Ancient bureaucrats introduced the first weight and measures system to transport food and wine more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have revealed. Image shows the recovered amphorae, undated photo. They…
Archaeologists in China have unearthed what they believe to be the first complete skeleton of a giant panda in a royal tomb dating back more than two millennia. Photo shows…
Archaeologists have discovered a beautifully preserved fossil of an extinct turtle that thrived when the south of Europe was still a tropical paradise 150 million years ago. Image shows the…
Historians examining the Roman shipwreck where the Dial of Destiny from the new Indiana Jones film was found deep underwater and surrounded by skeletons have found a second ship nearby.…
Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed the fossilised skeletons of humans' 850,000-year-old cannibal ancestors in a historic discovery. Picture shows part of a parietal bone of Homo Antecessor, undated. Scientist found…
A special unit of divers of the Spanish Civil Guard have recovered two antique amphoras that were washed up on a beach in the tourist province of Cadiz. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/Newsflash-CadizAmphoras-01.mp4 The…
A nearly complete fossil of a woodpecker dating back 200,000 years has been discovered in Argentina. Photo shows artistic interpretation of the general aspect of the woodpecker whose fossil was…
A massive haul of Bronze Age treasures has been unearthed by astonished experts who had been looking for remains at a Roman battle site. Image shows the bronze artifacts, undated…
A new tiny precursor of the dinosaurs has been unearthed by scientists excavating rocks on Spain's holiday island Mallorca. Photo shows a well-preserved fossil skeleton of a new reptile species,…
A scrap of papyrus left on a museum shelf for a hundred years has been found to be a page from what experts say is the oldest book ever written…