Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Cellular solids are materials composed of many cells that have been packed together, such as in a honeycomb. The shape of those
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During a rescue excavation in 1996 in the town of Lod, one of the most impressive mosaic floors in Israel was discovered! Image
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Modern Tello (Telloh) was an ancient Sumerian city of Girsu, located between the Tigris and Euphrates and about 20-25 kilometers north-northwest of Lagash in
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Paleontologists working in northern Alaska have discovered a tiny fossil mammal that thrived in what may have been among the coldest conditions
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Vikings were very superstitious and convinced higher powers guided their lives. Norse gods and goddesses, mysterious animals, and supernatural creatures played an important role in
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have discovered and documented the largest known single dinosaur track site in Alaska. The site, located in
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – A research team used advanced sequencing technology to analyze Ötzi’s genome to obtain a more accurate picture of the Iceman’s appearance and genetic
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – The Zapotec civilization was by no means primitive. On the contrary, when investigating archaeological sites in the Valley of Oaxaca in Mesoamerica, scientists found
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusk animals that are now an iconic fossil group often collected by amateurs. Over 350
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Researchers have uncovered what may be Europe’s oldest settlement now located beneath the waters of Lake Ohrid, (the “Pearl of the Balkans.”). The Lake
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Earlier this year, a massive and horrifying earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. Almost 60,000 people died in the
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – A rare 2,500-year-old marble disc, designed to protect ancient ships and ward off the evil eye, was discovered by a lifeguard diving at sea
MessageToEagle.com – The people known as the Picts have puzzled archaeologists and historians for centuries. They lived in Scotland during the early medieval period, from around AD 300 to
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – While 21st-century water companies struggle to maintain clean, fresh supplies, a new study reveals that, some 2,000 years ago, Roman water engineers were
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – In 1970, Lardil man Goobalathaldin (or Dick Roughsey) completed his autobiography “Moon and Rainbow” in which he recounted his ancestors’ stories. Among them was
MessageToEagle.com – The calls of owls come to me most nights through the open window of my bedroom. Mostly it is the soft, repeated, rhythmic “more … pork,
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Excavations by a University of Kansas paleontologist working in a treasure trove of fossils called the “Spence Shale Lagerstätte” have revealed an ancient sea
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – The Medieval sword was found in the sea off the Carmel coast, and it probably fell into the water during a naval battle
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A new DNA study reveals that Luzio, the oldest human skeleton found in São Paulo state (Brazil), was a descendant of the ancestral population
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – During a search for artifacts made of meteoritic iron, archaeologists accidentally found a Bronze Age arrowhead stored in the Bern History Museum’s collection. Fig.
MessageToEagle.com – Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names – but it’s the Olmecs who are the ‘mother culture’ of ancient Mesoamerica. Jade Olmec warriors mask from Tabasco
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – The origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than most previous estimates, a new study shows. A team led
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – An extraordinary Medieval sundial has been discovered in the old town of Marburg, Germany. Students at Marburg University had been excavating the site
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A team of Swiss and Greek archaeologists recently completed the third season of excavations on the wreck of Antikythera. The expedition, which took
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In 1927, a team of archaeologists led by George A. Reisner excavated at Giza, Egypt, where they unearthed a remarkable ancient treasure. The scientists
