Tag: archaeology

January 13, 2021 at 3:42 pm

An Amazingly Preserved Snack Bar in Pompeii was Just Revealed in its Entirety

An Amazingly Preserved Snack Bar in Pompeii was Just Revealed in its Entirety

The Thermopolium (snack bar) of Regio V was fully revealed last month

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October 21, 2020 at 2:11 pm

This Supermarket in Downtown Dublin was Built Above a 1,000 Year Old Irish-Viking House

This Supermarket in Downtown Dublin was Built Above a 1,000 Year Old Irish-Viking House

This is super weird

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October 19, 2020 at 12:26 pm

Giant Cat Etched Into Peruvian Hillside Believed to Be Over 2,000 Years Old

Giant Cat Etched Into Peruvian Hillside Believed to Be Over 2,000 Years Old

Archaeologists discovered the giant cat ‘geoglyph’ at the historic Nazca Lines

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September 22, 2020 at 3:20 pm

This Ancient ‘Beware of Dog’ Sign From Over 2,000 Years Ago

This Ancient 'Beware of Dog' Sign From Over 2,000 Years Ago

An amazingly preserved mosaic found at the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii, Italy

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August 11, 2020 at 9:55 am

The Footprint of a Roman Toddler Has Been Preserved on this Tile for 2000 Years

The Footprint of a Roman Toddler Has Been Preserved on this Tile for 2000 Years

It’s small things like this that humanize the past and remind us that we are all connected

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July 9, 2020 at 4:52 pm

You Know those Virtual House Tours? Here’s One for the Tomb of Ramesses VI in the Valley of Kings

You Know those Virtual House Tours? Here's One for the Tomb of Ramesses VI in the Valley of Kings

This is remarkable

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June 10, 2020 at 11:19 am

Stunning 3rd Century Roman Mosaic Discovered Under Vineyard in Italy

Stunning 3rd Century Roman Mosaic Discovered Under Vineyard in Italy

Archaeologists have discovered a beautifully preserved Roman mosaic floor under a vineyard near Verona, Italy

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October 22, 2019 at 1:50 pm

30 Ancient Coffins from 3,000 Years Ago Discovered in Luxor, Egypt

30 Ancient Coffins from 3,000 Years Ago Discovered in Luxor, Egypt

It’s the most significant finding of its kind in over 100 years

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August 4, 2017 at 1:38 pm

Canadian Miners Found a Dinosaur So Well Preserved, It Looks Like a Sculpture

Canadian Miners Found a Dinosaur So Well Preserved, It Looks Like a Sculpture

It has been hailed as one of the best-preserved armoured dinosaurs in the world

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June 2, 2016 at 5:51 pm

Scientists Confirm King Tut’s 3300-year-Old Dagger Forged from Meteorite

Scientists Confirm King Tut's 3300-year-Old Dagger Forged from Meteorite

The finding is published in a new paper in the Journal of Meteoritics and Planetary Science

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