Is this the oldest map in Europe? Giant stone slab with markings etched 4,000 years ago depicts a region of France during the Bronze Age A stone slab forgotten for a century has been deemed the oldest map in Europe The stone slab dates back to some 4,000 years ago during the Bronze Age It … Read more
The oldest salt production site in Britain has been discovered by archaeologists. Located near Loftus, a small village north of the Yorkshire Moors, the saltern was in use around 5,800 years ago during the early Neolithic Age. This predates Stonehenge, which was erected 300 miles away in Wiltshire around 3,000BC, by roughly 800 years. Excavations … Read more
Former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson put on a brave face during one of his first public outings since announcing the death of his oldest daughter Maia, 25, on March 15. The former Super Bowl champion, 48, was photographed holding his youngest daughter whom he shares with second wife Jennifer Conrad. Being the attentive dad, Johnson appeared … Read more
A wooden statue discovered in Russia in 1890 is more ancient than previously thought, making it twice as old as Stonehenge, researchers claim. The Shigir Idol was first discovered by Russian gold miners who stumbled upon the large object in the Shigir peat bog 62 miles north of Yekaterinburg. Radiocarbon dating from the 1990s placed … Read more
Oldest surviving inhabitant from remote Scottish island that was abandoned in 1962 after once thriving community dwindled to just 12 celebrates turning 100 Jean Robertson, who now lives in Thurso, was born on island of Stroma in 1921 Said secret to longevity included ‘watching quiz shows and doing crosswords’ The abandoned island of Stroma is located … Read more
Oldest surviving inhabitant from remote Scottish island that was abandoned in 1962 after once thriving community dwindled to just 12 celebrates turning 100 Jean Robertson, who now lives in Thurso, was born on island of Stroma in 1921 Said secret to longevity included ‘watching quiz shows and doing crosswords’ The abandoned island of Stroma is located … Read more
Oscar nominations 2021: Anthony Hopkins, 83, becomes oldest Best Actor nominee for his leading role in The Father The star is nominated for The Father, a film about a man who moves into his daughter’s flat as he struggles with memory loss The previous record for oldest Best Actor nominee was held by Richard Farnsworth … Read more
Big Brother’s first housemate revealed: Antique jewellery dealer and fierce fashionista Sarah Jane Adams, 65, wants to inspire other contestants to live outside their comfort zones By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:22 GMT, 14 March 2021 | Updated: 08:22 GMT, 14 March 2021 Sarah Jane Adams may be Big Brother Australia’s oldest competitor … Read more
The Shapira Scroll, an ancient manuscript first discovered in 1883 and dismissed as fake is ‘actually the oldest known Biblical script’, an expert claims. Jerusalem antiquities dealer Moses Willhelm Shapira told the world of the discovery of 15 manuscript fragments, said to have been found in a cave near the Dead Sea. The paleo-Hebrew script … Read more
The world’s oldest DNA is 1.2 million years old and comes from a previously unknown genetic lineage of mammoth, called the Krestovka mammoth, a new study reveals. Researchers analysed genomes from three ancient mammoths, using DNA recovered from mammoth teeth buried in Siberian permafrost. One genome dated back 1.2 million years and has been named the … Read more