Ancient mummy with golden tongue found in Egypt
Ancient mummy with golden tongue found in Egypt Archaeologists have discovered 16 burials at an ancient Egyptian site in the Taposiris Magna. The mummies were found to have a gold tongue. The team speculates that after the person’s tongue was removed during embalming it was replaced with the object so the deceased could speak to …
Ancient China: Lost City With Pyramid and Human Sacrifices Is Rewriting History
Ancient China: Lost City With Pyramid and Human Sacrifices Is Rewriting History Apparently, some archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a lost city in China that were around for more than 3,000 years ago. On a hill above China’s Tuwei River, researchers found a large stepped pyramid that once served as a palace center, along …
Geologists Map Secret Tunnel And Chamber Found Beneath Aztec Pyramid
Geologists Map Secret Tunnel And Chamber Found Beneath Aztec Pyramid “Teotihuacan, translated from the Aztec language as “birthplace of the gods,” or “a place where gods were born,” was a very important religious and cultural center during the Aztec empire. Less than a decade ago, archaeologists uncovered an almost 60-foot Vertical shaft under the Avenue of …
The Rome of America: What Lies Under Teotihuacan? – The Real City of the Gods
The Rome of America: What Lies Under Teotihuacan? – The Real City of the Gods It was one of the first large cities in the Western Hemisphere, the Huge. And its origins are a mystery. About a thousand years before the gradual arrival in central Mexico of the Nahuatl-speaking Aztec, it was built by hand. …
Villa Epecuen: The Town That Was Submerged For 25 Years
Villa Epecuen: The Town That Was Submerged For 25 Years The landscape has the permanent look of winter. Leafless trees jag skywards while shimmering white dust covers the ground. The streets are deserted; the only sound is the breeze. Welcome to Epecuen, Argentina’s ghost town, with a population of just one. Located 340 miles south-west …
Remains Of Long-Lost Temple Of Musasir Discovered In Iraq
Remains Of Long-Lost Temple Of Musasir Discovered In Iraq In an ancient stone carving, warriors brandishing shields and swords swarm over the columned facade of a grand temple. On one side, a palace stands with three women perched on top; on the other, above private homes, a ruler on a throne dictates to royal scribes. …
An extraordinary find: Ancient, underground Etruscan pyramids spotted in Italy
An extraordinary find: Ancient, underground Etruscan pyramids spotted in Italy Archaeologists are scratching their heads about an underground pyramid-shaped structure they have been excavating beneath the historic medieval town of Orvieto in Italy. But it may not be a mystery forever. They hope to find answers as they continue to tease artifacts and architectural materials …
Archaeologists on HS2 line uncover grounds of perfectly preserved 16th-century manor gardens
Archaeologists on HS2 line uncover grounds of perfectly preserved 16th-century manor gardens The remains of beautiful gardens belonging to a 16th-century manor house have been uncovered by archaeologists clearing ground for the high-speed HS2 rail line. The finding, near Coleshill on the outskirts of Birmingham, has been dubbed ‘Warwickshire’s answer to Hampton Court’. Through a …
Archaeologists Find Remains of ‘Rare’, Ancient Mosque from 670 AD in Israeli City of Tiberias
Archaeologists Find Remains of ‘Rare’, Ancient Mosque from 670 AD in Israeli City of Tiberias Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered the remnants of an early mosque — believed to date to the earliest decades of Islam — during an excavation in the northern city of Tiberias. This mosque’s foundations, excavated just south of …
The Aiud Artifact: 2,50,000 Years Old Piece Of Machinery Found In A Fossilized Bone
The Aiud Artifact: 2,50,000 Years Old Piece Of Machinery Found In A Fossilized Bone The 250,000-year-old evidence that aliens once invaded Earth is hailed as a piece of aluminium that appears as though it was handmade. According to CEN, the finding of the mysterious chunk of metal in communist Romania in 1973 was not made …