Conservation of Resurrection of Antioch Mosaics in Turkey
In 2010, workers excavating the foundation of the Antakya Museum H๏τel in Türkiye discovered what has been called “the world’s largest mosaic,” a Roman Mosaic (4th Century…
Skull wearing a medieval chainmail from a mᴀss grave on the Island of Gotland, Sweden.
Skull wearing a medieval chainmail from a mᴀss grave on the Island of Gotland, Sweden. The Battle of Visby (1361) was a violent Medieval battle that took…
Interior of one of the thermopolia on Via dell’Abbondanza . The counters with recessed containers for food and drinks are covered in colored marble
Welcome to the Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus in Pompeii … the ancient equivalent of today’s greasy fast food joints. Think of it as the go-to spot for…
A few hundred yards away from my grandparents’ farm, a man was unearthed, dating back approximately 7,000 years.
The old and the youngling. About 7000 years ago, an ageing man in his 60s was buried at Skateholm, Sweden. Next to him, face to face, lays…
Art Nouveau Door in the Casa Comalat, Barcelona 1911 by Salvador Valeri i Pupurull
Like a tribute to Gaudí, the Casa Comalat contains many elements of Gaudí’s architecture, and is one of the most original examples of home-grown art nouveau in…
The mummy of King Tutankhamen, the famous Egyptian pharaoh, can be found in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt
The almost intact burial of Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings of Egypt. His body was laid to rest there more than…
The Sphinx of the Naxians, crafted around 560 BC, once topped a 10-meter (33-foot) column adjacent to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
The Sphinx of the Naxians, crafted around 560 BC, once topped a 10-meter (33-foot) column adjacent to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. This magnificent statue served…
Ancient disease discovered in ancient DNA of Egyptian mummy
One of the oldest known cases of the ‘Black Death’ plague has been uncovered in the ancient DNA of a 3,290-year-old Egyptian mummy. The cvirus Yersinia pestis, or the…
Mystery of Peru’s’ ‘alien mummies’ deepens after two more corpses are found with slanted eyes and hair
The case of Peru’s mysterious ‘alien The corpses were said to have been found in the Nazca desert, where the first mummy was uncovered seven years ago…
Among Mycenaean elites, a common type of helmet was the boar’s tusk helmet.
Among Mycenaean elites, a common type of helmet was the boar’s tusk helmet. Since each helmet required ivory from fifty to sixty tusks, their use signaled high…