Stone tables found in Chichen Itza reveal unknown information on the ancient Maya
Stone tables found in Chichen Itza reveal unknown information on the ancient Maya According to a report in The Smithsonianmag, a team of archaeologists led by José Francisco Osorio León and Francisco Pérez Ruiz of Mexico’s National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History has found 1,000-year-old pieces of a limestone table inscribed with hieroglyphs and human …
Human footprints dated to roughly 85,000 years ago revealed in Saudi Arabia
Human footprints dated to roughly 85,000 years ago revealed in Saudi Arabia In the Tabuk province in northwestern Saudi Arabia there are human footprints dating back 85,000 years. The traces of the footprints were discovered on the bank of an ancient lake in the desert of Al-Nafud. During a tour of the display of the …
Legendary Saraswati River of Harappan Civilization Found
Legendary Saraswati River of Harappan Civilization Found A recent study has shown that it is the Ghaggar River that was later identified as the legendary Saraswati with the “clear evidence” that the early Harappans built their settlements. It has been repeated several times since the 19th Century that a modern Ghaggar-Hakra river system, which runs …
A Ceramic Jar Filled with Thousand of bronze coins Unearthed at the site of a 15th-century Samurai Residents
A Ceramic Jar Filled with Thousand of bronze coins Unearthed at the site of a 15th-century Samurai Residents Archaeology is like a treasure hunt where the prizes are pieces of information from the past, and Japanese archaeologists recently hit the jackpot. They discovered a jar filled with coins belonging to a medieval samurai. The ceramic …
Mysterious flooding leads to the discovery of 5,000-year-old underground city in Turkey’s Cappadocia
Mysterious flooding leads to the discovery of 5,000-year-old underground city in Turkey’s Cappadocia One of the most spectacular sights in the world is in Central Turkey – dark valleys and rock formations with homes, chapels, churches, mosques and entire underground towns, harmoniously cut into the natural landscape. These unique underground havens have risen and fallen around …
Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans?
Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? There are tens of billion potentially habitable planets in our Milky Way Galaxy. But we don’t know whether we are alone For now, the Planet is the only world known for its existence, so we believe that Homo sapiens is the only species to have developed advanced …
From representation to reality: ancient Egyptian wax head cones from Amarna
Archaeologists have finally found ancient Egyptian wax head cones Many men with cone-shaped headgear were depicted in ancient Egyptian paintings but no actual representations are identified for a long time. Now, an international team of archaeologists reports the discovery of the first actual head cones at the city of Amarna. Pharaoh Akhenaten rendered Amarna and it …
Possible Viking-Era Grave Discovered in Estonia
Possible Viking-era Grave Discovered in Estonia Estonia’s biggest find of Viking sword fragments was found on the northern coast of the country last year. Burial artifacts found in the same area this year suggest that the swords were used by local warriors from the ancient county of Rävala. Mauri Kiudsoo, an archaeologist and curator of …
Scans Reveal Archangel Michael Tattoo on Mummy’s Thigh
Scans Reveal Archangel Michael Tattoo on Mummy’s Thigh High-tech testing on eight Egyptian mummies from the British Museum by a team of scientists from London uncovered fascinating information, including discoveries that one of the mummies has a tattoo symbolizing the Archangel Michael on her inner thigh. The 8 mummies were from different eras, from kings …
Archaeologists dig up a Celtic iron mill predating Jesus Christ
Archaeologists dig up a Celtic iron mill predating Jesus Christ The Celtic iron smelling furnace which predates Jesus, which confirmed further how much the Celts have had an influence on continental Europe and their power in the region, was excavated by the archaeologists of Poland, a pleasant and exciting finding in Warkocz near the city. …