Why the Olmec Colossal Heads Are One of Archaeology’s Greatest Mysteries

Deep in Mexico’s Gulf Coast region stand some of the most puzzling ancient monuments ever created – the colossal Olmec heads. Dating back over 3,000 years, these…

Cal Orck’o in Bolivia Has the Most Dinosaur Tracks at a Single Site – And It’s Almost Vertical!

Until the 1990s, the Dinosaur Plateau in Turkmenistan was thought to have preserved the largest concentration of dinosaur footprints in a single area. But then, deep in Bolivia, near…

Has AI Decoded the Voynich Manuscript, the 600-Year-Old Enigma No One Could Crack?

The development of AI has brought promising results in decoding the mysterious 600-year-old manuscript, but are we really getting there? Pages from the Voynich Manuscript depicting strange…

The Sacred Well of Santa Cristina – A Subterranean Mystery of the Nuragic Civilization

The Well of Santa Cristina is an ancient structure located on the Italian island of Sardinia. The name of the structure is somewhat misleading. In spite of…

Ancient Roman Bathtub: Where Luxury and Elegance Met Everyday Life

Hidden within an ancient villa in Pompeii—the city buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD—this Roman bathtub stands as a testament to the refinement and opulence of…

Pedro: The Mysterious mountain mummy

Pedro: The Mysterious Mountain Mummy In June of 1934, two prospectors, Cecil Main and Frank Carr, were using explosives to mine for gold in the San Pedro Mountains of Wyoming….

Pᴀssport of 3,000-year-old Mummy of Pharaoh Ramesses II Issued for Travelling to France for the necessary repair

Pᴀssport of 3,000-year-old Mummy of Pharaoh Ramesses II Issued for Travelling to France for the necessary repair Pharoah Ramesses was one of the strongest leaders in ancient…

Archaeologists Discover 1,200-Year-Old Mummy Tied With Rope

The infant mummy covered in a silk coat. (Nerlich et al., Frontiers, 2022) For centuries, the crypt of one of the oldest aristocratic families in Austria has preserved…

500-Year-Old Mummy of an Incan man wearing a feather headdress found near Lima, Peru

500-Year-Old Mummy of an Incan man wearing a feather headdress found near Lima, Peru Thousands of Inca mummies, some of them bundled together in groups of up…

The Last Moments of 500-Year-Old Child Mummies

The Last Moments of 500-Year-Old Child Mummies Three Incan mummies sacrificed 500 years ago were regularly given drugs and alcohol before their death, particularly the eldest child…