Derinkuyu: A 3,000-year-old mysterious underground city
What do a temple of the dead in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and a subterranean metropolis in Turkey have in common with a South American cave said to house a treasure…
Civilizations
Three ancient Egyptian mummy faces revealed in stunning reconstruction
How did the ancient Egyptians look like 2,000 years ago? Did they have dark skin and curly hair? A Virginia-based laboratory has successfully recreated the faces of three mummies using their DNA.
Purpose of the mysterious “Armenian Stonehenge” revealed!
The 223 megalithic stones in the complex may have been used for prehistoric stargazing.
The Library of Ashurbanipal: The oldest known library that inspired the Library of Alexandria
The world’s oldest known library was founded sometime in the 7th century BC, in ancient Iraq.
4,000-year-old Stonehenge of the Netherlands reveals its secrets
Archaeologists have discovered a 4,500-year-old sanctuary in the Netherlands that marks the solstices and equinoxes, and was also used as a burial ground.
Sa-Nakht, the mysterious giant pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
Sa-Nakht is a pharaoh, but not an ordinary pharaoh that we think of when we hear about ancient Egypt. Sa-Nakht is distinguished as the first pharaoh of Egypt’s Third Dynasty. However,…
Hidden details in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings revealed by chemical imaging
The technique called portable X-ray fluorescence has helped Egyptologists identify changes and adjustments to details of tomb decoration that are invisible to the human eye.
1,100-year-old breastplate to ward off evil may contain the oldest Cyrillic writing ever found
Researchers claim an inscription on a 1,100-year-old breastplate discovered in a ruined fortress in Bulgaria is one of the earliest known examples of Cyrillic text.
Archaeologists shed light on the lives of Stone Age hunter-gatherers in Britain
A team of archaeologists from the Universities of Chester and Manchester has made discoveries which shed new light on the communities who inhabited Britain after the end of the last Ice Age.
Xibalba: The mysterious Mayan underworld where the souls of the dead traveled
The Mayan underworld known as the Xibalba is similar to the Christian hell. The Mayans believed that every man and woman who died traveled to Xibalba.
