The Beauty of Loulan is the preserved ᴅᴇᴀᴅ body of a woman who lived about 4000 years ago, during the Bronze Age. She was found on April…
1400-year-old warrior burial ground reveals German fighters came from near and far
An elaborately decorated early medieval double-sided bone comb, found in a warrior’s grave in Fridingen, Germany. To protect the delicate tines, the comb was kept in a…
In 2002, archaeologists uncovered the world’s oldest known wooden wheel in the marshlands near Ljubljana, Slovenia, dating back over 5,000 years
The Ljubljana Marshes Wheel is a wooden wheel that was found in the Ljubljana Marshes some 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, in 2002….
The skull of an Anasazi woman dating to the Pueblo I Period (750 to 900 CE)
The skull of an Anasazi woman dating to the Pueblo I Period (750 to 900 CE), discovered with the embedded arrowhead that killed her at about 20…
A 120,000 year old Thong Bueng tree, found fossilised in Northern Thailand
In the northern regions of Thailand, an unearthed fossilized tree has been identified, boasting an estimated height of 72.2 meters. This revelation implies that the ancient tree,…
Beltany Stone Circle
Down Tor Stone Row and Cairn Circle also known as Hingston hill dating from the Late Neolithic to Bronze Age. This is one spectacular place, approximately 158…
This Temple is built on the hill of Agoraios Colonos, in the western part of the Ancient Agora.
This Temple is built on the hill of Agoraios Colonos, in the western part of the Ancient Agora. Hephaisteion (“Theseion”), seen from across the Agora, ca. 460–415…
Santa Cristina Well: Ancient Nuragic Civilization’s Sacred Well
One of the most extraordinary examples of ancient engineering is the Sacred Well of Santa Cristina in Sardinia, Italy. Built over 3,000 years ago, this remarkable structure…
Fresco from the Minoan Palace in Knossos, Crete, Greece. 16th c.B.C.
The ‘Mycenaean Lady’. Fresco. 13th c. BCE. Depicts a woman with a serious expression of a goddess in a solemn moment, during which she accepts a gift…
More rooms of the 2nd century Roman villa discovered during excavations at the bottom of the alley
Archaeological excavations in the Alley of Treasures in Stari Grad on the island of Hvar continue at full speed, following the construction of the city’s water and…