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Throughout the ancient island of Sardinia, the story of the indigenous Nuragic civilization lies obscured by unanswered questions. Although one can examine thousands of their laboriously-assembled structures, megalithic graves, and meticulously-crafte…
Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, the chairman and president of the Board of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), recently announced the groundbreaking discovery of ancient bones during a speech at the French Académie d…
Ancient clay tablets, pottery, and metal have been discovered after Iraq's recent storms.
The last few months in Iraq have witnessed exceptionally heavy and prolonged rains that have not just put an end to the drough…
These days, lots of people feel that Christopher Columbus wasn't the first non-American to set foot in the New World. The Vikings, Chin…
Recently, an artifact found in Mexico was confirmed to be an Ancient Egyptian Ushabti figurine.
Shabab Abdel-Gawad, the leader of the Egyptian Antiquities Repatriation Department, shared his great news with Ahram Online. The statuette wa…
Sudan, a state of Africa, has more pyramids than Egypt. Even more, though, has South America — more than anywhere else in the world. Scientists around the world are still perplexed as to why ancient man made this structures.
Recently, though, Rus…
Once called the “eighth wonder of the world,” the shimmering silica terraces on Lake Rotomahana drew thousands of awestruck tourists to New Zealand’s North Island during Victorian times. But in June 1886, nearby Mount Tarawera erupted, smothering the f…
Ever since the days of Homer, Greeks have long idealized their Mycenaean “ancestors” in epic poems and classic tragedies that glorify the exploits of Odysseus, King Agamemnon, and other heroes who went in and out of favor with the Greek gods. Although …
What if Humans are the aliens we’ve been looking for all along? According to experts, humans were most likely crossbred with another species, perhaps from the star system Alpha Centauri –which is one of the closest solar systems to Earth—in the distant…
Much of what we know about ancient cultures today comes from the pictures and written documents left behind. In some cases, artifacts can leave clues as to who the people were that created ancient monuments that are now ruins, but in other instances, t…
Last month astronomers from the Kepler spacecraft team announced the discovery of 1,284 new planets, al…
Quetzalcoatl, Viracocha and Kukulkan are the ancient gods of Mesoamericans. There is a chance that these 3 are just one deity. According to descriptions of all 3 gods, they have features or characteristics of a citizen of South America. White …
Sverd i fjell (English: Swords in Rock) is a commemorative monument located in the Hafrsfjord neighborhood of Madla, a borough of the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. They commemorate the historic Battle of Hafrsfjord that took place there…
Again, like in many cases in history, beginning from 1922, Tutankhamun is in the center of world’s attention. After all the research that has been made about him, besides all the physical evidence that exist, we still know very little about this 3,330 …
The area of the Nile valley known as Nubia, which lies within present-day Sudan, was home to three Kushite kingdoms during antiquity. The first had its capital at Kerma (2600–1520 BC). The second was centered on Napata (1000–300 BC). The last kingdom w…
An ancient Mayan megalopolis has been discovered beneath the jungles of northern Guatemala, after being hidden for centuries.
The discovery is a major breakthrough in the study of Mayan archaeology. Researchers uncovered a vast urban civilization…
Each year, archaeologists and researchers around the globe make unprecedented discoveries. In the last couple of years however, —thanks to technological improvements and new tools— experts have become extremely good at finding things that have remained…
Students of the Middle Ages all know that the Holy Roman Empire was, in the words of Voltaire, ‘neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire’. But did this agglomeration of medieval power and influence also saddle us with a bogus calendar? Could an emperor –…
Scientists believe a massive object that could change our understanding of history is hidden beneath the Antarctic ice.
The huge and mysterious “anomaly” is thought to be lurking beneath
New research suggests microbes named after the mythological beings of Norse mythology are the earliest ancestors of human life on Earth.
While these microbes have not been specifically observed, evidence of their existence can be found in their D…
Archaeologists in the City of David have just found evidence that a Biblical story is true. The dig, led by the Israel Antiquities Authority, has uncovered artifacts suggesting that the Babylonians burned the city to the ground 2,600 years ago. This…
The lost continent of Mauritia likely spanned a great swathe of the Indian Ocean before it was torn apart by indomitable geologic forces and plunged into the sea. Now, a good chunk of it may have been found.
In 2015, researchers visited the islan…
The Piri Reis map is a world map compiled in 1513 from military intelligence by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis.
Approximately one third of the map survives; it shows the western coasts of Europe and North Africa and the coast of B…
A group of archaeologists led by Finnish Martti Pärssinen has made a shocking discovery a couple of years ago in Brazil, in the Amazon, yet many people have no idea that this discovery even happened.
Why? Mostly because of selective media covera…