Golden Eagle Sculpture Unearthed in Aztec Temple
Golden Eagle Sculpture Unearthed in Aztec Temple According to a statement released by Mexico’s National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH), archaeologists led by Rodolfo Aguilar Tapia have uncovered a bas-relief sculpture of a golden eagle in the floor of the Aztec chapel dedicated to Huitzilopochtli at the Templo Mayor. The well-preserved floor surface was …
Russian Divers Discover Ancient Roman Sea Fortress at Tartus
Russian Divers Discover Ancient Roman Sea Fortress at Tartus According to an announcement by Dmitry Tatarkov, director of the Centre for Maritime Science and Technology at Russia’s Sevastopol State University, an ancient port claimed to date back to the Roman period has been discovered off the Syrian coast of Tartus (SSU). “It may not have …
This Yellow Egyptian Glᴀss Was Forged by a Meteorite Impact 29 Million Years Ago
This Yellow Egyptian Glᴀss Was Forged by a Meteorite Impact 29 Million Years Ago In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the untouched tomb of Tutankhamen, a minor pharaoh who ruled over Egypt almost 3,300 years ago. When Carter entered the tomb for the very first time and asked if he could see anything, he …
Priests Discover Golden Library Built by Giants Inside of a Cave in Ecuador?
Priests Discover Golden Library Built by Giants Inside of a Cave in Ecuador? About two years ago we brought up the fact that in Ecuador a priest made one of the most incredible discoveries of the 21st century, to say the least. But because it didn’t get all that much attention, we figured it’d be …
‘Britain’s Atlantis’ found at bottom of North sea – a huge undersea world swallowed by the sea in 7000BC
‘Britain’s Atlantis’ found at bottom of North sea – a huge undersea world swallowed by the sea in 7000BC Doggerland was a region of land that connected Great Britain to mainland Europe before and during the last Ice Age. It was then gradually flooded by rising sea levels around 6,500–6,200 BCE. Geological surveys have suggested …
Village Dated to First Bulgarian Empire Discovered
Village Dated to First Bulgarian Empire Discovered A previously unknown village dated to the ninth century A.D. was discovered in northeastern Bulgaria by a team of researchers led by Stanislav Ivanov of the Shumen Branch of Bulgaria’s National Insтιтute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia, according to an Archaeology in Bulgaria report. The 9th century …
ANCIENT EROTICA Pornographic Pompeii wall paintings reveal the raunchy services offered in ancient Roman brothels 2,000 years ago
ANCIENT EROTICA Pornographic Pompeii wall paintings reveal the raunchy services offered in ancient Roman brothels 2,000 years ago The amorous activities of ancient Italians have been revealed by wall paintings in a historical Pompeii brothel. The ‘Lupanar of Pompeii.’ are decorated with Centuries-old wall paintings showing explicit Sєx scenes. Before the Roman city was famously …
Fort, Church, and Temple Remains Uncovered in Southern Egypt
Fort, Church, and Temple Remains Uncovered in Southern Egypt Egypt Today reports that researchers from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities have discovered traces of a temple dated to the Ptolemaic dynasty, a Roman fort, and part of a Coptic-period Christian church at the Shiha Fort site in southern Egypt. The Supreme Council of Antiquities’ Egyptian …
5th Century Roman Marble Table Unearthed in Bulgaria
5th Century Roman Marble Table Unearthed in Bulgaria According to an Archaeology in Bulgaria report, more than 100 pieces of a household table dated to the fourth century A.D. have been found in one of the towers at the Petrich Kale Fortress, which is located on a plateau in northeastern Bulgaria near the coast of the Black …
Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images
Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images When Egypt was conquered by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798, he took along with his vast army more than 150 scientists and scholars. The scholars fanned out throughout Egypt, explaining the natural and cultural history of the land, mapping archaeological sites from Alexandria to Aswan, and bringing for the …