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Discover 6,500-year-old gold pendant
Archeology

Discover 6,500-year-old gold pendant

A Greek climber found a 6,500-year-old gold pendant in a field and handed it over to local officials. A flat pendant with a size of 3.8 x 3.8 cm is found in Ptolemaida t…

December 17, 2018
The ancient wall honors Alexander the Great
Archeology

The ancient wall honors Alexander the Great

Greek archaeologists unearthed the ancient Macedonian city at the foot of Mount Olympus discovered a 2,600 m long wall with a structure inspired by Alexander's great vic…

December 17, 2018
Iron Age people were savagely tortured
Archeology

Iron Age people were savagely tortured

Archaeologists have discovered two Iron Age corpses buried in peat in Ireland. Both are men, living more than 2,000 years ago, and being victims of a barbaric sacrificia…

December 17, 2018
Mysterious grave under Roman square
Archeology

Mysterious grave under Roman square

Scientists excavating underneath the Roman square found a 3,000-year-old tomb, a few hundred years earlier than the appearance of Rome. The tomb is shaped like a deep we…

December 17, 2018
Giant bones were excavated
Archeology

Giant bones were excavated

In the spring of 1983, in a large graveyard near the town of Zeest in the German state of Westbatlia, archaeologists discovered about 2,000 remains of bodies, 2.3m high…

December 17, 2018
Discover the oldest Maya painting in Guatemala
Archeology

Discover the oldest Maya painting in Guatemala

Archaeologist William Saturno in the United States yesterday said he was amazed to discover that a Mayan painting was never seen in nearly two millennia. Discovered in t…

December 17, 2018
Discover the oldest observatory in China
Archeology

Discover the oldest observatory in China

Chinese archaeologists said they found the world's first observatory, some 4,100 years ago, in northern Shanxi province. The ancient observatory is located in the older…

December 17, 2018
Discovered the oldest Christian church in Israel
Archeology

Discovered the oldest Christian church in Israel

An Israeli prisoner is clearing rubble to build a new prison, discovering a delicate mosaic. Israeli archaeologists claimed it could be the foundation of an ancient chur…

December 17, 2018
Discovered giant camel fossils
Archeology

Discovered giant camel fossils

Swiss archaeologists from the Universities of Bâle and Zurich discovered the bones of a giant camel while excavating in the steppe in Central Syria.

December 17, 2018
Scary archaeological findings
Archeology

Scary archaeological findings

Some archaeological findings are formidable, drawing a terrible picture of life and death in the past.

December 17, 2018