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,…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Evolutionary processes are discussed to determine if archaeological engravings from the Tiwanaku civilization in Bolivia could be depicting an ancient astronaut.
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…
Archaeologists uncovered Ice Age village that dates back 14,000 years, outdating the pyramids by 10,000 years.
