Shugborough Inscription: 7 theories behind the ‘eight undeciphered letters’
The Shugborough Inscription is a sequence of letters, O U O S V A V V, located in the center of the letters D and M carved into the 18th century Shepherd’s…
Archaeology
Omm Sety: The miracle story of egyptologist Dorothy Eady’s reincarnation
Dorothy Eady earned a significant role in revealing Egyptian history through some great archaeological discoveries. However, besides her professional achievements, she is most famous for believing that she was an Egyptian priestess in a past life.
Three ancient Egyptian mummy faces revealed in stunning reconstruction
How did the ancient Egyptians look like 2,000 years ago? Did they have dark skin and curly hair? A Virginia-based laboratory has successfully recreated the faces of three mummies using their DNA.
Purpose of the mysterious “Armenian Stonehenge” revealed!
The 223 megalithic stones in the complex may have been used for prehistoric stargazing.
Archaeologists discover man whose tongue was replaced by a stone
There was a strange and seemingly unique burial that took place in a village in Britain sometime in the third or fourth centuries AD. In 1991, while archaeologists were excavating…
Greek farmer unexpectedly discovers 3,400-year-old burial chamber concealed underneath his olive grove
An excavation in an eight-foot-deep pit yielded two ancient coffins and a collection of funerary vases.
A brief history of Earth: The geological time scale – eons, eras, periods, epochs and ages
The history of Earth is a fascinating tale of constant change and evolution. Over billions of years, the planet has undergone dramatic transformations, shaped by geological forces and the emergence of life. To understand this history, scientists have developed a framework known as the geological time scale.
The Library of Ashurbanipal: The oldest known library that inspired the Library of Alexandria
The world’s oldest known library was founded sometime in the 7th century BC, in ancient Iraq.
4,000-year-old Stonehenge of the Netherlands reveals its secrets
Archaeologists have discovered a 4,500-year-old sanctuary in the Netherlands that marks the solstices and equinoxes, and was also used as a burial ground.
Nefertiti’s Disappearance: What happened to the eminent queen of ancient Egypt?
Why she disappeared from history entirely in the twelfth year of Akhenaten's reign? There will never be another record of Nefertiti. She vanished without a trace.
