Saint Guthlac’s Realm: Massive Stone Age Henge Discovered in Lincolnshire
Archaeologists from Newcastle University have been working for years in Crowland, Lincolnshire around the purported site of the hermitage of Saint Guthlac, a local cult figure. What they found there reveals a far older and more complex sacred landscape, …
The Unmatched 9,500-Year-Old Honeycomb City of Çatalhöyük
Updated 9 April, 2024 – 23:02 Joanna Gillan Overlooking the Konya Plain in Turkey lies the remarkable and unique ancient city of Çatalhöyük, the largest and best-preserved Neolithic site found to date. At a time when most of the world’s people were nomadic …
Investigation of Tomb Burial Reveals Sick Neolithic Ritual Sacrifices
Updated 10 April, 2024 – 23:00 Gary Manners Recent research has unearthed chilling evidence of ritual sacrifices in Neolithic Europe, a practice that involved the gruesome method of “incaprettamento” – tying victims’ necks to their bent legs, leading …
Remarkable Horseshoe Shaped Prehistoric Structure Discovered in France
Beneath the countryside landscape of Marliens, mere kilometers from Dijon in the heart of the Ouche valley, lies evidence of ancient life spanning through millennia. Before the expansion of a local gravel pit could proceed, INRAP archaeologists were called …
Giant Lava Tunnel Was Occupied By Ancient Herders in the Arabian Peninsula
Updated 18 April, 2024 – 16:55 Sahir A fabulous new study has highlighted the lifestyles of human herders spanning 10,000 – 7,000 years ago, from the Neolithic to the Chalcolithic/Bronze Age, in the challenging desert environment of the Arabian Peninsula. …
Bronze Age German Grave was Built to Hold a “Zombie”
There’s always something new in archaeology, it would seem. In an unexpected development, archaeologists performing excavations in eastern Germany excavated a 4,200-year-old grave containing the skeleton of a man who was apparently believed to be at risk …
The Leaning Tower of Pisa was once tilting dangerously. Today it’s a different story
Pisa, Italy CNN — The Tower of Pisa was once feared on the brink of collapse as the lean that made it such a popular landmark threatened its very existence. But this week, as the monument celebrated its 850th birthday, the tilting monument’s future …
Ancient skeletons unearthed in France reveal Mafia-style killings
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more . CNN — More than 5,500 years ago, two women were tied up and probably buried alive in a …
Mussolini’s wartime bunker opens to the public in Rome
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‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time | CNN
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more . CNN — It’s late summer 2,850 years ago. A fire engulfs a stilt village perched above a boggy, slow-moving …