A 2,700-year-old saddle found in an ancient Chinese tomb is the oldest ever discovered
The saddle was made between 727 and 396 BCE – making it at least as old as the previous record-breaking saddles, and potentially much older.
Archaeology
Evidence of a 14,000-year-old settlement found in western Canada
Archaeologists and students from the Hakai Institute at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, as well as local First Nations, have discovered the ruins of a town that predates…
300,000-year-old Schöningen spears reveal Prehistoric advanced woodworking
In a recently published study, it was revealed that a 300,000-year-old hunting weapon has demonstrated the impressive woodworking capabilities of early humans.
A well-preserved 7,000-year-old skeleton unearthed during renovation in Poland
A skeleton that was found in Poland close to Kraków and is estimated to be 7,000 years old may have belonged to a Neolithic farmer.
Is this a 300-million-year-old screw embedded into a limestone rock or just a fossilized sea creature?
The Kosmopoisk Group, a Russian research team that investigates UFOs and paranormal activity, claims to have discovered a one-inch screw embedded inside a 300-million-year-old rock. According to legend, the screw…
The discovery of a new hidden corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza
Described as a 'deep void', the passage is at least about 100ft long and up to 230ft above ground.
Laos fossil reveals modern humans left Africa and reached Asia much earlier than previously thought
The latest evidence from Tam Pà Ling cave in northern Laos demonstrates beyond doubt that modern humans spread from Africa through Arabia and to Asia much earlier than previously thought.
The mysterious disappearance of Egyptian queen Nefertiti
When we speak of Egypt, we speak of a time that is ancient and yet continues to impress and affect us today. We marvel at the fact that they managed…
Oldest human footprint in Americas may be this 15,600-year-old mark in Chile
The earliest human footprint on record in the Americas wasn’t found in Canada, the United States or even Mexico; it was found much farther south, in Chile, and it dates…
Mysterious Viking swords at 1,200-year-old burial site unearthed
Archaeologists in Sweden discovered a Viking Age burial with animal bones and two swords that look to have served as grave markers.
