Archaeologists find 10,000 year old house
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered a 10,000 year old house near Jerusalem showing “evidence of man’s transition to permanent dwellings.”
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Buddha ‘lived centuries earlier’
THE discovery of a wooden structure at the Buddha’s birthplace suggests he lived in the 6th century BC, two centuries earlier than thought.
‘Alien’ cone-shaped skull unearthed
A SKULL of an aristocratic woman with a deformed, pointed ‘conehead’ has been found in an ancient burial plot in France.
Oldest big cat find changes science
WERE you taught that tigers, lions and leopards were from Africa? It seems our teachers were wrong after a fossil 4.1 – 5.95 million years old found.
King Tut ‘cooked’ in tomb
NEW research reveals the famous pharaoh’s body may have spontaneously combusted inside the sarcophagus after a botched mummification job.
Poms ‘once feasted on toads’
BRITONS often make fun of the French for feasting on frog. But now a new discovery suggests their prehistoric ancestors may have had a taste for toad.
Paintings by cavemen? Make that caveWOMEN
AFTER a long day hunting cavemen would return home to chart their exploits on the walls in paintings…or would they? Analysis of humanity’s oldest artworks has provided convincing evidence that most of them were actually painted by women.
The lake of the living dead
A LAKE so poisonous that almost nothing can live there has become a canvas for an artist who has captured the essence of life in death.
800yo skeleton’s last days revealed
NEW technology is giving scientists unheard of detail about the lives of people who died centuries ago.
New sphinx puzzles archaeologists
PART of an ancient Egyptian king’s unique sphinx was unveiled at a dig in Israel, but researchers say how it got there is a mystery.
Archaeological treasures in trouble
THE ruins of this ancient complex sit on dunes by the sea, a world away from Gaza City’s noise and bustle. Now the race is on the save them.
The secrets of the lost souls of Bedlam
HUNDREDS of skeletons, including the remains of patients from the notorious Bedlam Hospital have been discovered in an old graveyard.
Badger digs up medieval tombs
A BADGER has discovered medieval chieftain tombs that have been hailed as a “significant find” by archaeologists.
Found: ‘Part of Jesus’s cross’
A GROUP of archaeologists claim to have discovered “a piece of a cross” associated with Jesus’s crucifixion in an ancient chest.
Large Mayan frieze found in Guatemala
AN ‘extraordinary’ Mayan frieze depicting deities and rulers has been uncovered by archaeologists in Guatemala.
Blackbeard’s cannons to be raised
BLACKBEARD’S pirate ship is about to be plundered, with a team of archaeologists aiming to recover a set of eight cannons in coming weeks.
DNA tests say skull isn’t Henri IV
THREE years ago, French researchers declared that a centuries-old mummified head was that of the beloved King Henri IV. But a new study says, “Non!”
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