Arabian cult may have built 1000 monuments older than Stonehenge The Arabian Peninsula is home to more than 1,000 ancient monuments that are more than 2,500 years older than the U.K.’s Stonehenge. Called “mustatils,” which is the Arabian term for “rectangles,” these rectangular stone structures were likely used by Arabian cattle herders to perform rituals. …

Meet Shuvuuia deserti, a nocturnal dinosaur that lived 70 million years ago Under the cover of darkness in desert habitats about 70 million years ago, in what is today Mongolia and northern China, a gangly looking dinosaur employed excellent night vision and superb hearing to thrive as a menacing pint-sized nocturnal predator. Scientists said on …

Indonesia’s Early Rock Art Damaged by Climate Change Cosmos Magazine reports that climate change is rapidly weathering rock art at the Maros-Pangkep site in Sulawesi, Indonesia, which dates to at least 44,000 years ago. Local archaeologists and site keepers for the ancient artworks of Maros-Pangkep in Sulawesi, including intergenerational custodians, told the scientists that the rock art …

Lost civilization: Ancient Golan rock art sheds light on the mysterious culture around Israel The chance discovery of lines carved into the boulders of an ancient tomb in what is now the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights could offer new insight into an enigmatic culture that thrived thousands of years ago. In a small clearing in the …

Mystery of the Copper Scroll: How biblical relic could lead to secret $3TRILLION treasure When an archaeologist named Henri de Contenson was leading a team of ten Bedouin in a hillside cave a few kilometres from Qumran in 1952, he uncovered two enigmatic scrolls known as the Copper Scroll in a highly oxidized state. It …

Mᴀssive Stone Jars in the Highlands of Laos Are Shrouded in Mystery The eerie ‘Plain of Jars’ in Laos maybe thousands of years older than previously thought, and have been in use for even longer. Limestone vessels dotting the landscape of northern Laos were placed there up to 3,300 years ago, according to an analysis …

A mystery bigger than that of Egypt’s pyramids its these mᴀssive stone blocks weighing 1,650 tons A team of German and Lebanese archeologists just uncovered the largest manmade stone block ever discovered. The block, which was found in a limestone quarry in Baalbek, Lebanon, measures 64 feet by 19.6 feet by 18 feet, Gizmodo reports …

This 2,500-year-old female mummy dubbed the “Altai Princess” is one of few known mummies with visible tattoos Tattoos aren’t just a trendy way for people to express themselves – they’re also apparently a time-honoured tradition dating back almost three thousand years. A Siberian mummy, who researchers believe was buried 2500 years ago, will show off …

ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Sea Scroll Analyzed With Artificial Intelligence According to a statement released by the University of Groningen, Mladen Popović, Lambert Schomaker, and Maruf Dhali used a computer algorithm to analyze the Great Isaiah Scroll, which was discovered in Qumran Cave 1 in 1947. However, since the scribes are anonymous, scholars have been unable to identify …