Posts Tagged ‘oldest’

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

Breakthrough: Excavators Find the Oldest European Face Ever Discovered

The discovery of a 1.4-million-year-old human ancestor in Spain was in itself a history changing moment. Read more Section:  News Evolution & Human Origins Read Later  Source

Diggers Find England’s Oldest Prayer Beads on Lindisfarne Holy Island!

Archaeologists exploring Lindisfarne, an island known for its rich religious history – including the first Viking invasion – have recovered the oldest prayer beads ever found in England. Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

103-Year-Old Breaks World Record as Oldest Female to Do a Tandem Parachute Jump

At 103 years and 259 days old, a Swedish woman has fulfilled her dream and broken a world record in the process by becoming the oldest woman to tandem parachute jump from a plane. Rut Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson scripted history by becoming the world’s oldest female parachutist since free-falling in Motala, Sweden, on May 29 […]

Wyoming Declared Oldest Mine in Americas: Red Ochre Mined there 13,000 Years Ago!

Excavations that concluded in 2020 have confirmed an ancient mine in eastern Wyoming that was allegedly used by humans to produce red ochre 13,000 years ago! It is now officially the oldest known mine of any sort in the Americas Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Read Later 

7,500-year-old Juniper Stump Is Believed Oldest Goddess Asherah Idol

​Archaeologists excavating an ancient cemetery in Israel have uncovered an idol which they believe dates the worship of the goddess Asherah back an incredible 7,500 years. Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later 

World’s Oldest Fake Eye from 2800 BC Found in Iran’s ‘Burnt City’

Believe it or not, fake eyes have existed for thousands of years. Besides improving the physical appearance of the patient needing the artificial eye, fake eyes also prevent tissues in the eye socket from overgrowing and prevent foreign debris from entering the eye without a bandage or eyepatch.  Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News […]

Punishment: 3000-year-old Chinese Foot Amputation May Be Oldest Ever!

Researchers in China believe a skeleton found in a tomb in the northwest of the country is the earliest known example of foot amputation as punishment for a crime Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology History Ancient Traditions Read Later 

Oldest Recorded Celestial Aurora Event Found in Ancient Chinese Text!

The oldest known evidence referring to a “celestial aurora event” from a section of the famous Bamboo Annals Chinese text dated to the 10th century BC has been researched by scientists from Nagoya University in Japan, Read more Section:  Artifacts Ancient Writings News History & Archaeology Read Later 

Oldest Instance of the Name of Yahweh at Mt Ebal (Deut. 27 Curses) on a Lead Tablet

This video explains the nature of the Mt. Ebal tablet memorializing the curses contained in Deut 27, as spoken by Israelites.  Tremendous archeological discovery, proving the antiquity of the Hebrew Bible. [embedded content] The name of YHWH is given around the 20 minute mark. These are the verses memorialized on the lead teblet: Deu 27:11  […]

Oldest Fossils of Egyptian Cobra Ancestors Found in Fayoum Depression

A team from Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) has found the oldest fossils of Egyptian cobra ancestors dating back 37 million years to the Eocene Epoch. The team, which included international researchers, also discovered a fossil of the largest legless lizard of the same vintage, reports Al-Monitor. The research was published in the Journal […]

Oldest Fossils of Egyptian Cobra Ancestors Found in Fayoum Depression

A team from Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) has found the oldest fossils of Egyptian cobra ancestors dating back 37 million years to the Eocene Epoch. The team, which included international researchers, also discovered a fossil of the largest legless lizard of the same vintage, reports Al-Monitor. The research was published in the Journal […]

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