• Shackled skeleton may be first direct evidence of slavery in Roman Britain
Iron fetters around the skeleton's ankles were secured in the center with a padlock.
Iron fetters around the skeleton's ankles were secured in the center with a padlock.
Scientists may have finally made a complete digital model for the Cosmos panel of a 2,000-year-old mechanical device called theAntikythera mechanismthat's believed to be the world's first computer.First discovered in a Roman-era shipwreck by Greek sponge
Archeologists also uncovered millions of pottery fragments, flint tools and basalt stone vessels.
A fabled 'Elixir of immortality' mentioned throughout ancient Chinese texts has been discovered in a bronze pot hidden inside in a 2,000-year-old burial tomb, experts say.China's rich and powerful searched for a magical potion over thousands of years that
Diaoyucheng was located in the Diaoyu Mountain of East Peninsula in Hechuan District, Chongqing. From August, 2017 to April, 2018, Institute of Chongqing Municipal Cultural Heritage Research Institute conducted fourth initiative archaeological excavation.
Top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2018 in China AnnouncedFrom： NetWriter：Date：2019-03-31After presentations and discussions, the top ten most significant archaeological discoveries in 2018 was announced on March 29th in Beijing. A news release conferen
Lanruosi Cemetery was located in the east part of Pingshui Town, Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, since November to December 2016,Zhejiang Provincial Institute of cultural relics and Archaeology together with Archaeological Department of
Researchers carefully conserve an Osiris statuette found within the favissa. It's possible the statue of the god Ptah was placed with the Osiris statuettes because Osiris was the god of rebirth.Credit: Copyright J. Maucor/ CFEETK-CNRS-MoA; Copyright Antiq