Ancient Roman cargo ship found on bottom of Mediterranean
The vessel, from the first or second century BC, contains hundreds of jars, giving archaeologists insight into ‘ancient maritime trade routes’ An ancient Roman cargo...
Category : Archaeology
French cave markings said to be oldest known engravings by Neanderthals
Hundreds of faint stripes, dots and wavy lines at Loire valley site were created more than 57,000 years ago, say scientists Hundreds of faint stripes,...
Virgil quote found on fragment of Roman jar unearthed in Spain
Excerpt from the Georgics was carved into vessel used for olive oil 1,800 years ago A tiny fragment of a Roman jar that once held...
‘Almost still shines’: 3,000-year-old sword unearthed in Germany
Object from mid-bronze age in ‘extraordinary’ state of preservation, and was found in grave in Bavaria A bronze sword from more than 3,000 years that...
Pompeii dig finds skeletal remains dating back to Vesuvius earthquake
Two men believed to have been killed when building collapsed during early stages of AD79 volcanic eruption The remains of two people believed to have...
Recovery of ancient DNA identifies 20,000-year-old pendant’s owner
Elk tooth pendant unearthed in Siberia is first prehistoric artefact to be linked to a specific person using genetic sleuthing Scientists have used a new...
Pope Francis orders Parthenon marbles held by Vatican be returned to Greece
Three 2,500-year-old pieces will be ‘donated’ to Greece’s Archbishop Ieronymos II amid wider conversation about future of Parthenon marbles held by Britain Pope Francis has...
Hand of Irulegi: ancient Spanish artefact rewrites history of Basque language
The Vascones, an Iron Age tribe from whose language modern Basque is thought to descend, were previously viewed as largely illiterate More than 2,000 years...
