Archaeologists discover a 3,200-year-old shrine to a knife-wielding SPIDER god

Archaeologists discover a 3,200-year-old shrine to a knife-wielding SPIDER GOD associated with rain and fertility in Peru Temple is around 3,200 years old and dates to the Cupisnique culture Most of the relic has been destroyed by farmers trying to expand their land  Site is now registered and will be protected from further vandalism  Believed it … Read more

Archaeologists unearth Roman ceremonial carriage from villa in Pompeii

What happened?   Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow.   Mount Vesuvius, on the west coast of Italy, is the only active volcano in continental Europe and is thought to be one of the … Read more

The Iron Age FADE: Archaeologists discover 1,900-year-old statue is sporting modern hair style

It’s a fashionable haircut favoured by the rich and famous. But it looks like the skin fade’s popularity could stretch as far back as the in the first century AD. Archaeologists discovered that a two inch high figure of a deity found on the Wimpole Estate, in Cambridgeshire, was sporting what appeared to be a … Read more

Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old BREWERY in ancient Egyptian city of Abydos 

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old brewery that could produce thousands of litres of beer in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos.  The site, in Egypt‘s Sohag Governorate, likely dates back to around 3,100 BC, the tourism and antiquities ministry said in a statement on Saturday.  Dr Matthew Adams, one of the leaders of the Egyptian-American … Read more

Archaeologists unearth remains of stone circle that may have made up Stonehenge

Stonehenge was originally built in Wales, before the stone circle was dismantled and rebuilt 175 miles away in Wiltshire, researchers claim. It is already established that the 5,000-year-old monument in Salisbury contains bluestones brought from a Welsh hillside. However, new research suggests that they were recycled from a dismantled circle called Waun Mawn in the … Read more

Archaeologists have discovered a Neolithic settlement near Skara Brae

A Neolithic settlement dating back nearly 5,000 years has been discovered in Scotland and it could be on par with the world famous ‘Skara Brae’, experts predict. Archaeologists discovered signs of the Neolithic village at the north end of the Bay of Skaill, Orkney after costal erosion unearth animal bones and a carved stone.  It … Read more

Archaeologists uncover remains of 16th century manor house gardens

Archaeologists clearing land for the high speed HS2 train line have unearthed the remnants of stunning gardens belonging to a 16th century manor house.  The discovery, near Coleshill on the outskirts of Birmingham, has been dubbed ‘Warwickshire’s answer to Hampton Court’.  Evidence of the large ornamental garden has been found by an ongoing dig alongside the … Read more

Archaeologists announce treasure trove including 50 sarcophogi and Book of the Dead scroll

An ancient funerary temple is among a new trove of ‘major discoveries’ that have been unearthed by archaeologists in Egypt. The temple of Queen Neit, who was the wife of King Teti, the first king of the Sixth Dynasty that ruled Egypt between 2323 BC and 2150 BC, was found by a team of archaeologists … Read more

Priceless bond that unearthed Britain’s ship of gold: Film reveals widow and archaeologist’s story

Edith Pretty is neither a household name nor considered a national treasure. But had it not been for her — a wealthy, idiosyncratic widow with a ferocious sense of civic duty and patriotic pride — Britain would have been denied one of its greatest national treasures. A new Netflix film, The Dig, to be released … Read more

Archaeologists unearth ancient ‘salad bar’ at Pompeii

A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the citizens of the ancient Roman city who were partial to eating out. Pompeii Archaeological Park’s longtime chief, Massimo Osanna said Saturday that while some 80 such fast-foods have been found at Pompeii, it is the first time such … Read more