Tag: 2000YearOld
A Couple Walking Their Dogs Noticed 2,000-Year-Old Footprints on the Beach. They Were Visible for Just Days Before Waves Erased Them Forever
Archaeologists raced to document the semi-fossilized tracks in eastern Scotland. They were likely made by humans, deer and other...
The Ingenious Engineering of Silk: How the 2,000-Year-Old Pattern Loom Powered the Silk Road and the Wealth of Ancient China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTIOl4oMRuAThe Silk Road’s long period of high activity spanned the second century BC and the fifteenth century AD, but...
Archaeologists Say They've Identified Traces of a 2,000-Year-Old Love Note Still Etched Into a Wall in Ancient Pompeii
Advanced imaging technology has revealed 79 new pieces of graffiti on a wall in the city's theater district. Until...
Spicy, 2,000-Year-Old Graffiti Uncovered in Pompeii
Researchers at the Pompeii Archaeological Park have utilized cutting-edge imaging technology to decipher centuries-old graffiti—both textual and figurative, some...
Archeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Basilica Designed by Vitruvius
Italian officials unveiled the discovery of a 2,000-year-old basilica that archeologists have attributed to Vitruvius, the ancient Roman architect,...
2,000-Year-Old Cemetery and Industrial Complex Discovered in Egypt
An international team of archaeologists from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and Italy’s University of Padua has uncovered several...
2,000-Year-Old ‘Industrial Complex’ and Roman Cemetery Found in Egypt
Archaeologists working in the western Nile Delta of Egypt discovered remnants of an “extensive industrial complex” from as far...