At the very turn of the 18th century, the 36-year-old Swedish diplomat and linguist Johan David Åkerblad visited Venice. One day he was out walking, looking at famous objects and sites in this Italian city in the heart of the Adriatic Sea.

Sumer, or the ‘land of civilized kings’, flourished in Mesopotamia, now modern-day Iraq, around 4500 BC. Sumerians created an advanced civilization with its own system …

The Ancient Greek Amphiareion of Oropos. Credit: Γεώργιος Βέζας/ Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0 The Amphiareion of Oropos (Greek: Άμφιάρειο Ωρωπού), situated in the hills …

There’ѕ а mυѕeυm fіlled wіth паtυrаlly рreserved сorpses іп Gυапаjυаto, Mexіco — апd іt’s а рoрυlar аttrаctioп wіth loсals апd wаrped toυrіsts аlike. Whіle reѕearchiпg а dаy trіp from Sап Mіgυel de…

Ev𝚎𝚛 w𝚘n𝚍𝚎𝚛 wh𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘υ𝚛 w𝚘𝚛ѕt ni𝚐htm𝚊𝚛𝚎s с𝚘m𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘m? F𝚘𝚛 th𝚎 𝚊nсi𝚎nt G𝚛𝚎𝚎ks, іt m𝚊𝚢 h𝚊v𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎n th𝚎 𝚏𝚘ѕѕilѕ 𝚘𝚏 𝚐і𝚊nt 𝚙𝚛𝚎hist𝚘𝚛ic 𝚊nіm𝚊ls. Th𝚎 tυѕk, s𝚎v𝚎𝚛𝚊l t𝚎𝚎th, 𝚊n𝚍 ѕ𝚘m𝚎 𝚋𝚘n𝚎ѕ 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚍𝚎in𝚘th𝚎𝚛iυm 𝚐i𝚐𝚊nt𝚎υm, whіch, l𝚘𝚘s𝚎l𝚢 t𝚛𝚊nsl𝚊t𝚎𝚍 m𝚎𝚊nѕ 𝚛𝚎𝚊ll𝚢 hυ𝚐𝚎 t𝚎𝚛𝚛i𝚋l𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊st, h𝚊v𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎n 𝚏𝚘υn𝚍 𝚘n th𝚎 G𝚛𝚎𝚎k іsl𝚊n𝚍 C𝚛𝚎t𝚎. Α 𝚍іst𝚊nt 𝚛𝚎l𝚊tiv𝚎 t𝚘 t𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢’s 𝚎l𝚎𝚙h𝚊nts, […]

According to academics, one of the earliest depictions of male sexuality ever discovered is a polished and carved phallus

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The mystery surrounding the ancient “Vittrup Man,” has been unraveled by a collaborative effort of international scientists.

The harrowing tale of a mother and her unborn child, tragically lost during pregnancy, unveils the profound vulnerability that can accompany the miracle of life. This poignant narrative resonates deeply, shedding light on the fragile nature of maternal and fetal health.

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In 2017, archaeologists working under challenging conditions unearthed an ancient statue buried in mud in a district of Cairo, Egypt. The massive statue was initially believed to be a depiction of one of the country’s most famous pharaohs. However, it may instead represent a ruler from the Late Period, which would make it the largest statue from this period of Egyptian history.

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 …

With dozens of underground cities and thousands of cave dwellings in the region you could hardly accuse the Cappadocians of being claustrophobic. We took a day tour to Derinkuyu underground city from Goreme to visit the deepest of Turkey’s subterranean settlements.

Ancient Egypt, India, Peru, Bolivia, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Iran, Armenia, Tunisia, Greece & Italy. These countries, thousands of miles apart, share the same technology used by …

In case someone ever tries to argue that ancient human civilizations were less advanced when compared to modern-day humanity, we’ve gathered some examples in favor of the ancients. They were, many a time, ingenious in the type of technology they came up with and employed in their everyday life.