Archaeology & Art

28/01/2024

Ancient Greek helmet found buried next to ‘elite warrior’ who died 2,400 years ago.

Ancient Greek helmet found buried next to ‘elite warrior’ who died 2,400 years ago A very rare bronze Greek-Illyrian war helmet, used in Greece during the time of the Greco-Persian Wars, has just been discovered in a rock-cut tomb in Dalmatia, Croatia. The form of the iconic open-faced helmet, w...

26/01/2024

A very well-preserved 3000-year-old sword was found inside a grave in the town of Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany. It is reported that this 3000-year-old sword is in such good condition and extremely rare to be found in this location, except for a few scratches. Mathias Pfeil, Head of the Department of Monuments Protection of Bavaria State, speaking about the subject, "The sword and the tomb still need to be examined in order for our archaeologists to be able to classify this relic more accurately. However, this can already be said that this is an extraordinary situation. Such a finding is very rare," he explained.

26/01/2024

THE UTROBA CAVE IN BULGARIA
THE GODDESS'S VA**NA
3000 YEARS
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This enigmatic cave is a Thracian sanctuary carved around the 9th or 10th century BC. C., represents the va**na of the Goddess. There are other caves of this shape in Bulgaria, but none are quite as spectacular. At 22 meters deep there is an altar, possibly representing the cervix or the uterus of the goddess. At noon, light enters the cave from an opening in the ceiling, projecting the image of a phallus onto the ground. When the sun is at a right angle, in February or March, the phallus extends all the way to the altar (or cervix), symbolically fertilizing the goddess's uterus before spring sowing.

26/01/2024

Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras.

But while Pythagoras was an important historical figure in the development of mathematics, he did not figure out the equation most associated with him (a2 + b2 = c2). In fact, there is an ancient Babylonian tablet (IM 67118) which uses the Pythagorean theorem to solve the length of a diagonal inside a rectangle. The tablet, likely used for teaching, dates from 1770 BCE - centuries before Pythagoras was born in around 570 BCE.

Another tablet from around 1800-1600 BCE has a square with labeled triangles inside. Translating the markings from base 60 the counting system used by ancient Babylonians showed that these ancient mathematicians were aware of the Pythagorean theorem (not called that, of course) as well as other advanced mathematical concepts.

25/01/2024

Albert Einstein wearing sandals at Nassau Point, New York in 1939. He is sitting with David Rothman, a friend and local store owner. After some initial confusion in the store resulting from Einstein's thickly accented request for a pair of "sundahls", which Rothman interpreted as "sundial" the scientist was able to successfully purchase the white sandals on his feet for $1.35. He laughed off the episode, blaming "my atrocious accent!" The men remained close friends thereafter.

25/01/2024

Archaeologist Discovered The Ancient Dinosaur Figurines of Acámbaro in Mexico.

Archaeologist Discovered The Ancient Dinosaur Figurines of Acámbaro in Mexico In the late 1960s, American detective author Erle Stanley Gardner stood before a collection of over 30,000 figurines. He had found out about this collection many years ago and felt a deep sense of astonishment when seeing...

25/01/2024

The Wickham Market Hoard is a hoard of 840 Iron Age gold staters found in a field at Dallinghoo near Wickham Market, Suffolk, England in March 2008 by car mechanic, Michael Dark using a metal detector. After excavation of the site, a total of 825 coins were found, and by the time the hoard was declared treasure trove, 840 coins had been discovered. The coins date from 40 BC to 15 AD.⁣

25/01/2024

The c. 2,400 year old Mosaic of the Oikos at Aigai Palace in Vergina, Greece.

Built by Philip II (c. 359-336 BCE), father of Alexander the Great, it is one of the largest known Hellenistic mosaics.

25/01/2024

Oldest House in Aveyron, France.

24/01/2024

Bernini's statue of Ludovica Albertoni, completed between 1671-1674 AD, is one of the famous Baroque sculptor's last works. It represents the blessed Ludovica Albertoni, a Roman noblewoman who embraced her religious life and charity after the death of her husband.

24/01/2024

Orichalcum, the lost metal of Atlantis, may have been found on a shipwreck off Sicily.

A group of naval archeologists has uncovered two hundred ingots spread over the sandy seafloor near a 2,600-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sicily. The ingots were made from orichalcum, a rare cast metal that ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote was from the legendary city of Atlantis.

24/01/2024

In an extraordinary example of being in the wrong place at the right time, a Greek farmer just made a startling archaeological discovery.

A 3,400-year-old Minoan tomb has been uncovered in an unnamed farmer’s olive grove near the city of Ierapetra on the Greek island of Crete. According to Cretapost, the farmer was attempting to park his car underneath an olive tree when suddenly the ground beneath him began to sink. The farmer pulled his car out from under the tree and noticed that a huge hole which measured around four feet wide had opened up where his car had been sitting. When he peeked into the hole, the farmer knew he had stumbled upon something special.

24/01/2024

Archaeologists from Bavarian State Office for Preservation of Monuments have announced, discovery of a well-preserved 3000 year old Bronze Age Sword in Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany.

24/01/2024

The Ancient Roman aqueduct in modern-day Turkey, dating back thousands of years, is a testament to the incredible engineering and architectural skills of the Roman Empire. These aqueducts were designed to transport fresh water to densely populated areas, and they were a significant improvement over the earlier structures built by civilizations in Egypt and India. The Roman aqueducts were constructed over a period of 500 years, from 312 BC to AD 226, and were funded by both public and private sources. Some of the most famous Roman rulers, such as Augustus, Caligula, and Trajan, commissioned the construction of these aqueducts.

23/01/2024

Hundreds of tunnels which date back at least 10,000 Years have been Discovered in Brazil.

Research teams in South America have found many gigantic burrows that are so massive and neatly constructed that you’d be forgiven for thinking humans dug them as a passageway through the forest.

23/01/2024

Iceland’s Silfra fissure, where the North America and Eurasian tectonic plates almost meet, is the only place in the world where you can dive between and touch two continents at once.

23/01/2024

Simply amazing! This Roman mosaic was discovered in Verona, Italy. 🇮🇹😍

23/01/2024

Mayan Stela in front of the Temple of the Dead at the Tonina Archaeological Site in Chiapas. 😍

22/01/2024

The Temple of the Cross is a part of one of the most important complexes at the Mayan site of Palenque in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. The temple of the Cross features a stepped base with interior bas-relief carvings. It was constructed to commemorate Chan Bahlum II’s ascension to the throne following the death of Pakal the Great.

22/01/2024

Hundreds of tunnels which date back at least 10,000 Years have been Discovered in Brazil

Research teams in South America have found many gigantic burrows that are so massive and neatly constructed that you’d be forgiven for thinking humans dug them as a passageway through the forest.

21/01/2024

Limestone Wall In Bolivia Has Over 10,000 Dinosaur Footprints Belonging To 10 Different Species.

Cal Orcko is a small town that is situated three miles south of the city of Sucre in Bolivia. It is home to the largest and most spectacular collection of dinosaur footprints of the Cretaceous era.

20/01/2024

Besikli Cave Tomb in Hatay, present-day Turkey. Before and after excavations.

20/01/2024

400-year-old underground complex found in the Grand Canyon.

A group of hikers who had been exploring a virtually untouched area of the Grand Canyon happened upon an opening in the side of the canyon wall last July. Peter Marlington and his friends had discovered the entrance to an underground complex that has been estimated to be over four hundred years old....

20/01/2024

Portuguese Royal Library - Located In Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷

20/01/2024

Face Of Norwegian Boy Who Lived 8,000 Years Ago Reconstructed.

Using DNA analysis and modern forensic techniques, scientists have reconstructed the face of a Stone Age boy who lived in Norway. The Vistegutten – the boy from Viste died at only 14 years old. Why he passed away so early is unknown because it seems he was healthy.

20/01/2024

A reconstruction of the Sasanian circular capital city of Gōr in Iran. The original ancient city was destroyed by Alexander the Great.

19/01/2024

Aswan, Egypt 😳

19/01/2024

Giant 30-foot ‘sea dragon’ fossil from 180 million years ago discovered in UK.

The remains of a monstrous, 33-foot-long (10 meters) “sea dragon” that swam in the seas when dinosaurs were alive some 180 million years ago have been unearthed on a nature reserve in England.

19/01/2024

280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Forest Discovered in Antarctica.

Geologists have discovered 280-million-year-old tree fossils in what is believed to be evidence of the oldest polar forest found in Antarctica.