Ancient Mysterious

27/11/2022

Archaeologists may have just found the long lost ‘Temple of Hercules’ in Spain

A“holy grail” in the eyes of many archaeologists for centuries, has been the long-lost Temple of Hercules Gaditanus. The place was significant in ancient history and was visited by historical....

27/11/2022

3,000-year-old 'Lost Golden City' discovered in Egypt

The city includes units behind zigzag walls, a bakery and more. The “Lost Golden City” has been buried under Luxor for the past 3,000 years. (Image credit: Egyptian Ministry of....

27/11/2022

Statuettes depicting the Egyptian goddesses Isis (left) and Nephthys found at the Saqqara necropolis in 2022 (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

27/11/2022

Scientists discover hundreds of thousands of animal, human bones in Saudi Arabia

Scientists discover hundreds of thousands of animal, human bones in Saudi Arabia Scientists have discovered hundreds of thousands of animal and human remains in a cave in north-western Saudi Arabia,....

26/11/2022

Child Sacrifice Victims Unearthed in Peru; 76 Skeletons Reveal Evidence That the Children’s Hearts Were Removed

Child Sacrifice Victims Unearthed in Peru; 76 Skeletons Reveal Evidence That the Children’s Hearts Were Removed The remains of dozens of child sacrifice victims have been unearthed in Peru, and....

26/11/2022

Massive “rare” ancient Roman mosaic, “rich in details,” unearthed in Syria

Massive “rare” ancient Roman mosaic, “rich in details,” unearthed in Syria Archaeological excavations in Syria are currently difficult and dangerous, especially in zones occupied by rebels. People look at a....

26/11/2022

"Borobudur
Locals in Indonesia led the British ruler of Java, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, to the site of Borobudur, the world’s largest Buddhist temple, in 1814. The roughly 1,200-year-old temple features 72 openwork stupas, each of which holds a statue of the Buddha. Still a place for Buddhist pilgrimage, the archeological site reflects a combination of indigenous Indonesian scenes with an Indian influence."

25/11/2022

Drone photos reveal an early Mesopotamian city made of marsh islands

Drone photos reveal an early Mesopotamian city made of marsh islands Impressive drone footage has revealed an ancient Mesopotamian city known as Lagash challenges long-held ideas about the origin and....

25/11/2022

Black Death immunity came at a cost to modern-day health

Black Death immunity came at a cost to modern-day health The Black Death, the world’s most devastating plague outbreak, killed half of medieval Europe’s population in the space of seven....

25/11/2022

Giant 180-million-year-old ‘sea dragon’ fossil found in UK reservoir

The gigantic skeleton of the extinct prehistoric reptile, which lived alongside the dinosaurs about 180 million years ago during the Jurassic Period, was found during routine maintenance on a British....

25/11/2022

"Pompeii
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, it preserved the Roman city of Pompeii (along with the final moments of its fated residents) under a roughly 20-foot layer of pumice stone and ash. The archeological site, which includes fresco-covered homes, was discovered more than 1,400 years later by architect Domenico Fontana"

25/11/2022

The accidental mummy: The discovery of an impeccably preserved woman from the Ming Dynasty

Most people associate mummies with Egyptian culture and complex mummification methods designed to bridge the gap between life and death, resulting in bodily preservation. The Ming Dynasty mummy was found....

24/11/2022

Explained: Significance of ‘world’s oldest family tree’ put together from remains in 5700-year-old UK tomb

The authors say that the study provides new insights into burial and kinship practices prevalent in the Neolithic times. Image showing what the exterior of the cairn at Hazleton North....

24/11/2022

Stone Age skeleton missing foot may show oldest amputation

The prehistoric surgery could show that humans were making medical advances much earlier than previously thought. The human skeleton found in Borneo, dated to about 31,000 years ago, pictured in....

24/11/2022

"Terracotta warriors
China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, was buried in a tomb protected by an army of 8,000 life-size clay soldiers—each with unique hairstyles, postures, and facial features—when he died in 210 B.C. Farmers discovered the terracotta warriors in 1974, and since then, investigations have led archeologists to believe that the emperor’s tomb is a massive replica of the city of Xi’an."

24/11/2022

Ancient skeleton found in Mexico cave threatened by train

The skeleton was located about 8 meters underwater, about a half a kilometre into the cave system that was flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years....

23/11/2022

Archaeologists find pre-Columbian mass grave in Peru

Handout picture released by Peruvian Ministry of Culture shows people working at the archaeological complex of Chan Chan following the discovery of a tomb with 25 human remains, in Trujillo,....

23/11/2022

3,400-year-old palace from a mysterious civilization revealed by drought

Archaeologists are hailing, as very important, the dramatic discovery of a Bronze Age Palace. It was uncovered as the waters of a reservoir in Iraq plummeted due to a severe....

23/11/2022

At sunrise during the winter solstice, a beam of light illuminates the central underground chamber of Newgrange, a 5,000-year-old Irish tomb in the valley of the River Boyne.

23/11/2022

Bolshoi Tjach Skulls – the two mysterious skulls discovered in an ancient mountain cave in Russia

The Bolshoi Tjach skulls are housed in a small museum in the town of Kamennomostsky, in the Republic of Adygea, Russia.

22/11/2022

Mysterious ancient tombs reveal 4,500-year-old highway network in north-west Arabia

Publication of the findings in the journal The Holocene caps a year of tremendous progress by the UWA team, working under the Royal Commission for AlUla

22/11/2022

The Viking Lenses: Did the Vikings make a telescope?

The Vikings were famous for their love of exploration and discovery. Their journeys to new lands and discoveries of new cultures are well documented. But did

22/11/2022

A view of the ruins of the ancient city of AlUla and the new city that stands adjacent to it.

21/11/2022

Agartha: Is this subterranean civilization described in ancient texts real?

Agartha is the incredible land where the ancient Aryans came for enlightenment and where they received their knowledge and inner wisdom.

21/11/2022

Face of Harakbut – the ancient guardian of the forgotten city of El Dorado?

This enormous face, which bears Andean characteristics, towers over a waterfall that empties into a lagoon.

21/11/2022

Mysterious monoliths popping up in US, Europe

Several metal monoliths have appeared in remote spots in the US and Europe over the past several weeks. While they are likely art installations, speculation

21/11/2022

Machu Picchu is the most well-preserved city of the Inca empire, hidden in the Peruvian Andes high on a steep mountain with a flattened top, a location that helped it escape notice by Spanish conquistadors. It was forgotten for centuries by the outside world, and re-discovered by archeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911.

21/11/2022

The mysterious Dropa Tribe of the high altitude Himalayas

This unusual tribe was believed to have been extraterrestrial because they had strange blue eyes, almond-shaped with double lids; they spoke an unknown

20/11/2022

A 31,000-year-old skeleton showing the earliest known complex surgery could rewrite history!

The discovery implies that early people had mastered complex surgical procedures, having detailed knowledge of anatomy beyond our imagination.

20/11/2022

200 ancient ‘giant’ skeletons unearthed in Cayuga, Canada

Five or six feet below the ground, were unearthed two hundred giant skeletons nearly all intact in their well conditions.

20/11/2022

A site in New Mexico where mammoth bones have been found is now believed to offer the most compelling pieces of evidence for early humans in North America around 37,000 years ago.

20/11/2022

Virtual autopsy' identifies a 17th-century mummified toddler hidden from the sun

The team, led by Dr. Andreas Nerlich of the Academic Clinic Munich-Bogenhausen, carried out a virtual autopsy and radiocarbon testing, and examined family

19/11/2022

2,700-year-old rock carvings discovered in Iraq's Mosul

The carvings on marble slabs were discovered by a team of experts in Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, who have been working to restore the site of the

19/11/2022

Did ancient humans eat a Paleo diet?

"We have had a huge problem talking about the ancient human diet," notes Cristiani, an archaeologist based at the Diet and Ancient Technology Laboratory

19/11/2022

Santorini, Greece – April, 2018: Ancient ruins at Akrotiri archaeological site in the Santorini Island which is believed to have inspired the story told about Atlantis by Plato

18/11/2022

Neanderthal Extinction May Have Been Caused By S*x, Not Fighting – New Study Suggests

While about 2% of the genome of all living people from outside Africa is derived from Neanderthals, there is very little evidence that this process went the

18/11/2022

Ancient “Trophy Head” Child Was High On Psychedelic Cactus Before Ritual Sacrifice

The child’s preserved head was one of 22 human remains associated with the ancient Nazca society examined in a new study; all of these individuals lived

18/11/2022

Thor’s hammer amulet from Viking era discovered in Sweden: ‘One of its kind’

“Of all the Norse gods, Thor is the one most interested in the fate of humanity,” said Larrington, author of the upcoming book “The Norse Myths that Shape the

18/11/2022

The human eye isn’t able to analyze details this tiny

17/11/2022

A Stone Age Child Buried With Bird Feathers, Plant Fibers And Fur Investigated In Finland

The findings gained through soil analysis are unique, as organic matter is poorly preserved in Finland’s acidic soil. The study, led by Archaeologist Tuija