Located in the Messak Plateau in southwest Libya near the borders of Algieria and Niger, Wadi Mathendous contains some of the world’s oldest rock art. Incised onto the rock face of the cliffs of the dried riverbed is a veritable prehistoric menagerie, including life-size elephants, giraffes, and crocodiles. Some figures are displayed alone, while others are in complicated compositions in battle with other animals or with humans. One of the more well-known scenes from the Wadi Mathendous petroglyphs is the Fighting Cats. In recent times Wadi Mathendous became a popular tourist destination, however, without proper site management, visitors climbed on rocks to touch the carvings. Substantial damage was also caused by underground vibrations from nearby oil drillings. This sheared several large fragments of stone off the rock face. While the Libyan government recognized the important of the art, little was done to control tourists, mitigate mining activities, or to ensure the petroglyphs’ preservation.

Builders demolishing the former Cressoni theatre in Como were stunned to discover the cache last Wednesday. The Roman coins will be examined and dated before ending up in a museum, officials said.

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Tomb of King Thutmose III in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt | Facts KV34 & History Building Pharaonic Tombs in the18th Dynasty

This massive temple complex was a major religious center—and its architecture mirrors ancient Egyptian creation myths.

Dating back to the end of the last Ice Age, the Shigir Idol stands as a testament to human artistry and ingenuity. The wooden sculpture, possibly once towering above 5 meters, is heralded as the world’s oldest known wooden statue , predating the Egyptian pyramids by thousands of years. Housed in

The Inca Maiden mummy suffered from a lung function at the time of her sacrificial death, say scientists using a new forensic technique.

Egyptian Mummification, the methods of embalming, or treating the dead body this process is depending on removing all moisture from the body.

The discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 by Howard Carter and his archaeological team was highly significant due to the intact nature of the tomb.

Instagram account geopizza shares the most known cityscapes in the world with then vs. now photos and here are some of the most…

The story of Polyxena, the beautiful daughter of the Trojan king Priam. Polyxena is the beautiful daughter of the Trojan king Priam. The sister of Hector, …

Detailed study of the wider contexts of the burials at Sutton Hoo and Vendel and the helmets helps to redraw the map of late Iron-Age Northern Europe

What did King Tut look like? The History of Tutankhamun Almost exactly 100 years ago, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered a stairwell in the Valley of the…

A team of archaeologists in Saqqara recently unearthed the pyramid of Queen Neith — who they didn’t even know existed until now. Almost exactly 100 years

Offering human sacrifices to appease the gods, constructing pyramids with mind-boggling mathematical precision and participating in fierce matches of Poc-a-Toc with the possibility of being beheaded at the end of the game, was just another day in the life of the ancient Maya.  They are a civilization that has inhabited parts of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras for thousands of years, building empires which thrived until approximately the 12th…

The excavation of the beast reverses narratives of ISIS destruction

Medieval Knights steel bike from Chateau-Gaillard castle They say that King Richard himself chose Chateau-Gaillard for construction and actively participated in the development of the project. In 1852, Gaillard castle ruins were declared a historic monument of France. In May 2008, archaeologists from the University of Bristol, doing excavations at the castle Chateau-Gaillard (France), made ​​a sensational discovery. What was the amazement of archaeologists, when carefully managed to clean up the extracted pieces – it was part lain in the ground for almost nine centuries of knightly bike! A bicycle in the twelfth century, hard to believe, but there’s no doubt about the authenticity of burial.

Mummified remains of a woman buried 900 years ago have been found with her eyelashes and hair still intact.

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Located in modern Turkey, Göbekli Tepe is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. The discovery of this stunning 10,000 year old site in the 1990s CE sent shock waves through…