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Posted On: Dec 9th, 2016 at 13:11

Egypt The longest ever causeway – 133 metres – has been found on the banks of the Nile River in the Aswan region of ancient Egypt. The causeway, Located at Aswan’s Qubbet El-Hawa necropolis, leads to the tomb of the first provincial governor (monarch) of the Middle Kingdom at Elephantine Island, Sarenput I. http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/248580/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Causeway-discovered-in-ancient-Aswan-tomb-.aspx

Posted On: Dec 8th, 2016 at 14:12

Russia A burial of a Mongolian warrior has been found in southern Russia, near the town of Kokorya and close to the modern border of Mongolia. The find is very rare in that the warrior was an archer and many of the artefacts have been preserved due to the weather conditions of the burial, and … Read More

Posted On: Dec 7th, 2016 at 17:49

Egypt As excavations continue at Abydos, more and more interesting finds are being discovered. This time a building which contained an actual boat has been found with 120 images of boats on the walls. Dating to 1800 BC, the building was most likely part of a funerary site related to the pharaoh of that time, … Read More

Posted On: Dec 6th, 2016 at 10:44

Iraq Despite the ongoing civil war, a bronze age city has been discovered in the autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. The site, near the modern-day village of Bassetki, was established in at least 3000 BC and flourished for at least 1,200 years. Archaeologists have also found layers attributed to the Akkadian Empire (2340 – … Read More

Posted On: Dec 1st, 2016 at 13:46

United Arab Emirates In 2014 I visited what was publicly the only main archaeology site in the whole of the UAE. In fact, there were only thought to be two in the whole country. Now, a major site has been discovered. The site of Saruq Al Hadid was actually discovered in 2002, but while excavations … Read More

Posted On: Nov 30th, 2016 at 12:54

Guatemala Two intact Maya tombs have been found in northern Guatemala near the border with Belize. Using LiDar, the tombs were found at Holmul, a Maya site in the Petén region. Archaeologists are surprised the tombs have not previously been looted. Both tombs, dating to between 650 and 700 AD, are likely to be of the … Read More

Posted On: Nov 26th, 2016 at 18:33

Italy An amazing eleven-minute video shows the virtual recreation of a house in Pompeii. The town of Pompeii was destroyed in 79 AD after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The subsequent pyroclastic flow covered much of the town in volcanic ash, which today has provided us with valuable insights into Roman life due to the … Read More

Posted On: Nov 25th, 2016 at 21:17

Turkey A 2,100-year-old statue of the Anatolian goddess Cybele is the first marble statue ever found in situ in Turkey. The statue was found in the 2,300-year-old Kurul Kalesi (Council Fortress) site on the Black Sea coast and weighs 200 kg (31.5 stone). The priceless statue of Cybele, sitting on her throne, is of such … Read More

Posted On: Nov 24th, 2016 at 01:06

**Breaking News** Egypt An ancient ‘city’ has been found at Abydos in Egypt, near the Nile River. Dating to 5316 BC (that seems strangely accurate), the ‘city’ was a residential area for officials and tomb builders who were responsible for the royal tombs of the era. Apparently. The area was discovered 400 metres south of … Read More

Posted On: Nov 20th, 2016 at 14:44

Argentina A 14,000-year-old camp site in Argentina is adding more evidence to a much earlier human migration into the Americas. A pre-“ice corridor” colonisation of the continent is more than apparent, as more and more sites are found in south America dating to many thousands of years before the Clovis culture of north America. Again … Read More

Posted On: Nov 17th, 2016 at 22:08

United States / Canada / The Americas As you know by now I do not support the prevailing migration theory of the Americas. Here again, another study disproves the accepted idea that the first Americans migrated through an ice corridor through the Bering Land Bridge and into North America. The study has found that although … Read More

Posted On: Nov 17th, 2016 at 02:48

**Breaking News** Mexico A third pyramid has been discovered within the interior of the famous pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza. The Maya pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza is famous for its remarkable mathematics and incredible equinox-related properties. There are 91 steps on each side of the pyramid and the platform on the top … Read More

Posted On: Nov 16th, 2016 at 20:57

Malaysia Previously I reported on the site of Sungai Batu, which is likely to receive World Heritage status due to its immense importance in the history of south-east Asia. The reason for its sudden prominence in the archaeological world was the discovery that the city was much older than Angkor Wat in Cambodia, previously considered … Read More

Posted On: Nov 16th, 2016 at 00:56

**Breaking News** Iraq Nimrud, the 3,300-year-old capital of the Assyrian Empire, has been almost completely destroyed. I find it very difficult to write those words, let alone read them. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37992394

Posted On: Nov 13th, 2016 at 23:14

**Breaking News** Bulgaria One of the archaeological finds of the century has uncovered around 40 intact shipwrecks at the bottom of the Black Sea, off the coast of Bulgaria. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/science/shipwrecks-black-sea-archaeology.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&referer=&utm_content=bufferc6ef0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Posted On: Nov 13th, 2016 at 13:07

Australia Ironic I have come across this report today as I saw something yesterday evening along these lines. It’s not particularly surprising that the indigenous Australians are the earliest culture on earth – they have been isolated there for at least 50,000 years and, in another report I came across and which I posted here, … Read More

Posted On: Nov 7th, 2016 at 14:56

China The crown of Empress Xiao of the Sui Dynasty has been revealed after years of restoration work. The Sui dynasty lasted for just 37 years from 581 to 618 AD. There were only two emperors, and Empress Xiao was the wife of the second and last emperor, Yang Guang. The crown was discovered in … Read More

Posted On: Nov 4th, 2016 at 13:49

Cyprus After completing the first draft of The Guru, I have found it an intense struggle to begin the second draft and the editing process. There is something wrong with the book but I cannot figure out what it is yet. The Guru is already two-and-a-half years in the making and, with The Evolution taking … Read More

Posted On: Nov 2nd, 2016 at 00:59

Mexico The Grolier Codex, found the the 1960s and thought to be a fake, has now been proven to be genuine. The manuscript is the oldest book found anywhere in ancient America and is dated to the 13th Century. The codex has had a controversial history since its discovery, but academia’s previous reasoning for the … Read More

Posted On: Oct 23rd, 2016 at 12:02

Turkey At the Acemhöyük site in Yeşilova, Aksaray, archaeologists have uncovered what they perceive to be a “child’s toy rattle”, or at least an equivalent of a modern one. The clay object contains beads that make a sound when the object is shaken. I do not agree with the interpretation that this is a child’s toy rattle. … Read More