Tourist on vacation ruins walls dating back to Ancient Rome
A young Dutch man has been reprimanded by Italian police for allegedly vandalising a historic Roman wall while on holiday. The incident took place in Herculaneum, an ancient Roman town that, like Pompeii, was covered in volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The Italian law enforcement agency, the Carabinieri, said […]
Ancient Crystals Reveal 4-Billion-Year-Old Secret Of Life
Researchers have analyzed grains of ancient quartz crystal from Australia and made a surprising discovery: while scientists believed that the entire Earth was covered in water 4 billion years ago, the researchers have found that this may not be the case, CNN reports. Analysis of the chemicals in the crystals revealed that the lava in […]
Children’s doodles from Ancient Rome uncovered in Pompeii
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Ohio historical society moves closer to gaining control of ancient tribal site, now a golf course
An Ohio historical society is close to gaining control of an ancient ceremonial and burial earthwork built by Native Americans and now maintained by a country club whose members play golf next to the mound. A court ruling will determine how much the historical society must pay for the land following a 2019 ruling that […]
Czech Republic woman finds ancient trove of medieval treasure
A European woman recently stumbled upon a trove of buried medieval treasure in what archaeologists are calling a once-in-a-decade find. The Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (ARUP) explained in a press release translated into English that the treasure was discovered by a woman walking in Kutná Hora, in the central Bohemia […]
Hundreds of ancient mammoth bones unearthed in Austrian wine cellar
Hundreds of ancient mammoth bones have been discovered beneath a wine cellar in Austria, in what experts have called an “archaeological sensation”. Andreas Pernerstorfer from Gobelsburg discovered the giant bone while renovating his wine cellar in March. Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) It was announced on Wednesday. Archaeologists who took over work at the site […]
IVF Modernizes Ancient Eugenic Practices Of ‘Selective Breeding’
If states enforced restrictions on IVF, embryos would no longer be commodities that society can do with as it pleases. The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent and right decision to deem embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as people sparked concern from fertility facilities regarding the future of IVF. This concern resulted in Alabama rushing […]
‘Incredibly Rare’ Discovery Shows How Ancient People Marked ‘Routes For The Dead’
Research published on Thursday details Neolithic Cursus monuments discovered across Ireland. Research shows that there are Cursus monuments all over Western Europe and Britain, separated by huge banks, ditches, causeways and fences that were once used by the ancient civilizations from which we came. published Published in Kodai magazine. Until the latest research, none of […]
Italy bans loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art over ancient statue dispute
Following a dispute with a U.S. museum over an ancient marble statue believed to have been plundered from Italy nearly half a century ago, Italy’s Culture Ministry has banned the work from being loaned to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The dispute arose in March 2022 when an Italian court ruled that the Minneapolis Museum […]
Ancient coral may have been the first glow-in-the-dark creatures, study finds
Recent research suggests that deep-sea corals may have been the first animals to glow 540 million years ago. Marine life uses light for a variety of purposes, including scaring predators, luring prey, and finding mates. Deep-sea soft coral species exhibit bioluminescence, which researchers studied using remote-controlled underwater probes. Many animals can glow in the dark. […]