Lake тιтicaca
Lake тιтicaca, the world’s highest lake navigable to large vessels, lying at 12,500 feet (3,810 metres) above sea level in the Andes Mountains of South America, astride the border between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east….
Chilling pics show mysterious 10,000 year old mummies ‘The Salt Men of Iran’ left frozen in terror from moment they died
The mummies, the oldest of which is believed to be more than 10,000 years old, have been naturally preserved in a salt mine in Iran. . Many…
World’s first vehicle? Archaeologists uncover 22,000-year-old tracks in New Mexico
A groundbreaking discovery at White Sands National Park in New Mexico suggests that prehistoric humans used primitive transport technology over 20,000 years ago. Scientists have found drag…
7.2 million-Year-Old Pre-Human Fossil A Challenge to Out of Africa?
A new analysis of two 7.2 million-year-old fossils belonging to a hominin species nicknamed “El Graeco” from Mediterranean Europe, suggests that mankind emerged in Europe and not…
What Lies Beneath: The Ships Buried Under San Francisco
Every day in San Francisco, people walk the city’s streets unaware of the history that our concrete jungle holds in its depths. Little do most people know that…
Rock of Ages: The Brownshill Dolmen
The ancient Brownshill Dolmen is an impressive example of a megalithic ‘portal tomb’. This ‘cromlech’ (from the Irish ‘crom’ meaning ‘curved and ‘leac’ meaning ‘slab’) dates from…
Inside the secret tomb of Emperor Qin
Meet the buried army of the First Emperor of China and his mysterious, as-yet-unopened tomb that he left behind Imagine the looks of surprise on the faces…
Who built the Sphinx? Who broke its nose? 4,500 years later, a fresh look
The popularity of Egypt’s iconic ancient wonder has shifted with the sands over the centuries. Here’s what we know about it, from years of archaeological detective work….
Tomb of Unknown Queen unearthed at Saqqara
On the 100-year anniversary of unearthing King Tutankhamun’s tomb, archaeologists discover hundreds of tombs and mummies buried in Saqqara. Egyptian archaeologists rewrite history with the discovery of…
Unraveling the mystery: remnants of the ancient Moche civilization with the mummified Lady Cao discovered at El Brujo
Lady Cao transcended the status of being merely one of many mummies unearthed by archaeologists worldwide. Her extraordinary remains have reshaped our understanding of ancient history and…