Most of Ireland’s prehistoric gold may have come from the Mourne Mountains, located in the southeast of Northern Ireland. Scientists examined more than 400 gold artifacts, and compared the results of x-ray fluorescence spectrometry with gold collected around the country.   In Jerusalem, an Ottoman-era aqueduct that once brought water to the reservoir known as the […]

Excavations outside Naples have reportedly yielded parts of marble Roman sculptures, columns, and fragments of monuments bearing inscriptions. In 2006, archaeologists uncovered a carved monolith of the Aztec earth deity Tlaltecuhtli beneath Mexico City’s main square. Since then, there has been speculation that the monument marks a royal tomb. “Everyone wants us to dig faster, […]