
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,…

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,…

These ancient refrigerators built by Persian engineers were used primarily to store ice for use in the summer, as well as for food storage, in the hot, dry desert climate of Iran.

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.

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.…

A merkhet was an ancient Egyptian timekeeping instrument used for telling time at night. This star clock was extremely accurate, and could be used to make astronomical observations. It has been suggested that these instruments were probably used in the construction of temples and tombs to align the structures in particular ways.

In 2008, a cuneiform clay tablet ― that puzzled scholars for over 150 years ― was translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary…

There have been many theories about the possible locations of the legendary lost city of Atlantis and new ones keep emerging every now and then. So, where was atlantis located?

Movements in the Earth's crust meant that large parts of Antarctica were ice-free 12,000 years ago and people could have lived there. Allegedly, a society could have existed before coming to an end with the last Ice Age which froze over the continent. And this could have been Atlantis!

Over 1,200 pieces were reassembled by the Egyptian Department of Antiquities to restore the ship.

Strange things are happening at the outer edges of our solar system. An object up to ten times the mass of Earth is pulling others towards it. Is it a planet, or something else? Scientists are still struggling to come to an explanation; but they call it the “Planet X.”