JERUSALEM—The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds of Roman and medieval silver coins. The finds made near the ancient city of Caesarea were dated to the Roman and Mamluk periods, around 1,700 and 600 years ago, archaeologists said….
1887 Time Capsule Found at Base of Lee Statue to Be Opened
RICHMOND, Va.—Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is scheduled to witness the opening Wednesday of a time capsule from 1887 that was buried under a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond. The massive bronze equestrian statue of Lee was taken down in September. The time capsule was found Friday by crews working to…
Work Begins to Open 1887 Time Capsule Found Under Lee Statue
RICHMOND, Va.—A state conservator in Virginia began the delicate task Wednesday of trying to open a 134-year-old time capsule that had sat beneath a towering a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond. Chelsea Blake, a conservator with Virginia’s Department of Historic Resources, pressed a vibrating tool with a hard metal tip against…
Researchers Unearth Prehistoric Golden Ritual Bowl With Sun Motif Dating From 1000 BC
December 20, 2021
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A prehistoric settlement located in Ebreichsdorf, Austria, 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) south of Vienna, has yielded an archeological discovery of a lifetime—an extraordinarily rare golden bowl with a sun motif was found in what was once likely a place of worship near a swamp some three millennia ago. The culture who once kept this bowl…
Metal Detectorist Finds 2,000-Year-Old Roman Dagger From Ancient ‘Lost’ Battle in Switzerland
December 13, 2021
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Amateur archaeologist Lucas Schmid toted his metal detector onto a small hill beside a river gorge near the mountain village of Tiefencastel, Switzerland, and began probing the turf where an ancient battle had taken place. He would soon discover a Roman dagger from under the earth, which would lead to a remarkable excavation. Rumor had…
Footprints in Spain Show Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Were Fast and Furious
It almost is not fair. Carnivorous dinosaurs were armed with menacing teeth inside muscular jaws, wielded dangerous claws on their hands and feet, and boasted keen vision and sense of smell. And, as new research confirms, some were pretty fast, too. Two trackways of Cretaceous Period fossilized footprints from about 120 million years ago discovered…
Iraq Puts on Display Ancient Artifacts Returned by US
BAGHDAD—Ancient artifacts looted and smuggled out of Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003 were put on display in Baghdad on Tuesday. Among the artifacts returned by the United States was a 3,500-year-old clay tablet bearing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the ancient Sumerian tale believed to be one of the world’s first pieces…
Glacier Archeologists Uncover 1,300-Year-Old Wooden Ski With Leather Straps Preserved by Ice in Norway
In 2014, a glacier archaeologist in Norway was dispatched to Mt. Digervarden in Reinheimen National Park in search of artifacts ceded by melting ice. Within minutes of arriving onsite, he found an Iron Age arrowhead. Shortly after, he uncovered one from the Bronze Age. Turning in for the evening, he spotted something of far greater significance: a…
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Roman Statues Under Norman Village Church in England
December 6, 2021
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An archeological dig in Buckinghamshire is dredging up artifacts from England’s remote past—ahead of a high-speed rail that’s laying the groundwork for UK’s rapid land-transportation future. Researchers from high-speed rail project HS2 unearthed at Stoke Mandeville a set of remarkable Roman busts from beneath what was once a Norman village church. The HS2 research team are calling…
New Dinosaur Species From Chile Had a Unique Slashing Tail
Fossils found in Chile are from a strange-looking dog-sized dinosaur species that had a unique slashing tail weapon, scientists reported Wednesday. Some dinosaurs had spiked tails they could use as stabbing weapons and others had tails with clubs. The new species, described in a study in the journal Nature, has something never seen before on…
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