One of the World’s Oldest Cities is 8,000 Years Older Than the Pyramids Within present-day Syria an ancient city has been built thousands of years before the first pyramid of Egypt was constructed. The city of Aleppo is considered one of the oldest cities in the world with signs of habitation that date from the …

A Stunning Neanderthal Skeleton Was Just Unearthed at a Famous Burial Site A skeleton uncovered in an Iraqi cave already famous for fossils of these extinct cousins of Neanderthal species is providing fresh evidence that they buried their ᴅᴇᴀᴅ – and intriguing clues that flowers may have been used in such rituals. Scientists said on Tuesday …

Study Suggests New Dates for Spread of Farming Across Eurasia Many people are familiar with the ancient Silk Road but fewer know that the exchange of items, ideas, technology, and human genes through the mountain valleys of Central Asia started almost three millennia before organized trade networks formed. These pre-Silk Road exchange routes played an …

3,000-year-old Canaanite temple discovered in southern Israel In southern central Israel, Tel Lachish’s new discovery consists of very rare inscriptions showing early precursors of Hebrew alphabet In Tel Lachish National Park, the 3,000-year-old temple of Canaanite has unearthed by a team of Israelis and American archeologists. Under the guidance of Prof. Yosef Garfinkel from the Hebrew …

Iron Age Temple Uncovered in Jerusalem Challenges Biblical Claim Perhaps Solomon’s famous Temple was not the first or only Holy Temple in the world. Dating to around 900 BC, an Iron Age temple located near Jerusalem negates the long-held idea the ancient Kingdom of Judah (southern Israel) only had one temple, the First Temple, better …

Could this 300 million-year-old ‘screw’ be proof of aliens? Russian scientists have been pondering its existence since it was found in the 1990s – with many people believing it to be proof of highly advanced lost human civilization, aliens or a fossilized sea creature. They say the screw is the remains of an ancient form …

The Oldest Defensive Wall on Earth Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid by 5,300 Years The Egyptian pyramids at Giza are remembered every time we speak of the pyramids. Although there are about 120 pyramids in Egypt, the most prominent temples in Giza are intimidating. The Great Pyramid of Giza where it stood, accompanied by a nearly identical, albeit …

This 3,700-Year-Old Babylonian Clay Tablet Just Changed The History of Maths The Babylonians developed trigonometry 1,500 years before the Greeks and were using a sophisticated method of mathematics which could change how we calculate today, which makes it a 3,700-year-old clay tablet. The tablet, known as Plimpton 332, was discovered in the early 1900s in Southern …

Ancient ᴀssyrian rock carvings in Iraq show a procession of gods riding mythical animals Ancient ᴀssyrian reliefs of a king in a procession of gods and goddesses riding on animals and mythical creatures have been uncovered by archaeologists. The ᴀssyrian carvings are nearly 3,000 years old and were discovered late last year by Italian and …