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Back in 2014, a pair of pants were discovered in the Tarim Basin in China. Believed to be the oldest pair of trousers in the world, they were made between 3,000 and 3,300 years ago. Dating back to some time between the 13th and 10th centuries BC, these ancient trousers overshot the date of previously […]
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Lawrence Brooks: Oldest US WWII veteran dies aged 112
January 7th, 2022 
Awake Goy The United States’ oldest World War Two veteran, Lawrence N. Brooks, has died at the age of 112 on Wednesday. His death was announced by the National WWII Museum and confirmed by his daughter. He was the oldest living US participant in World War II, according to President Joe Biden. The former soldier was deployed […]
Discover Iran’s ‘oldest’ bas-relief carvings in Kermanshah
December 30th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Iran is somehow an open-air museum of ancient and prehistoric heritage, which testify to the colorful past of the nation yet many of them are nearly lost in time. Among those, Anubanini bas-reliefs are widely believed to be the oldest rock reliefs in the country. They are four reliefs that are associated with […]
‘World’s Oldest Family Tree’ Revealed in Neolithic Tomb in England
December 25th, 2021 Awake Goy Genome sequencing of 35 individuals from the best-preserved Neolithic tomb in B Tomb in England ritain has revealed that 27 of the individuals were the children of 4 women – and just one man! This being so, five generations of a single family are represented, and so the researchers have been able to put together […]
One of Europe`s biggest and oldest lottery draws kicks off in Madrid
December 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy Spain’s traditional Christmas lottery draw has kicked off. A live audience has been authorised once more to attend the draw at the Royal Opera House in Madrid, after a one-year impasse due to the strict anti-COVID measures last year. The traditional Spanish Christmas Lottery ‘El Gordo’ (The Fat One) will see a total of 2.38 […]
1,000-Year-Old lnk Pen Found in Ringfort is Ireland’s Oldest
December 13th, 2021 Awake Goy An archaeologist excavating at an 11th century ringfort in Ireland has unearthed the oldest ink pen ever discovered in Ireland. What’s unusual, is that this artifact was a secular work tool used for writing legal documents. It wasn’t used to create iconic medieval Christian works of art. Dating back 1,000 years, Ireland’s oldest known ink […]
New Denisovan Fossils From Siberian Cave Are The Oldest Ever Found
December 2nd, 2021 Awake Goy Researchers from the Max Planck Society and the Universities of Vienna and Tübingen have found new fossilized human-like remains mixed in an assortment of bone samples taken from Siberia’s famed Denisova Cave. This includes three fragments that belonged to actual Denisovans, the much-speculated-about species that gave the cave its name. These bones will be added […]
40,000-BC Ivory Pendant is the Oldest Eurasian Jewelry, Says Study
November 26th, 2021 Awake Goy A skillfully decorated mammoth ivory pendant found in Stajnia Cave in southern Poland in 2010 has been radiocarbon dated to approximately 40,000 BC, as is detailed in a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports . The ornate ivory pendant, which was decorated with a curved series of carefully placed puncture marks, it is […]
Anatolian Neolithic Weavers At Çatalhöyük Used Trees to Make The Oldest Cloth
November 17th, 2021 Awake Goy A new study published in the journal Antiquity has revealed some surprising information about the inhabitants of the ancient city of Çatalhöyük, an early Neolithic settlement located in southern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). It seems these industrious people found a way to convert fibers from oak trees into textiles that were used to make clothes. Based […]
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No Comments »Silver Coin from Henry VII’s Reign is Oldest English Coin Found in Canada
November 14th, 2021 Awake Goy Newfoundland is a large island off the east coast of Canada. Recently archaeologists discovered a silver coin there which was minted during the reign of the first monarch of the House of Tudor, Henry VII. This is likely to be the oldest English coin ever found in Canada, if not the entire continent of North […]
‘Oldest’ British Skull Revealed to be Decapitated Woman from Norman Conquest
November 2nd, 2021 Awake Goy Lost for years, the “oldest British skull” ever to be found was finally traced and shockingly exposed as a fraud! Radiocarbon dating of Greta, the skull unearthed by workers at what were then the Branston Gravel Pits near Burton in England in 1943, has found that far from being 10,000 years old, she probably dates […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: british, decapitated, norman, oldest, revealed, skull, woman No Comments »Oldest known drawing of a ghost discovered
October 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Oldest known drawing of a ghost discoveredOctober 22, 2021 The tablet was created by the ancient Babylonians. Image Credit: US NavyA depiction of a ghost dating back 3,500 years has been found deep in the vaults of the British Museum.Stories of ghosts and spirits have been around for millennia – as evidenced by the recent […]
Oldest Evidence of Tobacco Use Found at Ice Age Camp in Utah
October 16th, 2021 Awake Goy Excavations at an Ice Age hunter-gatherer camp in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert have revealed the oldest known evidence of tobacco use found so far. The discovery took place at the Wishbone site and was hidden only a few centimeters below the surface. During their excavations researchers discovered a campground used by the prehistoric hunter-gatherers […]
World’s Oldest Jewelry Excavated at a Moroccan Cave
September 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Human beings have been wearing necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and other forms of jewelry for a long time. But the discovery of a cache of prehistoric Aterian sea snail shell beads at a cave in western Morocco has pushed the origin of this practice back farther than archaeologists and anthropologists ever expected. These seashell beads were […]
The world’s oldest mosaic unearthed in Turkey?
September 19th, 2021 Awake Goy World’s oldest mosaic unearthed in Turkey September 19, 2021 at 10:20 am WATCH: Discover the Islamic Arts Museum, Malaysia Show Comments Related Source
Tibetan Hand and Footprints May Be Oldest Prehistoric Art
September 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Scientists have discovered an exciting new example of prehistoric art high on the Tibetan Plateau: a set of ancient children’s hand and footprints. If the dating of between 169,000 and 226,000 years ago is correct, this find represents “the oldest example of parietal [prehistoric] art ever discovered,” claim the researchers. Ancient Art or Accident? Until […]
Aztec Codex is Oldest Written Account of Earthquakes in the Americas
August 29th, 2021 Awake Goy Between the 1300s and the devastating arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the early 1500s, the Aztecs were a flourishing Mesoamerican culture in the Valley of Mexico in Central Mexico, building one of the largest and most powerful empires in the Pre-Columbian Americas. The Aztecs were a highly knowledgeable and skilled people who were responsible […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: account, americas, aztec, codex, earthquakes, oldest, written No Comments »Photos Show the Oldest Known Lion in the Maasai Mara Wildlife Reserve in Kenya
August 28th, 2021 Awake Goy Fourteen-year-old Morani recently took the title of oldest lion in the Maasai Mara—a national reserve home to lions, cheetahs, and zebras—after the passing of his brother and prior record holder, Scarface, earlier this year. The amazing pictures were captured this month by professional wildlife photographer Leighton Lum, 33, while on a photography workshop in Kenya […]
Fragments of Chinese Coins Are Evidence of World’s Oldest Minting Site
August 6th, 2021 Awake Goy Archaeologists have long been preoccupied with understanding the origins of metal coinage and monetization. Now, a team working in the Henan Province of China has discovered an early minting site at Guanzhuang, complete with Chinese spade coins and their clay molds. Experts have dated the site to 2,600 years ago, making this the oldest known […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: chinese, coins, evidence, fragments, minting, oldest, world No Comments »Chankillo: The Oldest Solar Observatory in the Americas
July 30th, 2021 Awake Goy Located in the Peruvian coastal desert at the Casma-Sechin Oasis stands the incredible monumental complex of Chankillo. The archaeological site consists of a fort located on a hilltop and thirteen solar observatory towers, as well as residential and gathering areas. It was built some 2,300 years ago for both practical and ceremonial purposes. Recognizing the […]
7,000-Year-Old Chinchorro Mummies are the World’s Oldest
July 29th, 2021 Awake Goy The mummies of ancient Egypt are arguably the most famous mummies in the world. They are not, however, the oldest. The Chinchorros of South America began preserving their dead about 7,000 years ago and their mummies have become one of the wonders of Andean archaeology. UNESCO has just recently recognized the cultural value and importance […]
Man Quarantined To 4th-Floor Hotel Room Flees Using Oldest Trick In The Book
July 21st, 2021 Awake Goy A man in Australia allegedly fashioned a makeshift rope out of bedsheets to flee the fourth-floor hotel room he was supposed to be quarantined inside. The 39-year-old made the dangerous escape from the hotel in the Perth suburb of Rivervale around 12.45 a.m. Tuesday. He remained at large for eight hours. Police located the man […]
Roman Fort Treasure Trove Includes Britain’s Oldest Pistachio Nut
July 18th, 2021 Awake Goy Cataractonium is situated about a mile from the modern-day Catterick village in North Yorkshire, England. Dating to around 70 AD this Roman fort and settlement was discovered when the A1 road was being widened, where the ancient “Dere Street” route crossed the River Swale. In 2018 archaeologists completed their study of the site and logged 400 years of continuous […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Britain, includes, oldest, pistachio, roman, treasure, trove No Comments »Anchor Church Caves: Anglo-Saxon Home and Oldest House in Britain?
July 16th, 2021 Awake Goy Archaeologists conducting a survey of a previously overlooked cave dwelling in Derbyshire have concluded that the sandstone caves were actually an Anglo-Saxon home way back in the 9th century. They’ve even gone so far as to announce that the cave could have been home to the exiled King Eardwulf. Thomas Smith painting of aristocrats picnicking […]
8,000-Year-Old Lacquerware Dug Up in Eastern China is Oldest Ever Found
July 12th, 2021 Awake Goy Archaeologists working in China’s Zhejiang Province recently unearthed something ancient and extraordinary. While performing excavations at a site near the city of Ningbo on Hangzhou Bay, they found two pieces of wood that had been painted over with a thin layer of a slick, shiny, hard substance. They immediately recognized this as an early example […]
Oldest Greek in Australia Passes Away at 109
July 5th, 2021 Awake Goy Eleni Confos celebrated recently her 109th birthday. Credit: Facebook/ The Castellorizian Association NSW Eleni Confos, the oldest Greek in Australia and the most senior Australian Castellorizian, has passed away peacefully at the age of 109, the Board of Directors of the Castellorizian Association of NSW announced on Sunday night. “The Board of Directors of the […]
Oldest Roman Camp of Northern Hispania Found in Portugal
June 29th, 2021 Awake Goy A vast 10,000-man Roman camp has been discovered in northern Portugal. Not only is it one of the biggest ever discovered, but it’s also the oldest ever discovered in northern Hispania (the name of Spain when it was under Roman rule), dating back to 137 BC. Until recently, the oldest known Roman camp in Galicia […]
The Largest and Oldest Pyramid on the Planet: The Great Pyramid of China
June 25th, 2021 Awake Goy The story behind the Great Pyramid of China is beyond fascinating. For years, the government has not allowed proper studies to be performed on the numerous pyramids near the city of Xi’an. Excursions that managed to sneak into the area where the pyramids are discovered numerous anomalies like a metallic material which could not be […]
Oldest Shark Attack Victim Ever, Found in an Ancient Japanese Mound
June 25th, 2021 Awake Goy A prehistoric Japanese man’s dying moments have been recreated in astonishingly gory detail based on the forensic evidence found on his final remains. Not only do those details include almost 800 tooth marks on the man’s bones, but he was missing a hand and a leg! This was death by shark attack, and it occurred […]
Oldest Wine in Europe Found at Prehistoric Greek Site
June 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Archaeologists undertaking excavations at the prehistoric settlement of Dikili Tash in northern Greece have completed analyses of wine samples from ancient ceramics revealing evidence of wine dating back to 4200 BC . These are believed to be the oldest known traces of wine in Europe! The Site of Dikili Tash Dikili Tash is situated 1.2 […]
