The Haja-no-Ontachi, a remarkable sword believed to have been forged during Japan’s Edo period (1603-1868), is housed at the Isonokami Shrine in Nara.
The Haja-no-Ontachi, a remarkable sword believed to have been forged during Japan’s Edo period (1603-1868), is housed at the Isonokami Shrine in Nara. Known as the “Demon-Quelling…
Venus of Willendorf, Vienna, Austria
The Woman of Willendorf, formerly known as the Venus of Willendorf, is a 25,000 BCE Paleolithic miniature statuette approximately four and a half inches tall. In terms…
2000-year-old marble thrones at the ancient theatre of Amphiareion in Oropos,
2000-year-old marble thrones at the ancient theatre of Amphiareion in Oropos, Greece. The Amphiareion at Oropos, sanctuary of the hero Amphiaraos, was greatly famed and frequented by…
Tigran II the Great, King of Armenia, was a descendant of the Alani royalty
Ancient Armenian King Tigran II The Great Artashessian,1st century BC, who according to genealogical records descends from a long line of Alani Royalty. According to ancient Armenian…
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…
This 2500-year-old mᴀss grave of troops from the second Battle of Himera in Sicily hides a a Revelation About Ancient Greece
DNA from a 2,500-year-old battlefield in Sicily reveals that mercenary soldiers were common, if not the Homeric ideal. A mᴀss grave of troops from the second Battle…
The mystery of the palace of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra was submerged under the ocean?
Once a lavish palace, the palace of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra mysteriously disappeared and was later found to have been sunk to the bottom of the sea….