Archeology 2024, March
A 30-meter archaeological mound in southeastern Turkey, which is about 8,000 years old, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Monday
A mysterious mass grave was discovered in the south-west of Karelia. Experts have established that it has nothing to do with the Great Patriotic War - the remains are much older. But the circumstances of the death of the buried are covered with a veil of secrecy
In the Kharkiv region, archaeologists have discovered a 9th century burial. The tomb of the times of the Khazar Kaganate was found by archaeologists of the V. Karazin Kharkiv National University in the territory of the village of Verkhniy Saltov
Unlike modern birds, which remain under the care of their parents until they learn to fly, ancient pterosaurs could fly shortly after birth
Argentine and Chilean paleontologists have found the remains of the dwarf "grandfather" of today's crocodiles, who lived 148 million years ago
The age of the remains is 100-130 thousand years
It was named after a giant sea serpent from Norse mythology
An expedition of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, conducting excavations on the territory of the Taman Peninsula, discovered a treasure confirming that one of the oldest Christian dioceses was located in Russia
Researchers have discovered on the territory of the Czech Republic the fossilized remains of a trilobite, which managed to escape imminent death more than 450 million years ago
In the county of Derbyshire in England, there is an ancient network of artificial caves that were deliberately created by man. For a long time, scientists could not understand how they were used, but a new study showed that in the 9th century AD. there lived an exile
Italian archaeologists working in the vicinity of Venice, using hydroacoustic methods, discovered the remains of structures of the Roman era at the bottom of the Venetian lagoon, as well as a section of the road
British amateur archaeologist Kat Giles unearthed a treasure trove of over 100 silver artifacts on the Isle of Man
Spanish archaeologists during excavations at an ancient Roman villa located near the city of Mula discovered a sarcophagus of the Visigothic era
It was filled up with the rubble of the temple of Amun - the religious center of the ancient Egyptian port of Heraklion
Experts brought the fossil bones collected during the expedition to the museum
Russian archaeologists have explored the finds from the Boldyrevsky burial mound of the Yamnaya culture using modern chemical methods
An international archaeological mission discovered in Egypt the wreckage of an ancient warship, supposedly built in the fourth century BC
In Finland, the remains of an aristocrat who gave birth after death were found
Archaeologists during exploration work in the north-west of Saudi Arabia discovered rock inscriptions and drawings dedicated to the Babylonian king Nabonidus
In India, archaeologists have documented dozens of previously unknown cave paintings, which can range in age from 10 to 40 thousand years. It has not yet been possible to identify these images
British archaeologists have examined the Anchor Church caves in Derbyshire and found that they were used as cells long before local aristocrats began to host dinners in them in the 18th century
By connecting the pieces of the ancient "puzzle", scientists were able to read spells from the Book of the Dead
Archaeologists from different Russian regions have discovered burials of the Middle Ages in the Priuralsky district of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Archaeologists from the Korea Foundation for Cultural Property (South Korea) have excavated a necropolis from the Silla Kingdom (57 BC - 935 AD). During the work, they discovered the remains of an unusually tall man
In the east of China (Jinan, Shandong province), archaeologists have excavated 12 ancient tombs. According to the local institute of archeology, as reported in the CGTN, they date from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)
In the UK, archaeologists led by Dr. Claire Ellis of the Argyll Archeology research project examined a mysterious megalithic site on the Isle of Mull and established that it was a sanctuary symbolizing the "gateway to the underground
A statuette of the ancient Egyptian god Horus was discovered by archaeologists during excavations at the Kyz-Aul necropolis in the east of Crimea
Alas, scientists cannot yet say who exactly this jug belonged to, but the versions are intriguing
The world's oldest noodles, dating back 4,000 years, were made in China. Huyuan Lu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and colleagues discovered ancient noodles preserved in an inverted sealed bowl at an archaeological race
Seven Viking tombs with well-preserved skeletons, including twin babies, have been discovered in the Swedish city of Sigtuna
A species previously unknown to science lived 130 million years ago
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of the ancient elite who lived in the deep and inaccessible African cave of Irungu in Gabon. These people removed individual teeth to change facial features
Scientists have pioneered a cosmological approach to archaeological sites to answer questions about the location of ancient burial ensembles in eastern Sudan
The Tuvan archaeological expedition discovered about 200 barrows in the flooded zone of the Sayano-Shushensky reservoir, the earliest of which date back to the early Scythian period
Russian scientists, together with colleagues from Denmark, Great Britain and Sweden, have discovered the oldest evidence of human infection with viruses in Siberia
A farmer excavating his land discovered something unexpected: a 2,000-year-old mound containing the remains and artifacts of a nomadic leader, including the strange skull of a "laughing" man
While there is significant evidence for the existence of art and symbolic behavior in early Homo sapiens throughout Africa and Eurasia, similar evidence associated with Neanderthals is sparse and often disputed in the United States
Archaeologists, exploring the City of David (the oldest inhabited area of Jerusalem), discovered there an unusual cache of shark teeth. Presumably, the "treasure" was buried 2900 years ago
Its age is more than 51 thousand years
In Turkey, archaeologists during excavations in the ancient geopolitical center of Perret discovered a tomb about 1000 years old, in which an unknown man was buried