Archeological Wonders Story Briefs

Even though ancient people died, or their civilizations were wiped-out by catastrophes, they left behind evidence of how they once lived. This collection reveals some of the wonders which archeologists have uncovered.

In 1939, while reconstruction work was taking place inside St.

In 1939, while reconstruction work was taking place inside St. Peter's Basilica, an entire necropolis (city of the dead) was discovered and excavated.

This diagram depicts Henry F. Osborn's 1924 drawing of a Velociraptor mongoliensis' skull and claw.

The starting gate, for ancient Olympians, was very different from the starting line for today’s runners.This image depicts the starting gate at ...

Anglesey, island off the coast of Wales - recently made more famous because the Duke (Prince William) and Duchess of Cambridge lived there - is a plac...

In 793 - about six years after commencing raids - Vikings (probably Norwegians) invaded England. Were they seeking to plunder only - or - did some of ...

This image depicts a fresco which was discovered in a Pompeii home known as the House of the Centenary.

When the discus was part of an Ancient-Olympic event, a votive discus was sometimes created to herald stellar performances of the athletes.

On or about July 21, in 356 B.C., an arsonist deliberately set fire to one of the "wonders of the ancient world," the great temple of Artemis at Ephes...

n the 12th of May, 1897, a man working in the Stijfveen peat bog - near avillage called Yde, in the Dutchprovince of Drenthe- was startled to find som...

Zeus was the chief god of Ancient Greece. He was known, to ancient Romans, as Jupiter. What do we know about him?

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