A well-preserved Viking shield was found near Viking-age castles in Denmark. The shield is made of wood and is thought to have been made in the late tenth century. Eight sets of human remains buried with pottery, beaded ornaments, and food were found near the Niah Caves in Malaysia. The bones are between 2,000 and […]

Altinum, a Roman city located seven miles north of Venice, has been spotted using satellite imaging. “The hypothesis is that as Altinum also succumbed to the Barbarian invasions, the inhabitants fled farther down the lagoon to build Venice on the islands,” said Paolo Mozzi of the University of Padua. Excavations at Aslantepe in eastern Turkey […]