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 World
Little Foot: An intriguing 3.6 million years old human ancestor
In 2017, following an epic 20-year-long excavation in South Africa, researchers finally recovered and cleaned the nearly complete skeleton of an ancient human relative: an approximately 3.67-million-year-old hominin nicknamed “Little…
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.
33 unknown creatures found in the Movile Cave, Romania: A 5.5-million-year-old time capsule!
The researchers were totally shocked when they discovered 48 different species still living in the cave that was isolated for millions of years.
21 incredibly well-preserved human bodies that survived the ages astonishingly
Human beings have always had a morbid fascination with death. Something about life, or rather what comes after it, seems to affect us in ways we cannot quite comprehend. Could…
How the prehistoric butterflies existed before flowers?
To this date, our modern science generally accepted that the “proboscis – a long, tongue-like mouthpiece used by today’s moths and butterflies” to reach the nectar inside floral tubes, actually…
The Huldremose Woman: One of the best-preserved and best-dressed bog bodies
The clothing worn by Huldremose Woman was originally died blue and red, a sign of wealth, and a ridge in one of her fingers indicated it once bore a gold ring.
The largest insect ever existed was a giant ‘dragonfly’
Meganeuropsis permiana is an extinct species of insect that lived during the Carboniferous period. It is known for being the largest flying insect that ever existed.
Egypt’s secrets revealed: The lost Labyrinth of Ancient Egypt
For thousands of years, the Great Labyrinth of Ancient Egypt remains a fable to this world, but now, archaeologists are digging up the lost history ― the intriguing signs of its real existence.
What happened to the island of Bermeja?
This little piece of land in the Gulf of Mexico has now vanished without a trace. Theories of what happened to the island range from it being subject to ocean floor shifts or rising water levels to it being destroyed by the US to gain oil rights.
It also may have never existed.
