An Underground City Full of Giant Skeletons Discovered in the Grand Canyon
An Underground City Full of Giant Skeletons Discovered in the Grand Canyon In the early 20th century, chance led us to the gates of the underground city of giants best known in those days. It was an amazing discovery in the Grand Canyon and the press soon echoed. The Grand Canyon was the birthplace of a culture …
The Nine Mile Canyon In Remote Utah Is The World’s Largest ‘Art Gallery
The Nine Mile Canyon In Remote Utah Is The World’s Largest ‘Art Gallery’ The Nine Mile Canyon located in the desert of eastern Utah is the world’s longest art gallery in the world. This canyon boasts tens of thousands of petroglyphs and pictographs along a stretch of 40 miles. The art in the canyon was …
Giant handaxe discovered at Ice Age site in Kent, UK
Giant handaxe discovered at Ice Age site in Kent, UK Researchers in Kent in southeastern England have discovered a prehistoric handaxe so big it would have been almost impossible to wield as a cutting tool. The handaxe is the third largest ever found in Britain. Excavations also uncovered artifacts preserved in deep Ice Age sediments …
Wolf skull atop 1,800-year-old grave was left by a robber who feared revenge, experts say
Wolf skull atop 1,800-year-old grave was left by a robber who feared revenge, experts say A wolf skull was supposed to protect robbers from the revenge of the spirit of the deceased buried in a great mound 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists came across this unusual find in the town of Cheia, Romania – in a …
22 ancient tombs were discovered in Central China’s Henan
22 ancient tombs were discovered in Central China’s Henan A cluster of 22 ancient tombs spanning nearly 1,600 years have recently been found in Central China’s Henan province. Specifically, two tombs dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), 12 built in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), and eight others from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing …
Silver medal featuring winged Medusa discovered at Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall
Silver medal featuring winged Medusa discovered at Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall A nearly 1,800-year-old silver military medal featuring the snake-covered head of Medusa has been unearthed in what was once the northern edge of the Roman Empire. Excavators discovered the winged gorgon on June 6 at the English archaeological site of Vindolanda, a Roman …
Lost Maya city discovered deep in the jungles of Mexico
Lost Maya city discovered deep in the jungles of Mexico Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the remains of a lost Maya city hidden deep within the jungles of the Yucatán Peninsula. The site, located in the Balamkú ecological reserve in the Mexican state of Campeche, contains multiple large pyramids that were built during the Classic …
Pedra do Inga: A 6,000-Year-Old Monument Depicting an Ancient Star Map
Pedra do Inga: A 6,000-Year-Old Monument Depicting an Ancient Star Map Its most prominent symbols depict stars, the Milky Way as well as the constellation of Orion. Most glyphs etched on the mᴀssive stone represent animals, fruits, humans, and constellations, but also a plethora of yet unrecognizable symbols and images. There’s a strange, mᴀssive stone …
See the face of ‘Ava,’ a Bronze Age woman who lived in Scotland 3,800 years ago
See the face of ‘Ava,’ a Bronze Age woman who lived in Scotland 3,800 years ago In 1987, Scottish workers accidentally unearthed the burial of a Bronze Age woman during a road construction project. The stone, coffin-like tomb, called a cist, contained the woman’s skeletal remains alongside grave goods, including a short-necked pottery beaker, a …
Surrounded by bones, ancient Maya canoe may have been used in rituals
Surrounded by bones, ancient Maya canoe may have been used in rituals In 2021, underwater archaeologists from the National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Mexico located a mysterious canoe inside an underwater cave near the Maya city of Chichén Itzá. It was found while workers were building a tourist rail project as part …