The oldest known wooden structure is 476,000 years old, found in Zambia
In a groundbreaking archaeological revelation, scientists have unveiled what could be the oldest wooden structure ever discovered, dating back an astonishing 476,000 years. This remarkable find, located…
Chanukah: The Shape of the Menorah
When the Maccabees returned to the Temple after having defeated the Syrian Greeks, they needed to replace numerous Temple vessels which had either been stolen, defiled, or…
New Research Sheds Light on the Saber-Toothed Cats of California, Fierce Predators of the Pleistocene
New Research Sheds Light on the Saber-Toothed Cats of California, Fierce Predators of the Pleistocene Charles R. Knight Wikimedia Buy us coffee? We’d appreciate it! Around 15,000 to 20,000…
The Unfinished Gate – The Porta Nigra in Trier
Salvete amici, it’s me, Aelius Rufus. Yes, it is quite some time you last saw me, and I had to have a word with Gabriele about the lack…
Derinkuyu Underground City
Cappadocia, Turkeyis home to a subterranean network of dwellings, this article provides a background and history to a network that dates back to 15th century BCE. An Antipodean…
Egypt uncovers first royal tomb in over 100 years — ending discovery drought since King Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922
The final resting place of Thutmose II — the last of Egypt’s so-called ‘lost tombs’ — has been discovered, officials announced on Tuesday. National Museum of Egyptian Civilization There’s…
The Secret Skull of Pakal the Great: An Academic Cover-Up?
In 1952, deep within the smoldering cedar and mahogany forests of southern Mexico, and after four years of arduous toiling, the archaeologist Alberto Ruz Lhuillier finally finished removing…
Statue of King Tut’s granddad found
An alabaster statue of the ancient Egyptian king AmenH๏τep III has been unearthed by a team of Egyptian and European archaeologists working at his funerary temple in…
The Cairo Museum
A new day dawned, and we hit the road to arrive at our first destination of the day: the Cairo Museum. Last time I was in Egypt,…
PH๏τographer Snaps Nearly A Hundred PH๏τos a Day With Homemade Camera
Miroslav Tichý, was a pH๏τographer that constructed his own homemade cameras out of cardboard tubes, tin cans, dress elastic and old camera parts he found. From 1960…