Camden’s Annals of the Reign of Elizabeth I has been considered a largely accurate official record, but the new information that has come to light shows the final published version was significantly more favorable to James than the original draft.
Jiaohe (in Chinese: 'where two rivers meet') is considered one of the oldest, largest, and best-preserved earthen cities of its time in China.It was built 2,300 years ago and its ruins are located along the Silk Road, in the Yaernaizi Valley.
The skeleton of a giant panda has been unearthed at the tomb of the Emperor Wen (202 B.C. – 157 B.C.) of the Western Han Dynasty in Xi’an City.
When excavating in the La Noguera region of the Pyrenean foothills, Spain scientists discovered bony remains of a 14,000-year-old skeleton of a small adult woman. She was nicknamed dubbed Linya, the Lady of La Noguera.
Scientists have discovered a Neolithic ornate necklace in a child's grave in Jordan. According to a new study, this single accessory provides new insights into the social complexity of Neolithic culture.
A crypt and stone-lined tombs are among the exciting finds archaeologists have uncovered at Exeter Cathedral. One of the ancient tombs belongs to the nephew of William The Conqueror.
Archaeologists in Ghana say they have found the 17th Century remains of the long-lost Fort Kormantine.
When archaeologists discovered the ancient figurine, they assumed it was a horse, but this is not the case. Scientists have now uncovered a new fragment that fits the Ice Age figurine. Obviously, it depicts another animal, but which one?
An extraordinary Medieval sundial has been discovered in the old town of Marburg, Germany. Students at Marburg University had been excavating the site of a church in the old town when they came across the pocket-sized sundial.
Planetary geoarchaeology is a relatively new science, focused on studying the objects and junk humans leave behind it space.
The sarcophagus of Tabnit was unearthed in 1847. At first glance, it appeared as an ordinary ancient sarcophagus, but the inscription came with a warning. When the workers opened the ancient coffin, they understood this was an unusual archaeological discovery.
Scientists found a curious ancient artifact while excavating in a cave in Poggio Nativo, Lazio, Italy. The object in question has been described as a rare, 7,000-year-old clay figurine made in an unknown individual's image.
Its ruins are somewhere in the swamps of Georgia. What will it take to find them?
The walls of ancient Egyptian tombs can teach us much about the lives of the pharaohs and their entourages. Tomb paintings showed the deceased and their immediate family members involved in religious activities, the burial itself, or feasting at banquets and hunting in the Nile marshes.
Two cosmetic products have been identified from residues in the tomb of a non-noble woman who lived in China 2000 years ago, suggesting the widespread use of make-up
"What an artist dies with me!" The Roman Emperor Nero (AD 54 until AD 68) reportedly uttered those famous last words before his death in exile. Archaeologists in Italy report the discovery of ancient ruins that are believed to be Nero's theater under the garden of a future Four Seasons Hotel just steps away from the Vatican.
Did ancient Romans invent unbreakable glass? If they did, their secrets are long lost because the Roman Emperor Tiberius beheaded the inventor of flexible glass.
Wealthy landowners hired men who agreed to live in isolation on their estates for as long as seven years
Mentioned in the 2nd millennium BC, Idu iwas a major center and the capital of the central province of Assyria. As located at the gate that leads from the plains of the west to the mountains of the east and northeast, Idu was a significant crossroad of two axes, south-north, and west-east. In the region met many people like...
I was really surprised that they didn't want to land on Spanish territory while they were literally starving to death on their boat. I wouldn't have thought Spanish captivity would be that bad - I just assumed they'd be fed, in prison for a while, and returned to some British colony?
Earthen and shell mounds built hundreds of years ago by Indigenous people in the Mississippi River Delta contribute to biodiversity and the area's resiliency to erosion today, research by a Florida State University archaeologist has found.
About 90,000 years ago, an interesting child walked the Earth. This individual was a young human hybrid. Nicknamed Denny by scientists, the ancient girl is the only known individual whose parents were from two different human species!
Sumerian city of Nippur was among the most ancient of Sumerian cities and one of the most important religious centers oft Mesopotamia.
Shoes and boots, show where your feet have gone. —Guy Sebeus, 10 New Scythian Tales In the age of fast fashion, when planned obsolescence, cheap materials, and shoddy construction have become the norm, how startling to encounter a stylish women’s boot that’s truly built to last… …like, for 2300 years.
