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Sumptuous marble floor of sunken Roman villa discovered and restored underwater in Italy
An underwater discovery has emerged from the depths of the Submerged Archaeological Park of Baiae in Bacoli, Italy. Archaeologists have uncovered an exquisite marble floor belonging to an ancient...
'Monumental', 3,000-year-old moat discovered in Jerusalem
While some are likely to politicize the find, which adds further color to the history of Jewish settlement in the land of Israel, the dig's director noted that his aims are academic rather than i...
https://www.sott.net/article/493371-Monumental-3000-year-old-moat-discovered-in-Jerusalem
A Brief History of Political Assassinations
For as long as there have been "rulers," there have been political assassinations. It isn't hard to see why that's the case. After all, as long as people believe in The Most Dangerous Superstitio...
https://www.sott.net/article/493315-A-Brief-History-of-Political-Assassinations
FLASHBACK: How a programmer broke the internet by deleting a tiny piece of code
In 2016, a man in Oakland, California, disrupted web development around the world by deleting 11 lines of code. The story of how 28-year-old Azer Koçulu briefly broke the internet shows how writ...
New research shows life in ancient Saudi Arabia was complex and thriving
Archaeological evidence suggests strategic and adaptable community. A team of researchers led by Jane McMahon from the Discipline of Archaeology find new evidence that shifts the perception of ho...
Mysterious Maya underground structure unearthed in Mexico
Archaeologists in Campeche, Mexico, have found an underground structure beneath a Maya ball court, as well as offerings on top of a Maya pyramid at another site. Archaeologists in Mexico have dis...
https://www.sott.net/article/493123-Mysterious-Maya-underground-structure-unearthed-in-Mexico
Cahokia mystery: Scientists unearth more clues about American civilization that vanished 600 years ago
Archeologists have unearthed more clues about a Native American tribe of up to 50,000 people that mysteriously vanished without a trace. The Cahokia people once thrived in what is now Illinois, o...
The question of consent haunting the Human Genome Project
One person's DNA became the centerpiece of a genetic sequence used by biologists the world over. Did he agree to that? They numbered 20 in all — 10 men and 10 women who came to a sprawling medi...
https://www.sott.net/article/493061-The-question-of-consent-haunting-the-Human-Genome-Project
Plague caused Neolithic populations to collapse across Europe around 3,000BC, new study suggests
Early humans experienced a rapid population collapse across large parts of Europe five thousand years ago, the cause of which has been heavily debated. A new study published in the journal Nature...
The only known Roman brewery recently discovered in Italy
Archaeologists have discovered the only brewery from the Roman era found to date on the peninsula, famous for its winemaking tradition, in the region of Macerata. The find, which also includes ki...
https://www.sott.net/article/493022-The-only-known-Roman-brewery-recently-discovered-in-Italy
The Rockefellers created 990 "Climate Change" institutions, foundations, and activist groups
Every time you hear a "climate change" scare story, that person was PAID. He is a Rockefeller stooge. He may not know it; but his profession has been entirely corrupted. In the climate change are...
Mysterious artifacts emerge from melting ice on Alps glaciers, includes 'incomparable', 2,000 year old wooden idol
Hikers and mountaineers are stumbling on mysterious ancient objects in the Swiss Alps, and their discoveries are keeping archaeologists busy. From the Iron Age to the Ancient Romans to the Middle...
The end of Obama's war on Syria
Kessab is a tiny Syrian village on the Turkish border. In February 2011, Em Ahmad, a 30-year plus resident of Kessab, was coming back to Kessab through the international border crossing at Kessab...
https://www.sott.net/article/492959-The-end-of-Obamas-war-on-Syria
4000-year-old temple discovered in Cyprus
An Italian archaeological mission, the Erimi Archaeological Project of the University of Siena, discovered a 4,000-year-old temple in Cyprus. This is the oldest sacred space ever found on the isl...
https://www.sott.net/article/492955-4000-year-old-temple-discovered-in-Cyprus
The forgotten Enlightenment-era cleric who predicted black holes - in 1783
Almost 200 years before scientists accepted black holes exist, a British clergyman called John Michell published some surprisingly prescient ideas about these strange cosmic objects. Why isn't hi...
3,000-year-old lost Anatolian language 'Kalašma' deciphered
In 2023 excavation site at the foot of Ambarlikaya in Boğazköy-Hattusha in Turkey, a cuneiform tablet with a previously unknown Indo-European language was discovered. The newly-discovered langu...
https://www.sott.net/article/492851-3000-year-old-lost-Anatolian-language-Kalasma-deciphered
6th Century Anglo-Saxons may have fought in northern Syrian wars, grave goods suggest
Sixth-century Anglo-Saxon people may have travelled from Britain to the eastern Mediterranean and northern Syria to fight in wars, researchers have suggested, casting fresh light on their princel...
Denisovans survived on Tibetan plateau for 160,000 years
Bone remains found in a Tibetan cave 3,280 m above sea level indicate an ancient group of humans survived here for many millennia, according to a new study published in Nature. The Denisovans are...
https://www.sott.net/article/492810-Denisovans-survived-on-Tibetan-plateau-for-160000-years
Made in America: The ISIS conquest of Mosul
The notorious terror group used US-supplied weapons, US-trained fighters, and funding sent from banks in Washington, DC, to conquer Iraq's second-largest city and terrorize its Sunni Muslim inhab...
https://www.sott.net/article/492801-Made-in-America-The-ISIS-conquest-of-Mosul
World's oldest artwork discovered in Indonesian cave
It may not look like much — just a flaking image of three people around a big red pig. But the humble cave painting discovered in Indonesia is the oldest known narrative artwork ever made by hu...
https://www.sott.net/article/492778-Worlds-oldest-artwork-discovered-in-Indonesian-cave
4,000-year-old rock art in Venezuela may be from a 'previously unknown' culture
Archaeologists in Venezuela have discovered 20 previously unknown rock art sites that are thousands of years old. An archeological team in Venezuela has discovered 20 rock art sites that date bac...
Secrets of Roman Barbegal water mills revealed in calcium deposits
Archaeologists face a major challenge when they intend to acquire information about buildings or facilities of which only ruins remain. This was a particular challenge for the remnants of the Rom...
'It all came from the West': Who is behind the golden age of terrorism in the Middle East?
Ten years ago, ISIS declared the creation of an Islamic caliphate. Although the terrorists were defeated, the threat lives on. At its peak, ISIS controlled one third of Syria and about 40 percent...
Evidence of 12,000-year-old cultural ritual unearthed in Australia
A team in Australia has found archeological evidence for what could be the oldest known culturally transmitted human ritual. Sticks found preserved in fireplaces in a cave southeastern Australia ...
2,000 years ago, a bridge in Switzerland collapsed on top of Celtic sacrifice victims, new study suggests
When a small bridge in western Switzerland collapsed 2,000 years ago, the bodies of 20 people, three cows and two horses became entangled in the wreckage. But whether this event was the result of...
Over 30 mysterious children's graves uncovered in Norway
Archaeologists have discovered 40 circular stone formations during an excavation in southeastern Norway. All have cremated bone remains in the centre, mostly from children. The burial field is un...
https://www.sott.net/article/492669-Over-30-mysterious-childrens-graves-uncovered-in-Norway
1,500-year-old early Christian, ivory reliquary discovered, depicts intriguing 'unknown' scene
Since the summer of 2016, archaeologists from Innsbruck have been carrying out excavations in a late antique hilltop settlement in southern Austria. Two years ago, they made a sensational discove...
Uzbek archeologists discover 8th century BC settlement
With the mutual efforts of archaeologists from both China and Uzbekistan, an ancient settlement dating back to the 8th century BC was recently excavated in Uzbekistan, near the country's Surxonda...
https://www.sott.net/article/492559-Uzbek-archeologists-discover-8th-century-BC-settlement
Study reveals new insights into life at 'German Stonehenge'
Excavations of the Ringheiligtum Pömmelte, nicknamed the "German Stonehenge", has revealed new insights into domestic life from prehistory. Ringheiligtum Pömmelte is a late Neolithic/Early Bron...
https://www.sott.net/article/492464-Study-reveals-new-insights-into-life-at-German-Stonehenge
SOTT FOCUS FLASHBACK: The Most Dangerous Cult in The World!
Comment: Given that many conservatives today, including Donald Trump, support Israel, we thought it time to republish this article, first posted 19 years ago. July 30, 2005 During the Reformation...
https://www.sott.net/article/236475-The-Most-Dangerous-Cult-in-The-World
Gilgamesh flood tablet
The baked clay tablet tells the tale of an epic flood. Name: Gilgamesh flood tablet What it is: Also known as the 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh, this fragment of a baked clay tablet contai...
Earliest manuscript of Gospel about Jesus's childhood discovered
Papyrologists decipher manuscript fragment and date it to the 4th to 5th century. For decades, a papyrus fragment with the inventory number P.Hamb.Graec. 1011 remained unnoticed at the Hamburg Ca...
https://www.sott.net/article/492245-Earliest-manuscript-of-Gospel-about-Jesuss-childhood-discovered
Unravelling the mystery of Seahenge: Timber structure was b... coast of Norwich 4,000 years ago during an extreme cold spell
When it comes to the mysteries of Britain's Neolithic past, Stonehenge is probably the structure people would recognise the most. But archaeologists are now beginning to unravel the secrets of an...
Evidence of more than 200 survivors of Mount Vesuvius eruption discovered in ancient Roman records
On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the air. As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities ...
Discovery of thousand-year-old game pieces comes as 'complete surprise' to experts
Medieval knights may have used the game pieces, experts say Archaeologists in Germany recently announced the discovery of a game collection that dates back 1,000 years. The findings were announce...
4,000-year-old circular stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop
During excavations for an airport on Greece's largest island of Crete, a large circular monument dating back 4000 years was unearthed. A statement released by the Greek Ministry of Culture on Tue...
BEST OF THE WEB: Declassified: BBC and MI6 Kosovo War Propaganda Blitz
On March 24th, this journalist exposed how London was at the forefront of efforts to launch a ground invasion of Yugoslavia, during NATO's illegal March - May 1999 bombing campaign. Mercifully, t...
https://www.sott.net/article/492162-Declassified-BBC-and-MI6-Kosovo-War-Propaganda-Blitz
Pompeii archaeologists uncover incredibly rare blue room with stunning frescoes of female figures
Experts believe the 8-square metre room can be interpreted as a shrine, or a space dedicated to ritual activities and the storage of sacred objects. A new room with painted blue walls, a very rar...
Largest known prehistoric rock engravings discovered in South America
Rock engravings recorded by researchers from Bournemouth University (UK), University College London (UK) and Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) are thought to be the largest prehistoric rock art...
Largest group of 'unique' neolithic earthworks discovered in Ireland yet
Archaeological studies of a landscape in eastern Ireland have turned up the greatest number yet of ancient structures that remain rare in that country, and may cast light on the beliefs and buria...
The 4,500-year-old Wisconsin canoe was built around the same time that Stonehenge was being constructed
Historians from Wisconsin have reported the amazing finding of at least eleven prehistoric canoes in Lake Mendota, which is close to Madison. Among the important discoveries is a canoe from 2500 ...
'Archaeological sensation': Winemaker discovers hundreds of mammoth bones while renovating his cellar
A winemaker in Austria has discovered hundreds of mammoth bones underneath his wine cellar. Andreas Pernerstorfer came across the bones in March while renovating his cellar in the village of Gobe...
Ramesses II's sarcophagus finally identified thanks to overlooked hieroglyphics
Archaeologists determined that a fragment of a sarcophagus hidden beneath a Coptic building's floor once belonged to Ramesses II. A sarcophagus fragment discovered beneath the floor of a religiou...
FLASHBACK: Anglo-American money masters as the organizers of the Second World War
The initiative to start the Second World War did not belong to the "possessed Fuhrer", who supposedly by chance found himself at the helm of power in Germany. The Second World War is a project of...
Orkney promontory may be a neolithic artificial island, known as a crannog
Postgraduate students were back in Firth, Orkney, recently to carry out test-pitting on a promontory at the northern end of the Wasdale loch. Previous visits were for walkover survey practical se...
Federal government used bribery to end relationships with Native American tribes
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Federal policy toward Native American tribal nations in the first half of the 20th century sought to end the government's legal and political relationship with tribes. A new b...
FLASHBACK: Stalin 'planned to send a million troops to stop Hitler if Britain and France agreed pact'
Stalin was 'prepared to move more than a million Soviet troops to the German border to deter Hitler's aggression just before the Second World War' Papers which were kept secret for almost 70 year...
Pagan-Christian trade networks supplied horses from overseas for the last horse sacrifices of 14th century Europe
Horses crossed the Baltic Sea in ships during the Late Viking Age and were sacrificed for funeral rituals, according to research from Cardiff University. Published in the journal Science Advances...
The new study presents evidence suggesting the use of threshing sledges in Neolithic Greece as early as 6500 BCE
The threshing sledges, which until a few decades ago was used in many Mediterranean countries from Turkey to Spain to separate the chaff from the wheat, is estimated to have appeared in Greece as...
Discovery of ancient Ahramat branch of the river Nile may explain location of Egypt's pyramids
Some 31 pyramids in Egypt, including the Giza pyramid complex, may originally have been built along a 64-km-long branch of the river Nile which has long since been buried beneath farmland and des...