Bizarre Ancient Capuchin Crypt ‘Decorated’ With The Bones Of 4,000 Monks
Under the city of Rome, there is a maze of long-forgotten ancient pᴀssages and temples; there are millennia-old underground burial chambers, which remember times when Christianity was…
Scientific ‘Detective Work’ With South American Mummies Reveals They Were Brutally Murdered
How frequent was violence in prehistoric human societies? One way to measure this is to look for trauma in prehistoric human remains. For example, a recent review…
Astonishing new pH๏τos show the extremely well-preserved ‘natural mummies’ housed in a Colombian mausoleum that are thought to date back only around 100 years.
More than a dozen of the bodies are on display in glᴀss cases at a mausoleum in San Bernardo, Colombia, high within the Andes and 40 miles southwest…
Cappadocia truly feels like a scene from a fantasy novel, featuring the iconic “fairy chimneys”
Cappadocia, located in the heart of Turkey, Laтιтude and longitude coordinates are: 38.640388, 34.846306 feels like something out of a fantasy story! Imagine walking through a surreal…
The Resurrection of Queen Tiye: Unveiling a 3,400-Year-Old Regal Beauty
Reconstruction of the face of Queen Tiye (1338 BC), Akhenaten’s mother and Tutankhamun’s grandmother, based on a mummy in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo….
Archaeologists uncover the tomb of an ancient Egyptian doctor who specialised in MAGIC 4,000 years ago
Archeologists have uncovered one of the most intriguing figures yet from ancient Egypt – about 4,000 years after his lifetime. Teti Neb Fu, a physician and royal doctor, held…
Archaeologists find 3MILLION-year-old tools at site dubbed ‘the cradle of humankind’
Archaeologists have discovered some of the first-ever tools used on Earth at a site in Africa dubbed ‘the cradle of humankind.’ Found in Kenya’s Homa Peninsula, this region…
Were the people laid to rest at Sutton Hoo really royals? Scientist suggests alternative theory for Suffolk’s 1,400-year-old burial site
For nearly 100 after its discovery, the Sutton Hoo burial site in Suffolk was ᴀssumed to be the resting place for a high-ranking royals. Out of about 20…
The Roman Theatre of Cartagena, located in Murcia, Spain, is a magnificent reminder of the city’s ancient history.
The Roman Theatre of Cartagena, located in Murcia, Spain, is a magnificent reminder of the city’s ancient history. Constructed during the late 1st century BCE under Emperor…
The Blythe Intaglios are mᴀssive figures carved out of the Colorado Desert floor to make human and animal shapes.
The Blythe Intaglios are an extraordinary collection of ancient geoglyphs located in the Colorado Desert near Blythe, California. These large-scale figures, etched into the desert floor, cover…