While investigating a cave in the southern Chinese province of Hunan, archaeologists discovered pottery fragments more than 18,000 years old, the most ancient ones ever found. Until now, the oldest pieces of ceramics ever found were created between 15,000 and 16,000 years ago, also in East Asia. While, for the rest o... |
2 June 2009
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In Italy, all the ancient artifacts found are considered the property of the state and should be reported to the authorities. The law forbids selling such items and the sentences are quite harsh. Yet, that's exactly what a farmer in the southern part of the country did. As he was carrying his works, he came upon... |
18 December 2008
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Italian archaeologists have uncovered an ancient pottery factory, where the oil lamps that were most used throughout the old Roman empire had been produced. As with most findings in this field of research, the discovery has been made accidentally, during excavation works carried in order to raise a residential comple... |
6 December 2008
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As it frequently happens, some dig works destined for maintenance and building purposes have lead to the accidental discovery of an ancient village close to Vassili village located in the central Thessaly periphery of Greece, about 170 miles (280 kilometers) north of Athens. While attempting to place a gas pipe, duri... |
21 November 2008
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Ancient pottery belonging to the Phoenician civilization has been discovered at a dig site in Lebanon, by a mixed Lebanese and Spanish team of archaeologists. The largest of the earthen recipients found were used to store earthly remains of the dead, as the study indicates. Over 100 such jars, thought to be about 2,... |
13 November 2008
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Following the recent association of an ancient copper mine with King Solomon, another such example comes in the form of the discovery of a pottery shard containing what appears to be possibly the oldest Hebrew inscription ever found. The Israeli archaeologist who made the discovery associates the three-millennia-old ... |
3 November 2008
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Some smugglers from Philippine were trying to transport 22 bags of ancient pottery out of the country, in order to sell it abroad for a large sum of money. The local police captured them, together with the unearthed goods, but the antique pieces of pottery proved to be a big surprise for experts. The scientists at t... |
27 October 2008
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An entombed human skeleton believed to be of an elite member of the ancient Maya Empire found in Honduras could explain more about the "Apocalypto" civilization. The upright located body, surrounded by shells, pottery, vessels and jade adornments was dated around 650 A.D. and comes with many surprises about the comp... |
19 May 2007
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