Stupa of Takht-e Rostam: Cosmic stairways into the heavens?
Many areas across the world are dedicated to one religion yet formed by another. Afghanistan is one such country that firmly adheres to Islam; but, before the arrival of Islam,…
Civilizations
The stones of Puma Punku shouldn’t even exist!
They are so precisely cut that even a razor blade can't fit through their interlocking joints – a technology that didn't exist until centuries later.
The ancient city of Caral: The oldest ancient civilization lived right there
Located in the Peruvian Andes Mountains, on a high, arid terrace overlooking a lush river valley, is a series of American pyramids that may be way older than the Egyptian…
Pyramids of Ancient Greece: The mysterious Hellinikon Pyramid is older than Giza?
While it’s fairly common to label the Egyptian pyramids the stuff of “ancient mysteries,” it’s something entirely new to discover similar structures all around the world. Such is the case…
Babylon knew secrets of the solar system 1,500 years before Europe
Hand in hand with agriculture, astronomy took its first steps between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, more than 10,000 years ago. The oldest records of this science belong to the…
Lycurgus Cup: Evidence of “nanotechnology” used 1,600 years ago!
According to scientists, nanotechnology was first discovered in ancient Rome nearly 1,700 years ago and it is not one of many samples of modern technology attributed to our sophisticated society.…
Did KGB accidentally discover a 13,000-year-old mysterious mummy in Egypt?
The Ancient Egyptians and Babylonians were supposedly visited by intellectual beings come from other worlds, and the Soviet spies hunted for their preserved bodies to uncover 'military secrets'.
Mysterious ‘handbags of the gods’ spotted in ancient sculptures worldwide: What its purpose was?
Ancient civilizations separated by nearly 12,700 kilometres, from Sumer to Mesoamerica, showed the mysterious handbag of the gods. It can be found in Sumerian sculptures and bas-reliefs dating back to…
Lascaux Cave and the stunning primordial art of a long-lost world
Understanding the thought processes of Paleolithic man is not an easy feat. The veil of time is a perpetual mystery, a cloud that envelops human history and casts a shadow…
See the face of ‘Ava,’ a Bronze Age woman who lived in Scotland 3,800 years ago
Researchers created a 3D image of a Bronze Age woman who was likely part of Europe's "Bell Beaker" culture.
