A trove of 24 bronze statues preserved for 2,300 years by mud and boiling water have been discovered in a network of baths built by the Etruscans in a now spa town, San Casciano dei Bagni, province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Photo: Jacopo Tabolli/University for Foreigners of Siena (Università per Stranieri di Siena)/EPA. |
In a new study published on the journal Science Advances, Vol. 7, Issue 39, September 2, 2021, an international team of archaeologists and anthropologists announced the recoveries of early Middle Stone Age personal ornaments such as beads and jewellery from Bizmoune Cave, Essaouira, Morocco — more precisely a set of 33 shell beads dating back between 142,000 and 150,000 years ago. Photo: Abdeljalil Bouzouggar/National Institute of Archaeological Sciences and Heritage (INSAP, Morocco). |
Tens of thousands of prehistoric paintings have been revealed for the first time since they were discovered by a British-Colombian archaeological team in the Amazonian rainforest a year ago. Hailed as the “Sistine Chapel of the ancients”, the drawings of animals and humans were created up to 12,500 years ago on nearly eight miles of cliff in Colombia. Photos: Marie-Claire Thomas/Wild Blue Media. |
The well-preserved remains of two men, who apparently died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, were found during excavations at a villa
in Civita Giuliana, 700 meters northwest of the centre of ancient Pompeii, Italy. Photo: Luigi Spina/Parco Archeologico/EPA. |
Exclusive: Laser technology reveals cities concealed under the earth which would have made up the world’s largest empire in 12th century
Archaeologists in Cambodia have found multiple, previously undocumented medieval cities not far from the ancient temple city of Angkor Wat, the Guardian can reveal, in groundbreaking discoveries that promise to upend key assumptions about south-east Asia’s history. [Read more]. |
There is an undiscovered city beneath Mount Kulen, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. Photo: Terence Carter.
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A 3,300-year-old limestone bust of Queen Nefertiti. Photo: Robert Michael/AFP/Getty.
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Palmyra, Syria: Beheaded statues found in the destroyed museum after the recapture of the ancient city last week. Photo: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images.
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