A startling discovery of 70,000-year-old artifacts and a python’s head carved of stone appears to represent the first known human rituals.
Scientists had thought human intelligence had not evolved the capacity to perform group rituals until perhaps 40,000 years ago.
But inside a cave in remote hills in Kalahari Desert of Botswana, archeologists found the stone […]
Scholars have long believed that ancient Egypt was a genetic stew of
ethnicity, as the fabled kingdom was both a center of international
trade and often the victim of foreign invasions.
Now, new evidence suggests that may have been true even in the upper
echelons of society, according to researchers who have used a blend of
art and science to […]
Archaeologists excavating near the edge of Trafalgar Square in
London have found evidence of early Christianity in England, suggesting
the area has a much older religious significance than was originally
believed.
A
team from the Museum of London has discovered a hoard of what is almost
certainly royal treasure, buried in a mysterious, empty human grave
laid out in […]
I’m with Bill O’Reilly on this one. I’m tired of all this “Happy
Holidays,” politically correct mumbo jumbo. Everyone knows December is
about one holiday and one holiday only - there’s no need for plurals.
Yes, I’m talking about the time-honored pagan celebration of Yule.
All those pseudoholidays such as Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa
have merely co-opted Yule, the hedonistic, […]
An ancient curse aimed at a thief is one of a number of treasures to
be unveiled to the public for the first time, following the largest
archaeological excavation the city of Leicester has ever seen.
Over the past three years, a team of up to 60 archaeologists from
University of Leicester Archaeological Services has been working on a
number […]