Norway’s 800-Year-Old Borgund Stave Church Was Built Entirely of Wood, Using Viking Shipbuilding Techniques
In the heart of Norway, the Borgund Stave Church exemplifies the pinnacle of medieval craftsmanship and architectural prowess. Built around the year 1200, this former parish church…
Famous Gaunches Mummies Drenched In Dragons’ Blood Like A Stradivarius Violin
Print Famous Gaunches Mummies Drenched In Dragons’ Blood Like A Stradivarius Violin From 1494 to 1496, the island of Tenerife was beset by a military invasion….
Scientists Ate a Stew From a 50,000-Year-Old Bison to See What It Tastes Like
Life gave a bunch of scientists in Alaska a frozen 50,000-year-old bison, and they decided to make dinner out of it. On a night in 1984, a…
Well Before Wall Street: Morocco’s Mountain Granaries Might Be the World’s Earliest Banking Insтιтutions
Scattered across North Africa’s mountainous regions, particularly in Morocco’s High Atlas and Anti-Atlas mountains, stand remarkable fortified structures that some historians consider to be the world’s oldest…
Perfectly Preserved Baby Woolly Mammoth ‘Mummy’ Found By Gold Miners in Canada – The First Such Discovery in North America
Miners of the Klondike gold fields probably didn’t expect to make such a rare and precious discovery. Indeed, it’s pure gold! The incredible find was uncovered from…
This 4,500-year-old Egyptian Beadnet Dress Was Painstakingly Reᴀssembled from 7,000 Beads Found in a Tomb
The only complete ancient Egyptian beadnet dress found to date reveals a lot about the style and craftsmanship of the Old Kingdom period. In 1927, a team…
Bernini’s Baldacchino shines again at St. Peter’s
The Baldacchino, the great canopy above the high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Baroque master architect and sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, has been revealed in its…
“Skeleton of Giant” Is Internet PH๏τo Hoax
The National Geographic Society has not discovered ancient giant humans, despite rampant reports and pictures. The hoax began with a doctored pH๏τo and later found a receptive online audience—thanks…
Walhalla – Donaustauf (near Regensburg)
The Walhalla is located in a dominant position high above the Danube in the vicinity of Regensburg. This Neoclassical building in the form of a temple surrounded…
Ancient Greek Spartan Shield, King Leonidas Shield with Greek Letter L, Ancient Greece Legend of 300 Spartans, Greek Art Metal Sculpture
Ancient Greek Spartan Shield, King Leonidas Shield with Greek Letter L. Ancient Greece Legend of 300 Spartans, Greek Art Metal Sculpture “Come and get them” ( “ΜΟΛΩΝ…