1,500-Year-Old Skeletons Found Locked in Embrace in Chinese Cemetery
The couple was probably buried during the Northern Wei period, when Buddhism was taking hold in the region
The couple was probably buried during the Northern Wei period, when Buddhism was taking hold in the region
In 2005, scientists discovered a complete skull of an ancient human ancestor at the archaeological site of Dmanisi, a small town in southern Georgia, Europe. The skull belongs an extinct hominin that lived 1.85 million years ago!
In a gravel pit at Boxgrove, just outside Chichester, the remains of a man have been discovered, half a million years old. Only a shin bone and two teeth were discovered, but his position, under thick layers of gravel show that he is the oldest ‘man’ so far discovered in Britain.
In the silent corridors of time, ancient artifacts stand as witnesses to the enigmatic stories they hold—stories that transcend human understanding and hint at strange visits from extraterrestrial civilizations. These artifacts, weathered by the sands of time and bearing the imprints of civilizations long gone, carry messages that challenge the boundaries of our historical narratives. As we embark on an archaeological journey through millennia, the messages encoded in these thousands-of-years-old relics beckon us to unravel the mysteries of otherworldly encounters.
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Many years before European explorers came to the New World, the Maya people were building huge cities in the jungles and coastal plains of Mesoamerica.
Museums are the best place for us to contemplate how far humanity has progressed. These places hold the record of the millennia of innovation and…
Aссordіng To The Heаdlіne, А Modern-Lookіng Lарtoр Hаѕ Been Found Іn Аn Аnсіent Greek Ѕсulрture Of А Teenаge Gіrl. Could Everythіng Juѕt Be А Сoinсidenсe, Or Іѕ There Рroof Of Аdvаnсed Teсhnology Even Іn Рrehіѕtorіc Tіmeѕ?
A sandstone statue of a sphinx was discovered in an ancient temple in Aswan, Egypt, as workers were trying to lower the groundwater level, and experts believe it’s more than 2,000 years old.
Discover Yaxchilán Yaxchilan (yax-chee-LAN), which means “Place of Green Stones” in Mayan, is a place of wondrous temples, plazas and story-telling carvings and sculptures. Poised…
Roter Franz is the mummy of a young man found in the Bourtanger swamp, on the border between Holland and Germany, in 1900. Also known as “Neu Versen Man”, the nickname derives from the color of beard, hair and eyebrows, completely red, coloring due to the presence of acids in the peat bog.
A 78,000-year-old group of bones discovered at the mouth of a Kenyan coastal cave constitutes the oldest recorded formal human burial in Africa.
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Sailor Diocletian Silva, while at sea, accidentally discovered a large pyramid on the seabed near Portugal. The amazing thing is that this pyramid is at least 20,000 years old. This discovery once again raises big questions about human history. Is it true that before our civilization, there were many other advanced civilizations?
THOSE THAT DID NOT FLEE the city of Pompeii in August of 79 AD were doomed. Buried for 1,700 years under 30 feet of mud and ash and reduced by the centuries to skeletons, they remained entombed until excavations in the early 1800s.
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A 45,000-year-old woman’s facial appearance is reconstructed through genome sequencing and CT scans. Learn about her Neanderthal ancestry and the insights gained into ancient human history.
Spread the loveA 3.8-million-year-old skull reveals the face of Lucy’s possible ancestors A “remarkably complete” skull belonging to an early human ancestor that lived 3.8 million years ago has been discovered in Ethiopia. This is the first time a skull belonging to Australopithecus anamensis has been found and the discovery sheds light on the evolutionary … Read more
Spread the loveSunken temple reveals ‘treasures and secrets’ in mysterious underwater city New “treasures and secrets” have been revealed at the site of a sunken temple off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) announced in a news release Tuesday. An underwater archaeological team, led by French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio, has made further … Read more
A mummy originating from the Chachapoyas Culture has been uncovered near the Amazon Rainforest in northern Peru. This intriguing mummy, which seems to have been silently screaming for centuries, is believed to date back to a period spanning between 900 and 1500 BC. The excavation site has also yielded numerous other mummies. These discoveries, including dozens of mummies, are currently showcased at the Leymebamba Museum in Peru.