The Matarrubilla stone in Valencina in Spain was transported more than 5300 years ago L. García Sanjuán A 2-ton Megalith in southern Spain was transported to its current rent by a hitherto-over-over-the-old seafarers over 5300 years ago. The Matarrubilla stone is a solid plaster plaster approx. 1.7 meters long with 1.2 m wide that sits … Read more
We know from old texts that new Gladiators Ferght Lions, but physical evidence has been missing so far Dea Picture Library/de Agostini via Getty Images Bid marks on the pelvis of a man who lived in the Roman occupied Britain was probably made by a lion in gladiator fight. The results give the first physical … Read more
Stone tool with purple dye residues found at Tel Shiqmona in Israel Maria Bukin/Shalvi et al., 2025, Plos One, CC-By 4.0 For centuries, a coastal settlement in modern Israel was home to the industrial scale production from marine snails of a purple dye that was one of the old world’s most precious ingredients. Known as … Read more