Man Finds 14th Century Architectural Treasure While Renovating His House
When a Spanish man decided to make an overhaul of his house, it ended in a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. When Juan Francisco León Catena, a resident of the…
2,500-Year-Old Tattooed Ice Princess Wears Fur to Go on Public Display at Next New Moon
By The Siberian Times reporter An ancient mummy preserved by permafrost is dressed up for her debut 21st century appearance despite calls for solemn reburial from native peoples….
1,000-year-old mummy with long brown hair discovered in Peru
A 1,000-year-old mummy sporting enviable long brown tresses has been unearthed by archeologists in a residential neighborhood in Peru’s capital. The ancient cadaver boasting a full head…
A few hundred yards away from my grandparents’ farm, a man was unearthed, dating back approximately 7,000 years.
The old and the youngling. About 7000 years ago, an ageing man in his 60s was buried at Skateholm, Sweden. Next to him, face to face, lays…
Art Nouveau Door in the Casa Comalat, Barcelona 1911 by Salvador Valeri i Pupurull
Like a tribute to Gaudí, the Casa Comalat contains many elements of Gaudí’s architecture, and is one of the most original examples of home-grown art nouveau in…
The mummy of King Tutankhamen, the famous Egyptian pharaoh, can be found in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt
The almost intact burial of Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings of Egypt. His body was laid to rest there more than…
The Sphinx of the Naxians, crafted around 560 BC, once topped a 10-meter (33-foot) column adjacent to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
The Sphinx of the Naxians, crafted around 560 BC, once topped a 10-meter (33-foot) column adjacent to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. This magnificent statue served…
Ancient disease discovered in ancient DNA of Egyptian mummy
One of the oldest known cases of the ‘Black Death’ plague has been uncovered in the ancient DNA of a 3,290-year-old Egyptian mummy. The cvirus Yersinia pestis, or the…
800,000-Year-Old Fossilized Trees as Tall as Redwoods Found in Thailand.
Ancient Giant Trees Found Petrified In Thailand Fossil trees that approached the heights of today’s tallest redwoods have been found in northern Thailand. The longest petrified log…
2,000-year-old mummy found in Egypt has a gold tongue to speak to the god of ᴅᴇᴀᴅ in the afterlife
Archaeologists digging at the ancient Egyptian site Taposiris Magna unearthed 16 burials in rock-cut tombs, with one containing a mummy bearing a tongue made of gold. The…