Archeaology

Ancient Egyptians were getting inked up earlier than we thought. A new analysis of 2 mummies shows the pair were sporting tattoos. The mummies belong to a collection of 6 found in 1900. They were named the Gebelein mummies after the area in which they were discovered. Now in the …

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered a 1,800-year-old beautiful mosaic in the Caesarea National Park, Israel. The 1,800-year-old Roman mosaic uncovered in Caesarea, Israel. Image credit: Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority. IAA archaeologists Dr. Peter Gendelman and Dr. Uzi ‘Ad and their colleagues uncovered part of a …

A new study shows that paintings in three cave sites on the Iberian Peninsula — a red linear motif in Cave of La Pasiega, a hand stencil in Maltravieso Cave, and red-painted speleothems in Ardales Cave — were created more than 64,000 years ago. These cave paintings are the earliest …

An ambitious LiDAR (light detection and ranging) survey of forested areas in Guatemala has revealed more than 60,000 previously undetected ancient structures, including isolated houses, large palaces, ceremonial centers, and stone pyramids. The ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala. Image credit: Comenius University. LiDAR technology is able to pierce …

KATSE DAM, LESOTHO (REUTERS) – Cape Town is lacking water and low dam levels in the emerald-green highlands of Lesotho are raising alarm bells in South Africa’s industrial heartland around Johannesburg, which has so far avoided the scarcities hitting other regions. The traveler center of Cape Town may run dry …

When muscle pain strikes, the very first thing the majority of people tend to reach for is ibuprofen. While nonprescription painkillers are a substantial industry, and a common household cure, they aren’t exactly without negative effects. Ibuprofen is known to trigger short-term resultslike indigestion, heartburn, shortness …

“What I was amazed by was how well this new discovery suits the brand-new photo that’s emerging of the development of Homo sapiens,” stated Julia Galway-Witham, a research study assistant at the Nature Museum in London who wrote an accompanying perspective short article. Dr. Hawks and other scientists encouraged care …

A team of scientists from the Department of Bible Studies at the University of Haifa, Israel, has deciphered one of the last obscured parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of almost 1,000 ancient manuscripts in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek discovered in caves near Qumran in the Judean Desert …

Australia is experiencing nearly record high temperature levels reaching simply over 116 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s been so hot that asphalt melted on a stretch of highway, and regional news outlets reported a surge in presence at Australian beaches as residents struggle to leave threats like heat fatigue and heat stroke. …

Worldwide warming fear-mongers made dire predictions just a few short years ago that mankind had actually experienced the “ end of snow “due to the fact that of what does it cost? human activity had warmed and changed the earth’s climate. Of course, as much of the United States was …