Scientists in Germany are optimistic about finding out more about ancient ecosystems after discovering pollen in a fossilised beetle that lived around 50 million years ago. The insect has been unearthed at the Messel Pit, a scientific excavation site in the central German state of Hesse. It inhabited the area…
A newly discovered mammoth butchering site proves that humans were in north America nearly 15,000 years earlier than thought, scientists have revealed. The site from 37,000 years ago discovered bones that had been carved as well as evidence the beasts' fat was rendered over fires. By chance the the fossils…
Scientists have unearthed the first titanosaur nesting site in Brazil after they found about 20 of these massive, 80-million-year-old dinosaur eggs. The dinosaur egg nest, which dates back to the Cretaceous period, which ended in an extinction-level event, when Earth is believed to have been hit by a large meteor,…
The inhabitants of the "world's oldest city" - now a UNESCO World Heritage Site - painted the skeletal remains of their dead and buried them in the walls of people's homes. They would also dig them up again and pass parts of the skeletons, including their skulls, around the community…
Two mysterious 112-year-old glass vials have been found during restoration work in the area where the Gallipoli campaign took place. The military campaign took place during World War I on the Gallipoli peninsula, Gelibolu in modern Turkey, from 17th February 1915 to 9th January 1916. The Entente powers of Britain,…
A famous British zoo expert has declared Vienna Zoo the best in Europe for the sixth time. British zoo expert Anthony Sheridan has voted Schoenbrunn Zoo, the self-proclaimed world's oldest zoo, the best in Europe after assessing 160 zoos in 29 countries. Schoenbrunn Zoo said in a statement obtained by…
These photos show incredible, intact stone-carved theatre masks representing comedy and tragedy that have been unearthed in the ancient theatre of a 2,500-year-old city. Excavations in the ancient city of Castabala, which is located in the southern Turkish province of Osmaniye and has survived to this day with its colonnaded…
A five-leaf clover has been sold on a Swiss auction site for nearly GBP 1 million but the winning bidder reportedly regretted their move and retracted the bid. The incident took place on the Swiss online marketplace Ricardo, when a five-leaf clover was put up for auction by an unnamed…
This badge bearing the Great Seal of the USA - that also features on the one-dollar bill alongside a truncated pyramid topped with an all-seeing eye - has been unearthed at a Turkish archaeological site dating back 3,000 years sparking time travel and New World Order rumours. Experts have been…
Experts have discovered evidence of beer drinking in the south of China 9,000 years ago where people are believed to have drunk rudimentary beer from the pots in rituals to honour the recently deceased. Researchers from Dartmouth University found 20 ancient pots along with two skeletons at a burial site…