Tag: archaeological
Board game that pre-dates chess discovered in ancient burial mound
Archaeologists working in southern Russia have identified the remains of an ancient board game believed to be a distant precursor to chess, shedding new light on cultural connections between Mesopotamia and the Eurasian steppe during the fourth millennium BC.
Experts explain the cultural origin of the mysterious deformed skull
Construction workers in San Fernando, Argentina, recently uncovered a mysterious skull with an unusual, deformed morphology.
Traces of London’s first Roman basilica found beneath office basement
Archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) have discovered traces of London’s first Roman basilica, dating back nearly 2,000-years.
Marble statue head unearthed at Taposiris Magna
A French archaeological mission, led by Dr. Joachim Le Bomin from the University of Lyon and the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, has unearthed a large marble head during excavations at Taposiris Magna.
Archaeologists uncover a 1,500-year-old Byzantine monastery
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered a 1,500-year-old monastery north of Kiryat Gat in the Southern District of Israel.
Archaeologists map the submerged landscape around Grado
A team of archaeologists from the University of Udine have mapped the submerged landscape between the sea of Grado and Roman Aquileia.