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Showing posts with label ruins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ruins. Show all posts
Sunday, May 27, 2018

No Atomic Blast. Fire Melted the Stones of Iron Age Forts Say Investigators

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Ancient Origins In Scotland, archaeologists believe that they have solved the mystery of an Iron Age fort in which stones had melted in...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Setting the Story (Mostly) Straight: Archaeological Experiment Shows How Mycenaean Stone Masons Cut Stone

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Ancient Origins Experimental archaeology can be a very useful asset when we are trying to gain a better insight on how things were done...
Sunday, May 6, 2018

Skeleton Found in Pompeii Belonged to Child Seeking Shelter from Deadly Volcanic Eruption

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Ancient Origins Among the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, archaeological excavations have revealed the skeleton of a child who di...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

The Colossal Hand of Hercules, So Where is the Rest of Him?

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Ancient Origins The Hand of Hercules is the name given to a massive fragment of an ancient statue that was unearthed by archaeologists...
Thursday, April 5, 2018

Glastonbury: Archaeology is Revealing New Truths About the Origins of British Christianity

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Ancient Origins Roberta Gilchrist/The Conversation  New archaeological research on Glastonbury Abbey pushes back the date for the ea...
Friday, March 30, 2018

1,000-Year-Old Norman Cathedral Ruins Unearthed Beneath Church in England

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Ancient Origins The foundations of a Norman cathedral have been found under just 3ft (90cm) of soil during excavations at St Albans Ab...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Underwater Archaeologists Discover Submerged Ruins off the Coast of Naples

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Ancient Origins Back in September 2017, underwater archaeologists met a decade-long goal in discovering the submerged ruins of the por...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Ruins of Ramses II Temple Unearthed in Giza's Abusir

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Ancient Origins An Egyptian-Czech archaeological mission has unearthed the ruins of a King Ramses II temple during excavation works ta...
Monday, September 18, 2017

Sunk by a Tsunami, Underwater Archaeologists Finally Find the Ruins of the Roman City Neapolis

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Ancient Origins After almost a decade of searching, the ruins of the city of Neapolis have finally been located. Based on their finds s...
Saturday, April 29, 2017

Legendary Lost City of Ucetia Has Been Found and Its Remains are Breathtaking

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Ancient Origins Through the years, people have seen tantalizing mentions of the lost ancient Roman city of Ucetia on stelae in southern...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Libyan Civilians Take Up Arms and Form Protective Shield Around Ancient Ruins of Leptis Magna

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Ancient Origins A group of armed Libyan civilians concerned about the potential of their country’s rich ancient heritage are patroll...
Friday, October 21, 2016

7 of England’s best medieval buildings

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History Extra Aerial view of Westminster Abbey at night. (Pawel Libera/LightRocket via Getty Images) Westminster Abbey  ...