Early Middle Ages (600–1066)
Ceremonial Anglo-Saxon sword from the Sutton Hoo burial, 7th century At the start of the Middle Ages, England was a part of Britannia, a former province of…
An 1800-year-old nymph woke up in Amasra
During the excavations in the ancient city of Amastris in the Amastris district of Bartın, a nymph statue, which is thought to be 1800 years old, was found. In the statement…
Archaeologists Unearth 2,200-Year-Old Mosaics In An Ancient Greek City
One of the most important cities in the Eastern Roman Empire was Zeugma: A once flourishing city home to 80,000 inhabitants situated in the present-day province of Gaziantep in…
Mᴀss grave of plague victims discovered in Nuremberg may be largest ever found in Europe
Archaeologists conducting excavations in Nuremberg, Germany, have unearthed what may be the largest mᴀss burial site of plague victims ever found in Europe. An unearthed section of…
A new study has revealed the heart rate of the largest mammal on Earth, the blue whale, which operates at the extremes of physiological capability may limit the whale’s size.
A decade ago, marine scientists who attached trackers to emperor penguins ( Aptenodytes forsteri ) at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, while monitoring their heart-rates as the birds dove in…
Body of 6,500-year-old baby goes on show in world’s biggest mummy exhibition
More than 6,500 years ago in Peru, this tiny baby’s brief battle for life finally came to an end. The child, no more than 10 months old,…
Stone Leviathan: Echoes of a Giant in the Canyons of Time
Standing like a fossilized monument between the weathered canyons of the American West, this towering vertebral column rises from the earth like the spine of a long-lost…
Tail of тιтans: A Hadrosaur’s Legacy Preserved in Stone
Embedded deep within the ancient earth of northern Alberta, Canada, a stunning window into the prehistoric past has been revealed: the fossilized tail section of a Hadrosaur,…
Womb of Clay: The Silent Rest of an Infant in an Ancient Jar Burial
Cradled in a ceramic womb and entombed beneath millennia of compacted earth, this ancient burial jar holds a heartbreaking relic of the past: the delicate, fragile remains…
The 3,500-year-old statue of a royal goldsmith and his wife — and the mystery of the ancient tomb just unearthed beneath the sands of Luxor.
Egypt has announced the discovery in the southern city of Luxor of a pharaonic tomb belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago…