The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The…
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Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). His work…
Read MoreTALLINN, ESTONIA—Estonian Public Radio reports that a well-preserved fourteenth-century papal seal, or bulla, belonging to Pope Clement V was unearthed in Tallinn, Estonia’s capital city on the shore of the Baltic Sea. Archaeologist Mihkel Tammet of Muinasprojekt said that the bulla was found in a medieval layer that also contained ceramics and other artifacts. He…
COUNTY WATERFORD, IRELAND—Traces of two dwellings dated to between 3600 and 3700 B.C. have been discovered in a quarry in southeastern Ireland by researchers from Rubicon Archaeology, according to a WLRFM.com report. A polished stone ax was found beneath the floor surface in one of the houses. It is thought to have been placed there…
A 1,600-year-old mummy discovered in Egypt has revealed something archaeologists had never seen before: a fragment of Homer’s Iliad used during embalming. The papyrus was identified as part of the famous "Catalogue of Ships," one of the best-known sections of the ancient epic. Researchers say it is the first archaeological evidence of a Greek literary…
Stone relief depicting a protective deity, Vindolanda, England HEXHAM, ENGLAND—La Brújula Verde reports that a sculpture was excavated at Vindolanda, a Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, by archaeologist Andrew Birley, Vindolanda’s excavation director. The carving represents a Roman genius, or protective deity, that had been buried beneath the floor of a barracks…
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS—According to a Science Magazine report, the signature of a Maya mathematician and astronomer who lived in the eighth century A.D. has been identified at the San Bartolo-Xultun archaeological site, which is located in Guatemala near its border with Mexico. The name, Sak Tahn Waax, is translated as "White-chested Fox." The signature was found…
Iron wrist restraint and ankle restraint ALLONNES, FRANCE—Five pairs of iron shackles were unearthed at a 2,300-year-old Celtic site in central France by researchers from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), according to a Live Science report. The settlement was situated at the intersection of several ancient roads. Metallurgic finds indicate that…
Gold tongue amulets ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT—Live Science reports that 18 tombs have been uncovered at Marina el-Alamein, the site of an ancient town located near Egypt’s Mediterranean coastline. Seven of the tombs were found close to the surface of the ground, while the other 11 had been dug deep underground. An offering altar with a base…
Molded glass bowl LONDON, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by University College London (UCL), an Iron Age cemetery containing the cremated remains of more than 100 people has been unearthed in the East of England by a team of researchers led by Angus Forshaw of UCL Archaeology South-East. Square in shape and surrounded by a…
Tomb painting, Thebes, Egypt LUXOR, EGYPT—An excavation in the Sheikh Abd al-Qurna area of the Theban necropolis, conducted by a team of researchers led by Carina van den Hoven of Leiden University, has uncovered a tomb dated to the New Kingdom, La Brújula Verde reports. Initial examination of texts on the walls of the tomb…
Earthen barrow, Sobota, Poland POZNAŃ, POLAND—According to a Science in Poland report, analysis of charcoal and pollen in ancient lake sediments collected in western Poland, near the site of a cemetery belonging to the Funnelbeaker culture, suggests that Neolithic farmers did not burn large swaths of forest. Rather, the farmers removed young trees and shrubs,…
