to the largest in the world today. What changed the green Sahara into a desert? In ancient times, some thousand years ago, this vast area was fertile grassland. Researchers found that three ancient river systems, now buried, may have created […]
Who were these mysterious beings? Did they evolve separately on Earth?What caused them to have such drastic differences from ordinary humans? Photo Credits: Marcia K. Moore The desert peninsula of Paracas is located on the southern coast of one of South America’s most enigmatic countries: Peru. It is there, in this barren landscape where […]
The hill fort ‘Tap O Noth’ lies on a hill top in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Along the fort is a vitrified wall, a wall heated to such an intensity, for a period of time, that it becomes like glass. Among artifacts found at the fort are a stone axe, dated to somewhere between 2,000 BC and […]
The nilometer was used to predict harvest (and taxes) linked to the rise and fall of the Nile River Stone steps uncovered at the ancient port city of Thmuis are part of a nilometer, a structure used in antiquity to monitor the level of the Nile River. American and Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a rare […]
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