Who is ‘Shimon’? 2000-year-old stone receipt unearthed in Jerusalem
These days, most receipts are made of paper, but about 2,000 years ago, an important financial record was recorded on a much heavier material: stone.
Archaeology
The riddle of the Sphinx: An unsolved ancient mystery
Nobody really knows the actual purpose of the Sphinx. It is the oldest giant structure in Egyptian history, and is thought to have been built around 4,500 BC. Many believe…
City of gold: Has the Lost City of Paititi been found?
This fabled city, often referred to as the "City of Gold," is believed to hold vast treasures and untold riches. Has this mysterious city been found?
Sao civilization: The lost ancient civilization in Central Africa
The Sao civilization was an ancient culture located in Central Africa, in an area which is today partly owned by the countries of Cameroon and Chad. They settled along the…
The mystery of ‘high-tech’ tool marks in China’s ancient Longyou Caves
How did people in remote history manage to carve out these caverns leaving tool marks that only find their likeness in modern mining operations?
Rapanui Society continued after the deforestation of Easter Island
Researcher Jared Diamond in his book Collapse (2005), assumed that the removal of vegetation and overcrowding rats resulted in tremendous erosion, a great scarcity of resources and food, and, ultimately,…
The intriguing Abydos carvings
Inside the Temple of Pharaoh Seti I, archaeologists stumbled upon a series of carvings that look a lot like futuristic helicopters and spaceships.
The mysterious Dropa Tribe of the high altitude Himalayas
This unusual tribe was believed to have been extraterrestrial because they had strange blue eyes, almond-shaped with double lids; they spoke an unknown language, and their DNA did not match any other known tribe.
Plato’s Atlantis – Fact, fiction or prophecy?
In his dialogues, the Greek philosopher Plato describes a legendary civilization that allegedly existed thousands of years ago, only to be swallowed up by the sea in a cataclysmic event.
Skull 5: An 1.85-million-year-old human skull forced scientists to rethink early human evolution
The skull belongs an extinct hominin that lived 1.85 million years ago!
