Tag: archaeology
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‘Hell ship’ from Second World War found in Philippines
Divers have found the wreck of the Hofuku Maru off Luzon in the Philippines. The Japanese freighter sank in 1944 with over 1,200 Allied POWs; a digitised military file finally solved the mystery.
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Human DNA over 2,000 years old found in caves in Spain and Portugal
A research team based in Cáceres has found human DNA more than 2,000 years old on cave walls in Spain and Portugal, a discovery that could transform the study of prehistory.
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Extraordinary: Second World War assault gun discovered
During construction work at Nordholz naval air base on the North Sea, workers unearthed an almost intact WWII StuG III assault gun that had lain hidden in the sand for 80 years.
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Extraordinary find: WWII assault gun unearthed
During construction work at the Nordholz naval air base on the North Sea, workers uncovered a surprise: an almost intact 29‑tonne StuG III assault gun from WWII, buried in the sand for 80 years.
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Rare medieval notebook found in Paderborn latrine
Archaeologists have uncovered a medieval notebook in a former latrine in Paderborn. The remarkably well-preserved leather, wood and wax find may shed new light on everyday life in the 13th and 14th centuries.
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5,000-year-old ‘proto-Stonehenge’ discovered near famous monument
The structure consisted of two wooden posts that aligned precisely with the summer sunrise and winter sunset, suggesting ancient Britons were already tracking the Sun before the creation of Stonehenge.
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Sensational find: Iron Age Celtic tomb unearthed in Hesse
During surveys for a solar park in Hesse, archaeologists uncovered a Celtic princely tomb with exceptional grave goods near Bad Camberg, a find of European significance, according to Hesse’s state archaeologist Udo Recker.
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Pompeii excavations reveal equid skeleton
The remains of an equid were discovered in a bakery area of Pompeii’s House of the Chaste Lovers complex, offering new insights into the role of working animals in Roman daily life and during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. #EuropeNews
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Scientists reveal Ötzi the Iceman’s dynamic microbial world
June 3 : Ötzi the Iceman died violently roughly 5,300 years ago in the Alpine region of the modern border between Italy and Austria. An arrowhead was found lodged in his left shoulder, having caused fatal bleeding when he was attacked in mountainous terrain. But, in some sense, Ötzi still lives, as new research sh
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Major dig at Notre-Dame unearths treasures from Roman Paris
Archaeologists at Notre-Dame Cathedral are unconvering Roman relics and medieval ruins as Paris digs 4m deep to create a greener square by 2028.
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