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Scotland

https://www.pbs.org/video/scotlands-isles-of-eigg-and-easdale-72tkuq/

Egypt

Search for Cleopatra's tomb finds tunnel under Mediterranean

https://www.yahoo.com/news/archaeologist-discover-vast-tunnel-beneath-224233401.html

During previous excavations at the site, researchers also found important artifacts inside the temple, including coins bearing the images and names of both Queen Cleopatra and Alexander the Great. They said a number of beheaded statues, and statues of the goddess Isis, were also found

Malta

Malta - 10 Ancient Sites ***

Hypogeum

If you only have time to visit one of the ancient sites in Malta, the Ħal Saflieni should probably be it. An intriguing labyrinth of underground chambers, this prehistoric burial site dates to 3600 BC- 2500 BC and is one of the best-preserved subterranean monuments in Europe. Be sure to book ahead, the delicate microclimate of the Hypogeum allows a very limited number of visitors per day.

Ghar Dalam

Budding paleontologists shouldn’t miss the Ghar Dalam cave and museum. Malta’s oldest prehistoric site, it’s home to a variety of ancient animal bones, fascinating fossil finds and human remains. The deepest layers of the cave (over 500,000 years old) have revealed remnants of a captivating selection of Ice Age animals including dwarf elephants and mini hippos.

Ġgantija Temples

According to local folklore, the majestic Ġgantija Temples were built by a giantess who ate nothing but broad beans and honey – a seriously impressive accomplishment bearing in mind these two temples are made of massive coralline limestone blocks (some weighing over 50 tons). Older than the Egyptian Pyramids and Stonehenge, Gozo’s Ġgantija Temples are among the best-preserved prehistoric sites in Malta.

Xaghra Stone Circle

Situated on the island of Gozo, the Xaghra Stone Circle is a subterranean burial ground dating to 4000-2500 BC. Among the many engrossing facts and macabre findings here, archaeologists have uncovered over 200,000 human body parts since excavations started in the 1820s.

Neanderthals in Europe lived in isolated groups for 50,000 years

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cave-discovery-france-may-explain-141154233.html

When archaeologist Ludovic Slimak unearthed five teeth in a rock shelter in France’s Rhône Valley in 2015, it was immediately obvious that they belonged to a Neanderthal,

 “The genetics was sure the Neanderthal we called Thorin was 105,000 years old. But we knew by (the specimen’s) archaeological context that it was somewhere between 40,000 to 50,000 years old.”

“What the DNA was suggesting was not in accordance with what we saw,” he added.

Thorin belonged to a lineage or group of Neanderthals that had been isolated from other groups for some 50,000 years. This genetic isolation was the reason Thorin’s DNA seemed to come from an earlier time period than it actually did.

“The Thorin population spent 50,000 years without exchanging genes with other Neanderthal populations,” Slimak said in a news release.

“We thus have 50 millennia during which two Neanderthal populations, living about ten days’ walk from each other, coexisted while completely ignoring each other.”

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