Weird Cultures

Final voyage: A woman buried in a canoe for 1000 years found in Northwestern Patagonia

An 1000-year-old woman skeleton found buried in a canoe in southern Argentina, has revealed the first evidence of a prehistoric burial there. The study, which was published in the open-access…

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⬝ Nov5,2024 8:09pm

The Plain of jars is an archeological site in Laos comprising thousands of huge stone jars

The Plain of Jars: A megalithic archaeological mystery in Laos

Since their discovery in the 1930s, the mysterious collections of giant stone jars scattered throughout central Laos have remained one of the great prehistoric puzzles of south-east Asia. It is thought that the jars represent the mortuary remains of an extensive and powerful Iron Age culture.

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⬝ Nov4,2024 11:18am

Mysterious mummies found in Chinese desert have an unexpected origin linked to Siberia and the Americas

Since the late 1990s, the discovery of hundreds of naturally mummified human remains dating to circa 2,000 BCE to 200 CE in the region of Tarim Basin has enthralled researchers with their intriguing combination of Western features and vibrant cultural artifacts.

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⬝ Nov3,2024 11:39pm

Humans were in South America at least 25,000 years ago, ancient bone pendants reveal

The discovery of human artifacts made from a long-extinct sloth bones pushes back the estimated date of human settlement in Brazil to 25,000 to 27,000 years.

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⬝ Nov1,2024 9:46pm

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…

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⬝ Nov1,2024 2:17pm

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.

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⬝ Nov1,2024 8:44am

The incredible discovery of a 20-meter-long Viking ship in Norway using georadar!

Ground-penetrating radar has revealed the outline of a Viking ship in a mound in southwest Norway that was once thought to be empty.

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⬝ Oct29,2024 10:31am

16 ancient cities and settlements that were mysteriously abandoned

Civilizations rise and fall in the blink of a cosmic eye. When we unearth their ancient settlements decades, generations, or centuries later, sometimes we find that they were abandoned after…

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⬝ Oct29,2024 5:24am

Toyol and Tiyanak – Two mischievous child spirits in the asian cultures and beliefs

Since several thousand years ago, the Asian cultures and beliefs have always put forth such strange events and rituals that are more eager to excite the curious people across all…

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⬝ Oct27,2024 8:40pm

Aconcagua Boy: Mummified Inca child uncovers lost genetic record of South America

The Aconcagua Boy discovered frozen and in a naturally mummified state, was offered as a sacrifice in an Incan ritual known as capacocha, approximately 500 years ago.

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⬝ Oct27,2024 2:42am

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