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…
Archaeological excavations in Antakya, Turkey have turned up the largest floor mosaic at 9,000 square feet
In Zeugma, Türkiye, not far from the Syrian border, a team of archaeologists, headed by none other than Professor Kutalmış Görkay from the University of Ankara, has…
Queen Hetepheres Chair – The chair is made of wood, coated with gold foil and is about 4,500 years old.
Harvard University has created a full-scale reproduction of the golden chair/throne of Queen Hetepheres, the wife of Pharaoh Snefru and the mother of Pharaoh Khufu who built…
A 1,300-year-old female mummy with blue ‘eyes’ has been unearthed by archaeologists excavating the Huaca Pucllana site in Lima , Peru.
A 1,300-year-old female mummy with blue ‘eyes’ has been unearthed by archaeologists excavating the Huaca Pucllana site in Lima , Peru. The mummy’s mask is the most…
Anglo-Saxon High Cross Shaft: A Historic Marker from AD 996 in Wolverhampton
This weathered stone column, darkened by centuries of exposure to the elements and industrial pollution, stands at what was once the highest point in Wolverhampton. Known as…
A 45,000 year old rock shelter with carved pillars. In Jawoyn Country, Northern Australia
Gabarnmung (or Nawarla Gabarnmung, Jawoyn for “(place of) hole in the rock”) is an archaeological and rock art site in south-western Arnhem Land, in the Top End…
A petrified ladder is hidden in the Baume-les-Messieurs valley
A “petrified” ladder in Baume-les-Messieurs, France We knew about the Sermu ladders which allow access, via the GR59, to a magnificent panorama of the Baume-les-Messieurs valley. The Crançot ladder,…
A 17th century Ottoman tent, captured during the battle of Vienna in 1683. Made of linen, silk and silvered and gilt leather. Now on display at the Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków, Poland
A 17th century Ottoman tent, captured during the battle of Vienna in 1683. Made of linen, silk and silvered and gilt leather. Now on display at the…
An Egyptian mummy in the Museo Nazionale, Naples
The smallest mummy in the world is an almost perfectly-preserved six-month old fetus. It’s on display in central Mexico at the Guanajuato Mummy Museum – alongside dozens of other…