Imagine plowing your field and running over a 1,600 square foot ancient Roman mosaic. Sounds impossible, but that’s exactly what happened in southern Turkey. In 2002, Nick Rauh, a classics professor from Purdue University was walking through a recently plowed field. He noticed that the plow dug up a pieceContinue Reading
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Archaeologists say they have found traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate on a plate in the Yucatan peninsula, the first time they have found ancient chocolate residue on a plate rather than a cup, suggesting it may have been used as a condiment or sauce with solid food.Continue Reading
Anthropologists working in southern France have determined that a 1.5 metric ton block of engraved limestone constitutes the earliest evidence of wall art. Their research, reported in the most recent edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows the piece to be approximately 37,000 years old and offersContinue Reading