Posts Tagged ‘oldest’

The Risks of Keeping the World’s Oldest Leather Tannery Alive (Video)

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exist countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained. The goal […]

How Five of The Oldest Cooking Traditions Survived Centuries (Video)

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exist countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained. The goal […]

Oldest Inscription of ‘Odin’ Resets Beliefs About Norse Mythology

Archaeologists in Denmark are celebrating the discovery of the oldest inscription mentioning the god Odin. Read more Section:  Artifacts Ancient Writings News History & Archaeology Myths & Legends Europe Read Later  Source

2,000-Year-Old Roman Phallus Could Be Oldest Known Sex Toy

In what is perhaps the oldest sex toy ever found in Britain, a 2,000-year-old Roman phallus is the subject of a new study. Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

Oldest Bone Projectile Point in the Americas Found Stuck in a Mastodon’s Rib!

Analysis of a 13,900-year-old bone projectile point has led to two major discoveries. First and most importantly, it is the oldest known artifact of its kind in the Americas! This archaeological treasure was uncovered at the Manis Mastodon site in Washington, USA during an excavation in the late 1970s, and it has now been put […]

YCP – Proto-Hebrew is the Oldest Alphabet

YAHWEH’S COVENANT PEOPLE YCP – Proto-Hebrew is the Oldest Alphabet Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds Subscribe Share https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-728354 New Discoveries Indicate Hebrew Was World’s Oldest Alphabet – Part 1 New Discoveries Indicate Hebrew Was World’s Oldest Alphabet – Part 1 Share this: Source

Archaeologists discover RARE and possibly the OLDEST gold-covered Egyptian mummy

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered what could possibly be the oldest gold-coverered Egyptian mummy. The said mummy, who was named Hekashepes per the hieroglyphic inscriptions on his sarcophagus, was found among a whole set of tombs going back around 4,300 years ago. Hekashepes’ huge rectangular sarcophagus made of limestone was still sealed with mortar when […]

190-Year-Old Jonathan the Tortoise is the Oldest Living Land Animal in the World

It’s incredible to envision all the changes which have taken place over the last two hundred years. But imagine actually living through them. Read more Section:  News Weird Facts Read Later  Source

Eight of the Oldest Temples in the Ancient World

Since the earliest days of human civilization, humans have worshipped gods and built temples in their honor. Read more Section:  News Ancient Places Europe Asia Africa Read Later  Source

Weihenstephan: The Oldest Brewery in the World?

Humans have been making beer for thousands of years, but the oldest brewery still in existence wasn’t built until the 11th century. Read more Section:  News Ancient Places Europe History Ancient Traditions Read Later  Source

Cooper’s Ferry Site Yields Oldest Stone Weaponry Found in the Americas

Examination of stone tools excavated at the Cooper Ferry’s site in Idaho has revealed the presence of humans in North America 16,000 years ago.  Read more Section:  Artifacts Ancient Technology News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

Looking for Christmas Cheer? Six of the Oldest (and Best) Christmas Markets in Europe

​If you visit any large European town or city during December, there’s a very good chance you’ll see a Christmas market. The traditional Christmas market is a centuries-old European tradition, and it really isn’t Christmas without visiting one.  Read more Section:  News Ancient Places Europe History Ancient Traditions Read Later  Source

Oldest Narrative Scene: A Man, Holding His Penis, and Fighting Leopards!

An 11,000-year-old carving from a Neolithic bench in south-eastern Turkey maybe the world’s oldest narrative scene. It depicts menacing leopards, amongst other animals, flanking two men, one of whom is holding his genitalia as he is being attacked. The other man is shown squatting and shaking a rattle (or snake, or weapon) at a ferocious […]

‘One of the oldest hatreds’: Netanyahu sees new source of antisemitism

Antisemitism is “the oldest hatred,” but the internet is making it worse, Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. “It’s the oldest hatred, as I say, one of the oldest hatreds of humanity. It was wrong then, it’s wrong now,” Netanyahu told host Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “But it’s got an extra […]

Prostitution, One of History’s Oldest Professions!

Prostitution is often described as the world’s oldest profession. Read more Section:  News History Ancient Traditions Read Later  Source

Oldest Egyptian Tomb is Aligned with the Winter Solstice

Precisely oriented to the rising sun of the winter solstice, researchers have found a tomb in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa (Aswan) that registered the entire solar cycle related to rebirth. Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

91-year-old Stelios Prassas oldest participant in Athens Marathon

91-year -old Greek runner Stelios Prassas was the oldest participant to take part in this year’s Authentic Marathon in Athens; a feat he accomplished last year as well. “I’ve been an athlete ever since I was a child. Sports is my love.Young people should be involved in sports. It offers you great health and that’s… […]

UK’s Oldest Human DNA Reveals Two Distinct Ancient Tribes of Britain

The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) was the most recent time in Earth’s history when the ice sheets were at their greatest extent, with the decline starting somewhere around 15,000-14,000 years ago. Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

Digging Into The Hidden Chambers of Oldest Christian Church In The World

Archaeologists in Turkey have excavated the “world’s first church.” Within late Roman-era chambers they discovered smashed clay offering vessels which once held holy water. Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

10,500-year-old Bones Found in Bog are Germany’s Oldest Human Remains

Archaeologists digging at a Stone Age campsite in northern Germany have found 10,500-year-old cremated human bones. These Mesolithic era ‘bog bones’ are the oldest human remains found so far in northern Germany. Not only is this the earliest known human burial in northern Germany, it is also the first time human remains have been found […]

Europe’s Famous Mesolithic Pesse Canoe: Earth’s Oldest Known Boat

One of the most interesting artifact discoveries was the finding of the Pesse canoe in 1955. This unique boat is considered to be the oldest boat in existence and is estimated to be around 10,000 years old. This essential discovery helped shed more light on the importance and usage of boats in the European Prehistoric […]

Oldest Fossilized Heart Ever Found is 380 Million Years Old

“A mind-boggling, jaw-dropping” 380-million-year-old fossilized heart has been discovered in Western Australia, preserved inside a now extinct prehistoric fish known as the Gogo. The Gogo Station fossil site located near Kimberley has unique minerals that have acted to “preserve” the fish’s fossilized heart, the oldest heart ever found so far. This is exceptionally rare in […]

St. Augustine, Florida, Lays its Claim to ‘Oldest’ Fame

In 1607 a small band of settlers founded the first permanent English outpost in the Americas, Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia. At that time another town already had existed since 1565 in a different part of the New World — making it the oldest continuously occupied European community in the country. Given its history, […]

Stone Age Skeleton Missing Foot May Show Oldest Amputation

NEW YORK (AP) — The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study. Scientists say the amputation was performed when the person was a child — […]

Oldest Artifacts In Mexican Basin Were Walked Over Daily at Chapultepec

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered a layer of tools, utensils, and otherworldly figures in an ancient ceramic layer.  Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later 

Oldest and First ‘Wampo’ Ritual Canoe Burial Found in Argentina

An almost 900-year-old canoe burial of a 17–25-year-old Mapuche woman has been found by archaeologists in the Argentinian Patagonia region, near the current border of Chile and Argentina.  Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Read Later 

UK’s ‘Oldest Map’ May Confirm the Location of the ‘Welsh Atlantis’

An 800-year-old medieval map of Great Britain kept in an Oxford library has been studied by two scientists and it clearly shows two islands lying off the Welsh coast, giving further momentum to the “Welsh Atlantis” theory. Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

World’s Oldest Male Giant Panda Dies At Age 35

The panda, named An An, lived most of his life at Ocean Park, a theme park in Hong Kong. Source

England’s Oldest Known Shipwreck Found, With A Morbid Cargo

A wreck hunter in England has discovered a rare 13th century ship, the oldest shipwreck known in English waters. Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

Oldest female Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli custody

Sa’diya Matar died in the Israeli prison of Damon, where she was being detained. Medical negligence in Israeli prisons is killing Palestinians prisoners. Source

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