Namibian Animal Tracking Experts Help German Archaeologists Match Footprint Pictures To Animals
Image shows detail of Stone Age depictions of human footprints and animal tracks in Doro Nawas mountains, Namibia, undated photo. The carvings date back to the Later Stone Age. (Andreas Pastoors, Tracking in Caves/Newsflash)
History

Namibian Animal Tracking Experts Help German Archaeologists Match Footprint Pictures To Animals

Archaeologists examining prehistoric artwork of footprints up to 50,000 years old in southwest Africa have been able to determine the type of animals and even their likely ages by cooperating…

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September 22, 2023
Scientists Stumble Across Bronze Age Treasures
Image shows the bronze artifacts, undated photo. They were discovered in the prehistoric settlement of Motta Vallac, near the village of Salouf, in the canton of Graubuenden, Switzerland, last autumn. (Canton Graubuenden Office for Culture, Archaeological Service/Newsflash)
History

Scientists Stumble Across Bronze Age Treasures

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…

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July 5, 2023
World’s Oldest Book Was About The Price Of Beer
Photo shows an Egyptian papyrus from the 3rd century BC showing evidence of sewing, indicating that it must have been part of the oldest-known book, undated. The fragment was found in 1902 in the wrapping of a mummy. (Uni Graz,Kernasenko/Newsflash)
Ancient / History

World’s Oldest Book Was About The Price Of Beer

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…

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June 26, 2023