archeology
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This Neolithic Graveyard May Solve Mystery Of How Ancient Europe Started Farming
A new archaeological find in Turkey may have just answered a question about our ancestors that has persisted for thousands of years. Ancient farming may look a little less like what we imagined it as, and a little more like what we see today.
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The World’s Oldest Mummies Are Suddenly Turning Into Black Goo
Having survived 8000 years, the Chinchorro mummies found in modern-day Chile and Peru have started decaying more quickly than ever before — in some cases even melting into gelatinous “black ooze”. Scientists at Harvard think they have found the reason why.
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Archaeologists Discover Mythical Tomb Of The God Of The Dead In Egypt
A reproduction of the mythical Tomb of Osiris as described by Egyptian lore has been discovered in the necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt. The complex includes a shaft that connects to multiple chambers, including one with demons holding knives.
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Ice Age Fossils Are Being Unearthed By L.A.’s Subway Construction
A 19-metre deep shaft being dug for Los Angeles’s newest subway line is filled with buried treasure. The so-called Subway to the Sea is still nine miles from the beach, but excavation has already revealed some creatures from the ocean floor…the prehistoric ocean floor!