Carved into red sandstone cliffs in southwestern Jordan, the lost city of Petra was the capital of an ancient kingdom. Once a thriving center of trade, having lain in ruins for centuries, Petra is now one of the world’s New Seven Wonders. Each year, the 102-square-mile site typically attracts over a million visitors to what was once the…
Once-Lost Ancient City Carved Out of Red Sandstone Cliffs Is a New Wonder of the World
September 4, 2021
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Discovery of 7,000-Year-Old Remains Unravels Some Mysteries to Unknown Group of Humans
August 30, 2021
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The ancient remains of a hunter-gatherer girl who died over 7,000 years ago in Indonesia, has revealed clues to a mysterious group of humans from the past. The discovery, made in 2015, in the Leang Panninge cave on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island is the first discovery of ancient human DNA in the region, known as Wallacea….
800-Year-Old Medieval Chain Mail Vest From Norman Period Discovered in Longford, Ireland
A link to Ireland’s medieval past was located in a shed after a chance encounter during Granard’s Heritage Week this summer. That find consisted of an authentic, stunningly well-preserved 800-year-old chain male vest—called a hauberk—discovered fully intact. Bartle D’Arcy, general manager of local heritage center Granard Knights & Conquests, was wearing a replica hauberk mid-August…
Man Finds British Rifleman’s Sword From 1890s While Building Deck in His Backyard
One Ottawa man’s backyard home project yielded more than a new patio when his contractor removed a sword from under the earth. The find led home owner Brad Sigouin on a quest to solve the mystery of its origin. While installing concrete piers for a new deck in April 2020, a worker found the weapon…
Archaeologists Pull Native American Canoe Carved in 1700s From South Carolina River
A relic from America’s colonial past was recently pulled up from the Chattooga River in South Carolina earlier this summer. The remnants of a dugout canoe, possibly of Native American origin, is the second such boat of that age to be found in the river—the first was 17 years ago in 2004. The canoe could…
Archaeologist Discovers Previously Unrecorded WWII Bunker at Base of Cliffs at Saunton Sands in UK
An archaeologist discovered a previously unrecorded WWII bunker—while eating fish and chips on the beach. David Etheridge noticed a concrete structure at the foot of the cliffs at Saunton Sands while on holiday in Devon. He set off to explore and realized it was part of a ruined bunker guarding the beach. Around 10,000 American…
Cave Lion Cub Found in Siberian Permafrost Is 28,000 Years Old
YAKUTSK, Russia—Scientists have said that an astonishingly well-preserved cave lion cub found in Siberia’s permafrost lived 28,000 years ago and may even still have traces of its mother’s milk in it. The female cub, named Sparta, was found at the Semyuelyakh River in Russia’s Yakutia region in 2018 and a second lion cub called Boris…
Ice Age Cave Lion Cub Unearthed in Siberian Permafrost Believed to Be 28,000 Years Old: Study
A lion cub with sharp claws, whiskers, and fur was unearthed in the permafrost of Siberia. But this cub—seemingly in slumber—is 28,000 years old and is thought to be the best-preserved ice age animal ever found. The cub, dubbed Sparta, is a female cave lion, an extinct large cat, slightly larger than African lions, that once…
Archeologists Uncover New Sections of 2,000-Year-Old Tunnels in Western Wall in Jerusalem
The remains of Jerusalem’s Western Wall—some 2,000 years old—yielded some incredible architectural discoveries in the 19th century. Recently, impressive new sections of the Wall Tunnels have been revealed, for display to the public, in an archeological excavation by the Jerusalem’s Western Wall Foundation and Israel Antiquities Authority. Built around A.D. 20–30, the tunnels consist of…
Archeologists Find 1,000-Year-Old Intact Chicken Egg From Byzantine Age in Excavation in Israel
Archaeologists have unearthed an intact chicken egg dating back to the Byzantine period, roughly 1,000 years old. During the excavation of an ancient cesspit in the city of Yavne, part of a large-scale archeological undertaking by the Israel Land Authority, researchers were astonished to find the fully intact egg. The sight was located in an…
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