ancient archeology

Four rusty Roman coins found buried underneath remote castle in Japan 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 29, 2017
‘There is almost no mistaking their authenticity’ says Japanese museum curator

By David Aragorn
Some Neanderthals were vegetarians who used natural forms of penicillin and aspirin as medicine 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 29, 2017
‘Apparently, Neandertals possessed a good knowledge of medicinal plants … the use of antibiotics would be very surprising, as this is more than 40,000 years before we developed penicillin’

By David Aragorn
Monkeys ‘throw spanner’ in our understanding of human evolution by accidentally making tools 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- June 28, 2017
Capuchins have been observed in the wild smashing rocks together and creating razor-sharp flakes of rock just like those thought to have been used as knives by early humans.

By David Aragorn
‘We have been poisoning ourselves’: has ice analysis revealed the truth about lead?0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 28, 2017
ice cores and records from the Black Death show lead entered the air from human activity – and scientists claim “natural background” levels are zero

By David Aragorn
Scientists decide to bury 5,000-year-old lost city in Pakistan 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 28, 2017
Mohenjo Daro is threatened by the baking temperatures of the Indus Valley and the threat from tourists and terrorists

By David Aragorn
Rare glass spearhead found on Rottnest Island 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 22, 2017
Staff and students from The University of Western Australia’s School of Indigenous Studies have made an exciting discovery during a University excursion on Rottnest Island (Wadjemup).

By David Aragorn
SPECIAL REPORT: UNEARTHING NAZCA 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- June 21, 2017
A new anomalous discovery has been unearthed in Peru. Join Gaia’s ongoing investigation and decide for yourself if this is proof of a non-human species.

By David Aragorn
Fossil mushroom discovered from the era of the dinosaurs 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 17, 2017
Scientists say the unique find, believed to be 115m years old, is similar to today’s fungi

By David Aragorn
Giant Flying Turkeys Lived in Australia 1-3 Million Years Ago 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 16, 2017
Progura gallinacea, a species of extinct giant brush turkey that lived in Australia during the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene (1-3 million years ago), is among five megapode birds described (or redescribed) by Flinders University paleontologists.

By David Aragorn
Advanced Engineering Discovered at the Maya Observatory at Chichen Itza 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 14, 2017
In 1526, the Spanish conquistador Francisco de Montejo arrived on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and found most of the great Maya cities deeply eroded and unoccupied. Many generations removed from the master builders, engineers, and scientists who conceived and built the cities, the remaining Maya they encountered had degenerated into waring groups who practiced blood rituals and human sacrifice.

By David Aragorn