Nimrud Lens: Did Assyrians invent telescopes 3,000 years ago?
According to some scholars, the ancient people of Assyria developed a unique lens for focusing light from distant objects.
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The giant claw: Mount Owen’s terrifying discovery!
Archaeologists have found a claw that is 3,300 years old and belongs to a bird that has been extinct for the past 800 years.
Archeologists found the mythical tomb of Osiris (God of the Dead) in Egypt
In 2015, an ancient reproduction of the Egyptian god Osiris's mythical tomb was discovered in Thebes. The massive tomb was built between 760 and 525 BCE and contains all the elements as described by legend, including a statue of Osiris and a staircase that leads to the Netherworld.
3,400-year-old palace from a mysterious civilization revealed by drought
Archaeologists are hailing, as very important, the dramatic discovery of a Bronze Age Palace. It was uncovered as the waters of a reservoir in Iraq plummeted due to a severe…
Mysterious skeleton revealed to be that of unusual lady anchoress of York Barbican
The rare and unusual life of an anchoress, a woman who devoted her life to prayer while living in seclusion, has been unearthed by the University of Sheffield and Oxford…
Ancient Egyptian figurines depicting Osiris found in Poland
A recent archaeological excavation in Kluczkowice, Poland unearthed a unique find of Roman and Egyptian gods together. This included two ancient Egyptian bronze figurines of fertility and agriculture god, Osiris, from the 1st millennium BC, and a 1st century AD bust of Bacchus, the Roman wine god.
Secrets of the Pharaohs: Archaeologists unearth stunning royal tomb in Luxor, Egypt
Investigators suspect that the tomb belongs to a royal wife or to a princess of the Tuthmose lineage.
Blue Babe: A 36,000-year-old incredibly preserved carcass of a male steppe bison embedded in permafrost in Alaska
The remarkably well-preserved bison was first discovered by gold miners in 1979 and handed over to scientists as a rare find, being the only known example of a Pleistocene bison reclaimed from the permafrost. That said, it didn’t stop gastronomically curious researchers from whipping up a batch of Pleistocene-era bison neck stew.
Thousands of mummified rams heads uncovered at the temple of Rameses II in Egypt!
An archaeological mission led by the University of York has uncovered 2,000 ram heads at the Temple of Rameses II in Abydos, Egypt.
The Benben Stone: When the creator gods descended from heaven on a pyramid shaped ship
The Benben stone is a mythological artifact unearthed in ancient Egypt. This mythological stone is claimed to have been held in a shrine inside the enclosures of Heliopolis’ temple devoted…
