An epic tail! David Attenborough follows the story of how experts found the world’s largest dinosaur measuring 121ft – and its heart weighed more than THREE people
If you thought the 85ft-tall (25 metre) Diplodocus was big, think again. Paleontologists recently unearthed a new species of тιтanosaur that would have measured a staggering 121ft-long…
Skull of Mary Magdalene
Skull of Mary Magdalene The skull of Mary Magdalene can be found in the South of France in the once Gallo Roman town of Villa Latta or Tégulata, which after the…
An asbestos mask worn by an Italian flamethrower soldier in World War 1.
The P helmet, PH helmet and PHG helmet superseded the Hypo Helmet. The P Hood and the PH Hood looked identical, the later pattern was dipped in…
The Resurrection of Karnak: Auguste Mariette’s Monumental Legacy
In the sweltering heat of Egypt in 1865, a French Egyptologist named Auguste Mariette embarked on an ambitious mission that would cement his legacy as one of…
Fascinating, coming from Herodotus
Twin Pyramids of Lake Moeris, Egypt During his brief visit to Egypt in 490 BCE, Herodotus records a tale of long lost twin Egyptian pyramids topped with…
A 1,000-year-old helical stepwell with 8 entries is located in Walur Village, Selu Taluka, in the Parbhani District of Maharashtra, India.
Stepwells, or baoris, are ancient wells that were built in large numbers in various parts of India. They were particularly popular in arid regions where water was scarce….
A Frozen Enigma: Bamboo Cart Unearthed in Swiss Glacier
A Fascinating Discovery in the Alps On November 2, hiker Sergio Veri stumbled upon a mysterious bamboo cart emerging from the melting glacier of the Splügen Pᴀss…
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…