Published on May 15th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks
The remains of a British soldier who died during a battle in 1799 has been found in a sand dune in the Netherlands. For more than two centuries, the remains of a soldier lay undisturbed on ... Read More →
Published on May 15th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks
A research team has discovered that the Cerro del Gentil pyramid in Peru aligns perfectly with two geoglyphs and the setting sun. An ancient astronomical alignment in southern Peru has been discovered by researchers between a ... Read More →
Published on May 14th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks
New research suggests that the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon may actually have been built in Niniveh, 300 miles from Babylon. The evidence presented by Dalley, an expert in ancient Middle Eastern languages, emerged from deciphering ... Read More →
Published on May 14th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks
Mark Pagel, an evolutionary theorist from the University of Reading, believes that many of today’s languages could have stemmed from one original language that dates back 15,000 years. Because words don’t have DNA, researchers use cognates ... Read More →
Published on May 14th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks
A 1,700-year-old Roman cemetery has been found beneath a parking lot in Leicester, England. The new discovery, found at the junction of Newarke and Oxford Streets, includes numerous burials and skeletal remains from 13 individuals, both ... Read More →
Published on May 13th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks
An ancient rock art site on Vancouver Island, titled Cedar By the Sea, has been damaged by a local power company’s contracted workers. Douglas White, chief of the Snuneymuxw First Nation said the damage is disrespectful ... Read More →
Published on May 13th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks
Dancing naked men found on a restored 15th century painting may be the first Western depictions of Native Americans. The painting, by the Renaissance master Pinturicchio, was finished in 1494, just two years after Christopher Columbus ... Read More →
Published on May 9th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks
Irrigation features dating back to Spanish colonial times have been found in Brackenridge Park in San Antonio after being buried for 300 years. Local and state officials will provide more details Friday of recent excavations that ... Read More →