Ancient 3,000-Year-Old Underground Irrigation Canals Invented By People Of Persia The well-known Persian irrigation tunnels are considered one of the oldest technological wonders in the world and are part of the Unesco World Heritage List. The Persian Qanats named two years ago to Unesco’s World Heritage List, are one of the oldest engineering wonders worldwide. …

Sandstorm in Iran unearthed an ancient city A new sandstorm in Iran has uncovered a number of ruins that have been thought to be in the old city or necropolis. Initial analyses suggest it dates back to the early Islamic Middle Ages (661-1508 AD), but it could also be much older or even more recent. …

Archaeologists uncover a 5,000-year-old water system in Iran A 5000-year-old water system has been unearthed during the second season of a rescue excavation project at the Farash ancient historical site at the Seimareh Dam reservoir area in western Iran. An archaeological team led by Leili Niakan has been carrying out a second season of rescue …

Ancient horse remains discovered in central Iran Archeologists found an ancient burial with the bones of a horse-estimated to be four years old-in Tepe Ashraf, the sole archaeological hill in Isfahan, central Iran. The skeleton of the horse was discovered next to the place where a giant jar-tomb was unearthed last month, which researchers believe …

Thousands of Gold and Precious Metal Items Found in Saka Burial Mound In an ancient funeral mound in Kazakhstan, archeologists have discovered a trove of millennia-old golden jewelry. The Saka was once the home of the remote mountains of Tarbagata, where Kazakhstan meets north China. The skilled horsemen were nomadic people who moved throughout Eurasia …

New DNA analysis reveals ancient Scythian warrior was a 13-year-old girl Throughout Greek mythology there existed a tribe called Amazone, comprising only of women, and a hunting tribe that tamed horses and fought. While it is said that Amazon exaggerated the tribal tribes that lived on the Black Sea coast, the Scythians of the nomadic horse races that appeared in the …

Well preserved 700-year-old mummy found by chance by Chinese road workers If most people think of mummies, they represent Egyptian culture and complex techniques for mummification aimed at bridging life and death and maintaining the survival of the body. Whereas most mummies found today are a result of this process, there have been rare occasions where …

15,000 Years Ago, Humans in Israel Ate Snakes and Lizards New research suggests ancient humans living in what is now Israel regularly dined on lizards and snakes, reports Luke Tress for the Times of Israel. These people may have developed a taste for reptiles in order to find enough food as they transitioned to living in …

A mysterious bag containing 54 severed human hands found in Russia Russian police launched an investigation after a mysterious bag of 54 severed human hands was discovered at a popular fishing place near the Siberian city of Khabarovsk, the Siberian Times reports. In Siberia, a fisherman made a gruesome discovery walking along a riverbank last week: …