lmiles+FollowAncient Christian Figurines Found in Israel!Archaeologists just dug up 1,500-year-old graves in Israel’s Negev Desert and found super rare Christian-era figurines with African features! These little treasures—carved from ebony and bone—were buried with women and kids, hinting at a diverse, ancient community with ties to Africa and India. The figurines might have been family keepsakes or symbols of tradition, and they’re crazy well-preserved. Wild to think how global and connected people were even back then! #Archaeology #AncientHistory #Israel #Culture830Share
Debra Taylor+FollowAncient Pendants Reveal Family SecretsArchaeologists just found super rare bone and ebony figurines in 1,500-year-old graves in Israel—think detailed pendants with African features buried with two women and a child. These little treasures likely honored ancestors and hint at a Christian community with African roots living in the Negev back in the day. Even cooler? The matching pendants suggest one woman and the child might’ve been mother and son. Imagine what else is still buried out there! #Archaeology #AncientHistory #RareFinds #Science511Share
Michelle Jackson+FollowPompeii’s Secret Priestess Revealed!Archaeologists just uncovered a tomb in Pompeii that belonged to a high-ranking priestess of the goddess Ceres! This is the first-ever grave linked to Ceres’ cult in the city, and the details are wild: a lavish statue, a mysterious moon necklace, and clues that she held serious power. Turns out, elite women could be just as influential as men in ancient Pompeii. This find totally rewrites what we know about women’s roles before the city’s dramatic end! #Pompeii #Archaeology #AncientHistory #WomenInHistory #Ceres #Culture360Share
megangibson+FollowEarth’s Wildest Solar Storm Ever?!Imagine a solar storm so intense it outshined anything we’ve ever seen—yep, it happened 14,300 years ago! Scientists just found evidence in ancient tree rings that a mega-storm hit Earth, blasting us with charged particles 500x stronger than the infamous 2003 Halloween Storm. If something like that hit today, our satellites and power grids would be toast. Kinda makes you rethink how much we rely on tech, right? #SolarStorm #SpaceWeather #ScienceNews #AncientHistory #TechRisks #Science6019Share
Jessica Hodge+FollowAncient Claw Prints Just Changed EverythingImagine thinking you know when our earliest ancestors crawled onto land, only to find out we were off by 40 million years! Fossil hunters in Australia found claw prints that are now the oldest known evidence of land animals like reptiles—way older than scientists thought possible. Turns out, our amniote ancestors were already walking around during the Devonian period, surviving mass extinctions when most life didn’t. This discovery totally rewrites the timeline of life on Earth! #Evolution #ScienceNews #FossilFind #AncientHistory #MindBlown #Science00Share
eday+FollowAncient Ebony Pendants With a Wild BackstoryArchaeologists just found 1,500-year-old Christian graves in Israel with super rare African ebony and bone figurines! These pendants, carved with detailed African features, might have been worn by people whose ancestors traveled from Africa to the Negev desert. The ebony came all the way from India or Sri Lanka—talk about ancient global trade! The finds hint at a diverse Christian community and some serious family ties, with a possible mother and child buried side by side. History just got way more interesting! #Archaeology #AncientHistory #Israel #AfricanDiaspora #Byzantine #Science290Share
Samantha Johnson+FollowAncient Road Trip: Humans Hit Patagonia EarlyGet this: humans made it all the way to southern South America 14,500 years ago! Scientists just analyzed the DNA of 139 Indigenous groups and found that as people crossed from Asia during the last ice age, they split into three major groups, with one ending up in Patagonia. The wild part? These early Americans lost a ton of genetic diversity along the way, especially in immune system genes, which could explain why they were hit so hard by new diseases later. Personalized healthcare for Indigenous people is a must! #AncientHistory #Genetics #IndigenousPeoples #ScienceNews #HumanMigration #Science10Share
Tamara Jones+FollowAncient Cicada Fossil Is Seriously Next-LevelA 47-million-year-old cicada fossil found in Germany is so well preserved you can literally see the veins in its wings! Scientists just named it Eoplatypleura messelensis, and it’s the oldest known "singing" cicada in Europe. The crazy part? Its male relatives probably made noise just like the ones that keep us up all summer. This find pushes back the cicada family tree by 20 million years—turns out these bugs have been buzzing way longer than we thought! #FossilFind #Cicada #ScienceNews #AncientHistory #NatureNerd #Science10Share
Brad Arroyo+FollowAncient Moroccan Tombs Uncovered!Archaeologists just stumbled on 4,000-year-old stone-lined graves and wild rock art in Morocco’s Tangier Peninsula! Picture ancient cemeteries, mysterious standing stones, and cave walls covered in geometric doodles and human-like figures. Some of these tombs took serious muscle to carve out of solid rock. Plus, this is the first time they’ve dated a cist burial in northwest Africa. The whole area’s ritual past is way more epic than anyone thought! #Archaeology #Morocco #AncientHistory #RockArt #Discovery #Science00Share
Brad Arroyo+FollowViking DNA’s Wild HIV SecretTurns out, a gene mutation that helps people resist HIV actually popped up 9,000 years ago near the Black Sea—way before Vikings were even a thing! Scientists just traced the CCR5 delta 32 mutation back to a single ancient human, and it spread like wildfire as people started farming and living closer together. It probably helped our ancestors survive new germs, not medieval plagues or Viking raids like everyone thought. Wild how our DNA holds secrets from thousands of years ago! #DNADetective #HIVResistance #AncientHistory #ScienceNews #Genetics #Science459154Share
