Ancient World
Dogor – the 18,000-year-old puppy perfectly preserved in Siberian permafrost
Prehistoric teeth fossils dating back 9.7 million years could rewrite human history
Plimpton 322 – The ancient Babylonian clay tablet that changed the history of maths
A Babylonian clay tablet dated back to 3,700 years has been identified as the world’s oldest and the most accurate trigonometric table, suggesting the Babylonians beat the ancient Greeks to…
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,…
The mystery of the giant ancient Monolith of Tlaloc
What are dolmens? Why did ancient civilizations build such megaliths?
When it comes to megalithic buildings, a familiar association immediately pops up in my head – Stonehenge. But few people know that ancient builders erected structures of a similar plan…
The Quinotaur: Were the Merovingians descended from a monster?
A Minotaur (half-man, half-bull) is surely familiar, but what about a Quinotaur? There was a “beast of Neptune” in early Frankish history who was reported to resemble a Quinotaur. This…
The Great Pyramid of Giza: Where’re its all architectural documents?
Ancient Egypt saw the abrupt introduction of a type of building made of stone, rising to the sky like a stairway to the heavens. The Step Pyramid and its supermassive…