Archaeologists unearthed 5,000-year-old ‘grave of giants’ in China
In 2016, During an excavation of a late Neolithic settlement in Jiaojia – a village in China’s Shandong province, the remains of an unusually tall group of people were found…
Civilizations
The Palpa Lines: Are these mysterious geoglyphs 1,000 years older than the Nazca lines?
Etched into the high desert of southern Peru more than a millennium ago, the enigmatic Nasca lines continue to capture our imagination. More than a thousand of these geoglyphs (literally,…
Ancient Egyptian queen’s bracelets contain 1st evidence of long-distance trade between Egypt and Greece
The silver used to make an ancient Egyptian queen's bracelets came from Greece, a new analysis finds, offering insight into the Old Kingdom's trade networks.
Chinese Votive Sword found in Georgia suggests Pre-Columbian Chinese travel to North America
An avocational surface collector discovered a partially exposed Chinese votive sword behind roots on an eroded bank of a small stream in Georgia in July 2014. The 30-centimeter relic is…
Ancient civilizations and the healing power of music: How beneficial can it really be?
Music is well regarded for having endless unique benefits, including the ability to improve cognitive performance and improve memory. However, when it comes to music’s rumored power for helping to…
The Cyclades and a mysterious advanced society lost in time
Around the year 3,000 BC, seafarers from Asia Minor became the first people to settle on the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. These islands are rich in natural resources…
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.
Gobekli Tepe: An intriguing part of human history peering through the Ice Age
Discovered in 1995, the monoliths at Gobekli Tepe are clearly one of the world’s biggest historical mysteries. When found, it appeared to have been deliberately buried in sand, for reasons…
The secrets of Tiwanaku: What’s the truth behind the faces of “aliens” and evolution?
Evolutionary processes are discussed to determine if archaeological engravings from the Tiwanaku civilization in Bolivia could be depicting an ancient astronaut.
The Ural Relief Map: Strange white slabs scrawled with some unknown language!
When it comes to unexplained mysteries, very few seem to be as incredible and irrefutable as the Ural Relief Map. In 1995, Aleksander Chuvyrov, Professor of Mathematical and Physical Science…
