Over 100kg of ancient coins discovered in Yen Bai

YEN BAI, VIETNAM—The Vietnam News Agency reports that more than 200 pounds of bronze coins were confiscated by police during a traffic stop in north-central Vietnam. The oldest of the coins dates to 118 B.C., and is thought to have been minted during the reign of Emperor Wudi of China’s Han Dynasty. Other coins in the …

Rusty Blade Found In An Attic Turns Out To Be A Priceless Samurai Sword From The 12th Century

Rusty Blade Found In An Attic Turns Out To Be A Priceless Samurai Sword From The 12th Century. If you’ve ever thought that your attic was just full of old junk, you may want to think again. A rusty blade pulled from an attic decades ago was just revealed to be one of the oldest Japanese samurai swords …

The World’s Second Longest Wall, Kumbhalgarh Fort, is Right Here in India

The World’s Second Longest Wall, Kumbhalgarh Fort, is Right Here in India We are all familiar with China’s Great Wall, the biggest wall ever constructed. It is a wall with a mulтιтude of tales, including different historical and mythological ᴀssessments. In the past, Chinese inmates have been sent to serve their sentence. It is likely …

A Scientist Claims The World’s Oldest Pyramid Is Hidden in an Indonesian Mountain

A Scientist Claims The World’s Oldest Pyramid Is Hidden in an Indonesian Mountain When Dutch colonists became the first Europeans to discover Gunung (Mount) Padang in the early 20th century, they must have been awestruck by the sheer scale of their ancient stone surroundings. Here, scattered across a vast hilltop in the West Java province …

Stolen 12th century Indian Buddha statue found in London

Stolen 12th century Indian Buddha statue found in London A bronze Buddha statue of the 12th century stolen from an Indian museum 57 years ago has surfaced in London and is now returning to the country. The bronze statue with silver inlay is one of 14 statues stolen in 1961 from the Archaeological Survey of …

Ancient Underground ‘City’ Investigated By Iranian Archaeologists

Ancient Underground ‘City’ Investigated By Iranian Archaeologists There are underground cities all over the planet, there are as many as 200 underground cities in Turkey alone. That’s finding more subterranean cities in other parts of the world doesn’t come as a surprise. Now, it has been reported how a group of archeologists has managed to open a …

Ancient temple found inside a pond in Odisha

1,200 Year Old Temple Found Buried In Odisha Sand During the refurbishment job of the Bateswar temple close Rushikulya rookery in Ganjam District of Odisha, on the east shore of India, buried artifacts of the 8th century are emerging. The temple is located on the coastal sand dunes around eight km from the Kolkata-Chennai Highway …

A drought revealed a palace thousands of years old submerged in an Iraq reservoir

A drought revealed a palace thousands of years old submerged in an Iraq reservoir As the waters of the Mosul dam reservoir in northern Iraq receded last fall, they revealed a stunning sight: a Bronze Age palace, many of its mud-brick walls and carefully planned rooms remarkably preserved. The discovery of the ruins in the Mosul …

Severed head of large wolf found perfectly preserved in Siberian permafrost 40,000 years after it died

The severed head of large wolf found perfectly preserved in Siberian permafrost 40,000 years after it died The sensational find is believed to be the world’s first full-sized Pleistocene wolf, and due to the high quality of preservation, provides new insight into the extinct species. You never know what you might encounter during a casual …

Siberian Princess reveals her 2,500 year old tattoos

Siberian Princess reveals her 2,500-year-old tattoos The intricate patterns of 2,500-year-old tattoos – some from the body of a Siberian ‘princess’ preserved in the permafrost – have been revealed in Russia.  The remarkable body art includes mythological creatures and experts say the elaborate drawings were a sign of age and status for the ancient nomadic …