On the road that connects the ancient cities of Mycenae and Tiryns with Epidaurus in the Greek Argolis, there are four bridges built during the Bronze Age that are still in use. One of these bridges is known to be considered one of the oldest bridges in the world, and as the oldest of the European
Researchers and experts have long agreed that the origin of the Great Flood myth found in many cultures of the Mediterranean and the Near and Middle East lies in the Mesopotamian story told in the Gilgamesh poem, which includes a version of the story that is actually older. It is tablet number XI t
Forensic artist Amy Thornton used 3D prints of a CT scan of a dogs skull found in a Neolithic tomb in the Orkney Islands north of Scotland to create a reconstruction of its head with muscles, skin and hair. Radiocarbon dating of the dogs bones found at the Cuween locality show that the canid was pl
In the Bavarian region of Swabia, archaeologists unearthed two tombs of members of the Germanic elite containing rare and luxurious objects:a carved ivory comb and an African sigillata ceramic bowl. These offerings, which are in themselves magnificent works of art, attest to the persistence, after t