NASA has revealed it has lost contact with its CAPSTONE spacecraft en route to test a novel orbit around the Moon. A cubeSat sent by NASA to study a new lunar orbit for the future Gateway Station is experiencing communication problems en route to the Moon. After deploying its solar …
Read More »Microblade Engraving Technology Revealed at 12,000-year-old Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe, the starting point of civilization and the place considered the world’s first temple, holds many mysteries amidst its megalithic pillars. The ancient site is believed to have been built, according to mainstream scholars, by primitive hunter-gatherers around 12,000 years ago. Now, experts have found another characteristic revealing the …
Read More »Researchers Examine Neolithic Grave Goods in the Netherlands
LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS—According to a statement released by the University of Leiden, a new analysis of skeletal remains and grave goods recovered from 7,000-year-old burials at the Elsloo grave field, a Neolithic cemetery in the southern Netherlands excavated in the 1960s, suggests that male-female gender roles were less defined than …
Read More »Perfectly Preserved Chimu Sculpture Found at Chan Chan, Peru
A perfectly preserved Peruvian Chimu culture sculpture in the form of an intriguing wooden figure, has been found at a ceremonial center near Chan Chan, Trujillo in northern Peru. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Source: Ancient Origins
Read More »LA FALCONERIA MEDIEVALE TESTIMONIATA NEL REGNO DI NORVEGIA
Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 2 minuti Una figura intagliata in un frammento di osso o di corno potrebbe essere la più antica rappresentazione della falconeria conosciuta in Scandinavia ed è stato recentemente portato alla luce in Norvegia. Durtante gli scavi archeologici invernali a Oslo, gli archeologi del Norsk institutt for …
Read More »Hippocrates Did WHAT to Treat Hemorrhoids?
Did you know that more than half of all people will have to deal with hemorrhoids at least once in their life? Read more Section: News History Ancient Traditions Read Later Source: Ancient Origins
Read More »Never-Before-Seen Crystals Found in Dust Left Behind by Cosmic Explosion
Scientists found types of crystals never before seen in small, perfectly preserved grains of meteorite dust. A huge space rock exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk nine years ago, leaving behind the dust which scientists used to study in a lab. An asteroid weighing 12,125 tons and measuring 18 …
Read More »NUOVO STUDIO SU CONSERVAZIONE VINO IN ANFORE VINARIE DEL TARDO IMPERO ROMANO
Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 3 minuti Il consumo di vino nell’antica Roma era onnipresente, disponibile non solo per aristocratici e imperatori ma anche per artigiani, schiavi, contadini, uomini e donne allo stesso modo. Eppure, anche se attraverso le fonti , gli storici e gli archeologi sapevano come i Romani …
Read More »Sacrifice Remains From 100 BC Dug Up At ‘Duropolis’, Dorset
A team of 65 Bournemouth University archaeology students exploring an Iron Age site in Dorset County in southwest England have been credited with a significant discovery. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later Source: Ancient Origins
Read More »Vampire Slaying Kit Sells During High-Stakes Bidding War
A vampire slaying kit has been sold for five times more than expected at an auction in Derbyshire, England. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Source: Ancient Origins
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