Archaeologists have found a 1000-old chicken egg preserved in poo in a cesspit. The find, which took place during the dig in the town of Yavne, was announced by the…
The moment a pregnant snail of an unknown species gave birth 99 million years ago has been captured permanently in a piece of amber with the parent and its five…
A woven basket believed to be around 10,500 years old has been uncovered in a cave in the Israeli desert. The perfectly-preserved basket was found inside the Muraba'at cave in…
This is the astonishingly well preserved 3,000-year-old bronze sword that was unearthed by archaeologists who were excavating a site that is set to be used for a future gas pipeline.…
Hundreds of dead fish preserved in chemicals in aquariums on show at Istanbul's bizarre 'Fish Museum' are at risk of rotting from neglect. Located in the district of Fatih in…
German archaeologists have found these remarkably well-preserved 47-million-year-old snake fossils making them not only the oldest known snake fossils on record but also offering clues which could explain how snakes…
A large and well-preserved statue of an animal attacking another that is thousands of years old has been found by a farmer digging an irrigation ditch in an olive grove…
An incredibly well-preserved limestone sarcophagus and numerous funeral statuettes known as ushabti have been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists. The find at the Gharaifa site in Tuna al-Jabal near the city…
Turkish scientists have discovered 33-million-year-old animal footprints which could have been preserved in time by a prehistoric relative of the horse. Fossils containing animal footprints from between 23 and 33…
This is the stunningly preserved wreck of a 17th-century merchant ship which a team of experts were surprised to find in the Baltic Sea. The discovery was made in the…