The Sleeping Beauty of the Capuchin Catacombs
Pure chance: from the worst location to a H๏τspot In 1534, the Capuchin monks in Palermo built their first monastery in Sicily – near the church of Santa…
Welcome Stranger: World’s largest gold nugget remembered
Between 1851 and 1861 Australia exported at least 30 million ounces (850 metric tons) of gold – more than one third of the world’s total. The diggings were…
Mangystau archaeologist makes geoglyph gallery to stimulate local tourism
ASTANA – Mangystau archaeologist and historian Andrei Astafiyev has made a gallery of geoglyphs reflecting nomadic arts, the first in the region’s Airakty-Shomanai mountain valley and in…
Pictured: ‘Vampire’ graves in Poland where skeletons were buried with skulls between their legs
Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be a vampire burial ground on a building site in Poland. The team of historians discovered graves containing four skeletons…
Unveiling the World’s Oldest Pants: An Ancient Weaving Masterpiece
A Remarkable Archaeological Find In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists unearthed the oldest known pants in the world in 2014, a pair of wool trousers dating back approximately 3,300 years. This remarkable…
The Remarkable Mortarless Doorways of Machu Picchu: A Testament to Incan Engineering Brilliance
Standing proudly atop the Andes Mountains, Machu Picchu holds countless architectural wonders, but perhaps none are more fascinating than its mortarless doorways. These magnificent structures, crafted over…
Archaeologists FOUND a locked room inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid that had never been opened, and then THIS happened.
The world of archaeology is on edge following the recent discovery inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, where scientists have uncovered a sealed chamber that had never…
Unveiling the Enigma: The Stupa of Takht-e Rostam Reveals Its Ancient Secrets
THERE ARE PLACES IN THE world so strongly devoted to a particular religion that it is incredibly hard to believe that they have been shaped by any…
The Yakhchāl was an ancient Persian “refrigerator” that stored food and even ice long before electricity was invented
In case someone ever tries to argue that ancient human civilizations were less advanced when compared to modern-day humanity, we’ve gathered some examples in favor of the…
A Look Inside the Colosseum’s Long-Hidden Gladiator Tunnels
Nearly two thousand years ago, men at their physical peak would have been readying themselves backstage in Rome for physical combat. They’d have walked from their gym…