#2000yearold

Metal detectorists in western Wales found two lead ingots that date back to the Roman era, a Welsh museum said Tuesday. The pieces are the first of their kind to be found in the region.  Metal detectorists Nick Yallope and Peter Nicolas found the pieces while searching land owned by farmer Geraint Jenkins in Ceredigion, according to a news release from Welsh national museum Amgueddfa Cymru. The…

Archaeologists working in the western Nile Delta of Egypt discovered remnants of an “extensive industrial complex” from as far back as the 5th century B.C.E. as well as a Roman cemetery that suggests the area was fertile ground for civilization and exchange in the Mediterranean. As reported by Archaeology News, the findings—by an Egyptian-Italian team from the Supreme Council of Antiquities and…

The vessel, which sank in the first or second century C.E., is around 40 feet long and was seemingly used to transport olives. R. Scholz/International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in ZadarDivers examining the 2,000-year-old ship found in Croatia. It all started with a plank of wood and an iron nail. After finding these artifacts four years ago, archaeologists in Sukošan, Croatia, began to…

Low water levels resulting from a severe drought that has caused a humanitarian crisis in parts of Iraq have exposed a series of ancient tombs in the country’s north. Archaeologists have discovered approximately 40 tombs, believed to be around 2,300 years old, along the cracked banks of the Mosul Dam in Iraq’s Khanke region, as reported by Al Jazeera. The reservoir is the largest in the country.…

Getting a glimpse into the past is always fascinating. But what’s even more fascinating is finding out just how similar we still are as human beings, even when thousands of years separate us (case in point: this hilarious ancient complaint from a teenager who wanted new clothes). And when it comes to a trait that’s endured throughout history, nothing has lasted longer than the way moms love their…