How did the ancient Egyptians drill through granite?
How did the ancient Egyptians drill through granite? A question that has always intrigued archaeologists is how past civilizations made their objects and monuments. Works such as the exquisite staircases of Machu Picchu, the geoglyphs of Acre, and the pyramids of Egypt raise questions about the use of technologies and tools. The lack of understanding …
Mysteries Of Ancient Egypt: The Unfinished Obelisk Of Aswan
Mysteries Of Ancient Egypt: The Unfinished Obelisk Of Aswan Abandoned thousands of years ago in the quarries of northern Aswan, ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk are a mᴀss of granite 40 meters long (138 feet) and more than 1,090 tons (1,200 short tons) that makes up one of the most important mysteries of the archaeological …
Qing Dynasty Tombs Discovered in Southern China
Qing Dynasty Tombs Discovered in Southern China Archaeologists have found 25 tombs dating back to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in central China’s Hunan Province, according to the provincial cultural relics and archaeology research insтιтute. More than 60 cultural relics, including porcelain jars, porcelain bowls, copper hairpins and copper knives, were unearthed at the Houbeishan tomb …
Prehistoric Artifacts Discovered in a Vietnam Cave
Prehistoric Artifacts Discovered in a Vietnam Cave Over 700 prehistoric artefacts have been discovered inside Tham Un cave in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan’s Ba Be district. The discovery resulted from a fact-finding trip undertaken by the Insтιтute of Archeology, the Vietnam Archeology ᴀssociation, and the Bac Kan Museum. Combing the entire cave, their team found …
Lost cities of the Amazon featuring terraces and PYRAMIDS are discovered
Lost cities of the Amazon featuring terraces and PYRAMIDS are discovered A mᴀssive urban landscape that contained interconnected campsites, villages, towns and monumental centres thrived in the Amazon rainforest more than 600 years ago. In what is now Bolivia, members of the Casarabe culture built an urban system that included straight, raised causeways running for …
Vase Kept In Kitchen Turned Out To Be 250-Year-Old Relic, Auctioned For 1.5 Million Pounds
Vase Kept In Kitchen Turned Out To Be 250-Year-Old Relic, Auctioned For 1.5 Million Pounds A royal blue 18th-century Chinese vase decorated with gold and silver, which sat in a U.K. kitchen for several years, just sold at auction for about $1.8 million after historians realized it had once belonged to an emperor. However, the …
Ancient Chinese Silk Text Could Be Oldest Surviving Anatomical Atlas In The World
Ancient Chinese Silk Text Could Be “Oldest Surviving Anatomical Atlas In The World” A series of 2,200-year-old Chinese texts, written on silk and found buried in ancient tombs, contains the oldest surviving anatomical atlas, scientists say. The texts were discovered in the 1970s within tombs at the site of Mawangdui in south-central China. The tombs …
Ancient Chinese woman faced brutal ‘yue’ punishment, had foot cut off, and a skeleton reveals
Ancient Chinese women faced brutal ‘yue’ punishment, had foot cut off, and a skeleton reveals Nearly 3,000 years ago, the foot of a Chinese woman was cut off in an amputation — probably not for a medical condition, but as punishment for committing a criminal act, a new study of her bones suggests. It’s one …
Neolithic Stone Circle Discovered in Cornwall
Neolithic Stone Circle Discovered in Cornwall NEW research by Historic England and the Cornwall Archaeology Unit (CAU) has revealed a previously unknown stone circle inside Castilly Henge, near Bodmin. The first modern archaeological surveys of Castilly Henge, which is located close to the A30 near the turn-off for Lanivet, have been carried out as part …
Prehistoric Poop Found At Stonehenge Gives Insight Into Ancient Humans
Prehistoric “Poop” Found At Stonehenge Gives Insight Into Ancient Humans A study of ancient faeces uncovered at a settlement thought to have housed builders of the famous stone monument suggests that parasites got consumed via badly-cooked cow offal during epic winter feasts. A new analysis of ancient faeces found at the site of a prehistoric …