Jiroft Civilization, one of the oldest in the world A major cultural center For about a century we have been aware that ancient Persia was a major factor in the complex of populations that laid the foundations for the development of civilizations, but actual proof of this fact has been made available only through very recent discoveries. Now we …

Haunting pictures show a mᴀss grave of 113 ancient human remains buried in clay pots in China These haunting images show a mᴀss grave of 113 ancient human remains buried in household clay pots. Archaeologists have discovered a group of 2,000-year-old tombs using a unique ancient burial method in central China. A total of 113 …

Advanced 1,50,000-year-old pipework found under Chinese Pyramid Who could have built such a complex structure 150,000 years ago, at a time when the man had barely started using fire? The Baigong pipes are one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world. They can be found inside a badly-eroded pyramid standing on top of Mount …

Hilltop Buddhist Monastery Uncovered in Eastern India The first hilltop Buddhist monastery of the Gangetic Valley has been found at Lal Pahari in Lakhisarai district of the state, said its excavation team director Anil Kumar. Excavated during a joint collaboration of the Bihar Heritage Development Society, a part of the department of art, culture and …

1,500-Year-Old Tomb Discovered in Central China China Daily reports that a tomb dated to the Sui Dynasty (A.D. 581–618) has been unearthed in central China’s Henan Province. The tomb, which contains a coffin bed and screen made of white marble carved with patterns resembling those found in Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, belonged to a previously unknown …

Prehistoric people developed a technique for making a play dough-like material from mammoth ivory It is stated in The Siberian Times that Evgeny Artemyev of the Russian Academy of Sciences has studied 12,000-year-old archaeological objects that have been found some 20 years ago at the Afontova Gora-2 archaeological site, which is situated on the banks …

200,000-year-old tools from Stone Age unearthed in Saudi Arabia A team of Saudi scientists from the Heritage Authority recently discovered stone tools used by the inhabitants of ᴀssyrian civilization in the Paleolithic time period that date back to 200,000 years. While exploring the site near Shuaib Al-Adgham in the Al-Qᴀssim area, the Heritage Authority found …

Giant Headless Buddha Statue found Beneath Chinese Apartments In the old neighborhood of Chongqing, southwest China, people had pᴀssed by two residential buildings constructed upon a steep hill, indifferent to what lay underneath. It turns out that these two apartment buildings that sit upon the cliff face had been carved by Lord buddha. The mᴀssive …

Revealed: Cambodia’s vast medieval cities hidden beneath the jungle Archaeologists in Cambodia have found multiple, previously undocumented medieval cities not far from the ancient temple city of Angkor Wat, the Guardian can reveal, in groundbreaking discoveries that promise to upend key ᴀssumptions about south-east Asia’s history. The Australian archaeologist Dr Damian Evans, whose findings will …