Africa
Gordian I. The 80-year-old emperor and his 22 days on the throne
The Roman coin of the 3rd century, the events of which we are talking about, is a denarius of the emperor, who raised an uprising against the assassin of Alexander…
Category: Archeology
Archeology
Queen Sybil, for whose love Jerusalem fell
When Sybil of Jerusalem was born in 1160, the crusader state of Jerusalem was not a safe or stable place. Although the land was conquered during the First Crusade and…
Archeology
Four types of parasites found in feces from ancient Judea
In the Jerusalem palace of the 7th century BC, evidence was found that representatives of the nobility did not follow the rules of hygiene too much. In 2019-2020, archaeologists unearthed…
Archeology
Crowned falcon. Found a rare artifact of Anne Boleyn, beheaded by King Henry VIII
After the execution of Anne Boleyn, the king got rid of all her belongings, but this falcon miraculously survived almost in its original form. The original 20 cm by 20.5…
Archeology
500-year-old mosque tiles found in the Netherlands
The floral tiles offered for sale by an Oriental Art auction house have been returned to Ankara as a result of state-level talks between Turkey and the Netherlands. Celik said…
Archeology
Personal seal of the Hittite prince found by archaeologists
During excavations of a settlement in the south of Turkey, artifacts were found that are more than three thousand years old. History The Turkish province of Hatay has long been…
Archeology
British archaeologists unearthed Hitler’s “superweapon of retaliation”
British archaeologists stumbled upon the wreckage of the V-2 (short for Vergeltungswaffe-2 - "weapon of retaliation") - the world's first ballistic missile, which the Wehrmacht adopted shortly before the fall…
Archeology
Bioarchaeologists find out why children were mummified in the Capuchin catacombs
Staffordshire University will conduct the first-ever study of mummified children found in the Capuchin catacombs in Sicily. This is stated in the announcement of the project on the website of…
Archeology
The face of a famous Egyptian mummy reconstructed
The mummy, known as Shep-en-Isis, is a real landmark. It was brought from Egypt to Switzerland as early as 1820 and is popular not only in the scientific community but…
Archeology
An ancient Roman amphitheater discovered in Switzerland
Archaeologists have found the remains of an ancient Roman amphitheater in Switzerland. An oval-shaped structure measuring about 50 × 40 meters was built in the 4th century AD in the…