Coins and Artifacts Looted From Buddhist Site in Pakistan
TAXILA—Coins and other artifacts from the Gandhara civilization are missing from a mound near Pakistan’s Mohra Muradu Stupa and Monastery, which dates to the fourth century A.D., and is listed…
More Than 300 Clay Figurines Found in Greek Neolithic Village
NEO MONASTIRI, GREECE—More than 300 clay figurines have been uncovered at the Neolithic site of Koutroulou Magoula in central Greece. The figurines represent males and females, and several depict…
New Analysis Suggests Egyptian Pharaoh Was Murdered
CAIRO, EGYPT—Forensic analysis of the Egyptian mummy of Ramesses III by scientists from the Insтιтute for Mummies and the Iceman suggests that he was murdered. CT scans revealed a…
The Tunnels Beneath Rome’s Baths of Caracalla
The first section of tunnels beneath Rome’s Baths of Caracalla will soon open to tourists. Slaves used the tunnels to carry wood to the 50 ovens heating water for…
7,000 year old origins of ‘The Supreme Ultimate’
The ‘Supreme Ultimate’ diagram of Taoism, the Taijitu of Yin and Yang dates back in China to around a coupke of thousands years ago, yet its origins…
Remains at Notre Dame Identified as 16th-Century Poet
PARIS, FRANCE—According to a Live Science report, human remains found in a sealed lead coffin beneath the nave of Notre Dame Cathedral have been identified as the French Renaissance…
Medieval Church Excavated in Slovakia
Medieval Church Excavated in Slovakia OSTRÁ LÚKA, SLOVAKIA—According to a report in The Slovak Spectator, a geophysical survey conducted at the site of the Church of the Epiphany…
Stone head from Roman period found at Carlisle dig
Archaeologists from the “Uncovering Roman Carlisle” project have found a carved stone head during excavations of the Carlisle Cricket Club in Carlisle, England. The project is a…
4,000-Year-Old Tomb Discovered in Upper Egypt
ᴀssIUT, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that a tomb dated to the 12th Dynasty has been discovered on the west bank of the Nile River in Upper Egypt’s Western ᴀssiut Mountain…
Antarctica is turning GREEN: Vegetation cover has increased more than tenfold over the last 40 years – with climate change to blame
If you were asked to visualise Antarctica, it’s likely a vast white landscape would spring to mind. But a concerning new study might have you rethinking that…