Archaeologists exploring China’s Fuxian Lake, Yunnan Province, unveiled the remnants of an enormous ancient architectural complex in a dig initiated on June 13, 2006. The …

The insignia of Palazzo Massimo were found in 2005, during excavations carried out on the Palatine, in an area between the Colosseum and the current …

Right in the middle of the age of the dinosaurs in what is known as the Jurassic Period (roughly 150 million years ago) the Arctic …

The medieval city of Eski Kermen in Crimea will have a wonderful fate after restoration – it will become a new full-fledged platform for attracting …

In the heart of Mexico, a startling discovery was made in August 2015 beneath the legendary El Castillo temple in Chichen Itza. Researchers, concerned about …

A petrified tree 62 feet high complete with branches, leaves and roots has been discovered on the Greek island of Lesbos. It was found during salvage …

Two explorers found the remnants of a Roman merchant ship, lost at sea some 1,600 years ago near Caesarea, a harbor city perched on the …

he Sleeping Beauty of Loulan is an extraordinary 3,800-year-old mummy that until today is still preserved. It is one of 200 mummies found in the Takla Makan Desert of the Tarim Basin, China.

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A𝚛ti𝚏ici𝚊l Int𝚎lli𝚐𝚎nc𝚎 𝚛𝚎c𝚘nst𝚛𝚞cti𝚘n 𝚘𝚏 wh𝚊t Ph𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚘h R𝚊ms𝚎s II m𝚊𝚢 h𝚊v𝚎 l𝚘𝚘k𝚎𝚍 lik𝚎 (1,303 – 1,213 BC).

THERE ARE PLACES IN THE world so strongly devoted to a particular religion that it is incredibly hard to believe that they have been shaped by any other faith. Afghanistan is one of those places, a country so devoutly Islamic that it seems that Islam has been around since the beginning of time – However before the advent of Islam, Afghanistan was an important center of Buddhist teaching.

This funny image with two of the famous Easter Island statues sitting with their body and folded arms under the ground is not as far from reality as one might think.

In th𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚊int ʋill𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 V𝚎𝚍𝚋𝚊𝚎k, D𝚎nм𝚊𝚛k, li𝚎s 𝚊n 𝚎xt𝚛𝚊𝚘𝚛𝚍in𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚛ch𝚊𝚎𝚘l𝚘𝚐ic𝚊l 𝚍isc𝚘ʋ𝚎𝚛𝚢 th𝚊t h𝚊s c𝚊𝚙t𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 th𝚎 iм𝚊𝚐in𝚊ti𝚘n 𝚘𝚏 hist𝚘𝚛i𝚊ns 𝚊n𝚍 𝚛𝚎s𝚎𝚊𝚛ch𝚎𝚛s 𝚊lik𝚎.

Military officer’s stable preserved under ash from eruption of Mount Vesuvius

The allure of ancient civilizations lies not only in their architectural marvels but also in the intimate details of their customs and beliefs. Among the treasures that have survived the ravages of time, a Peruvian mummified male, hailing from the Chimu culture, stands as a mesmerizing testament to a bygone era. Originating between 1200 and 1400 AD, this mummy offers us a captivating glimpse into the rituals and ideologies of the Chimu people, who once thrived along the North coast of Peru.

When Mt. Vesuvius erupted near Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 C.E., the volcanic ash left the bodies of the victims frozen in time.

It is 𝚊n insc𝚛i𝚙ti𝚘n w𝚛itt𝚎n in E𝚐𝚢𝚙ti𝚊n hi𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚐l𝚢𝚙hics 𝚘n 𝚊 2,5 m hi𝚐h 𝚊n𝚍 3 m wi𝚍𝚎 𝚋l𝚘ck 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚛𝚊nit𝚎 l𝚘c𝚊t𝚎𝚍 𝚘n S𝚎h𝚎l Isl𝚊n𝚍, E𝚐𝚢𝚙t. …

Using DNA analysis and modern forensic techniques, scientists have reconstructed the face of a Stone Age boy who lived in Norway.

While excavating a previously undisturbed ancient Egyptian tomb at Qubbat al-Hawā, archaeologists discovered 10 mummified crocodiles. Although it was common for animals – crocodiles included – to be embalmed and buried, there was something unusual about these. The unique method of mummification used raised many questions among the researchers who found them.

In the midst of constructing a new power station, an artifact from antiquity, a 40,500-year-old Kauri log, surfaced, promising insights into a cosmic puzzle