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Archaeologists Discover Another Buried Sphinx In Egypt Egyptian archaeologists working on a groundwater reduction project at the Kom Ombo Temple in Aswan have discovered a sandstone sphinx, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities on Sunday. The discovery comes as a surprise as in the last few months, archaeologists working in Egypt have uncovered the …
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An English Teacher of History and a 9000-year-old cheddar man have the same DNA Separated by 10,000 years but linked by DNA! A 9,000-year-old skeleton’s DNA was tested and it was concluded that a living relative was teaching history about a half mile away, tracing back nearly 300 generations! Four years before, when Adrian Targett, …
Mystery Of The 100 Ton ‘Boxes’ At The Serapeum Of Saqqara Located North West of the Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, we find the Serapeum of Saqqara. According to archaeologists, it was the burial-place of the Apus Bulls, literally speaking the living manifestations of the Egyptian God Ptah. This necropolis found near Memphis, Egypt is …
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Prehistoric Skulls With Bullet Holes: An Unsolved Ancient Mystery – Who Shot Them? In 1922, a very peculiar Neanderthal skull was found near Kabwe (also known as Broken Hill), Zimbabwe. The skull discovered by Swiss miner Tom Zwiglaar was exceptional because on the left side of the cranium was a small, perfectly round hole. At …
1.8M-year-old skull gives a glimpse of our evolution and suggests that early man was single species The discovery of a 1.8-million-year-old skull of a human ancestor buried under a medieval Georgian village provides a vivid picture of early evolution and indicates our family tree may have fewer branches than some belief, scientists say. The fossil …
Is 250,000-Year-Old Aluminum Artifact Ultimate Evidence Of Large Extraterrestrial Machine? The discovery of an ancient artefact known as “The Wedge of Aiud” is the most compelling evidence that hints at the ancient astronauts’ visitations to Earth over 250,000 years ago. It is said that the artefact was found in 1973 in Romania, on the bank …
Prehistoric cave art suggests the ancient use of complex astronomy A new study says that some of the world’s oldest cave paintings reveal that ancient people had relatively advanced knowledge of astronomy. According to the new analysis, some of the paintings are not simply depictions of wild animals, as was previously thought. Instead, the animal …
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Medieval Coin in Canada Challenges Story of North American Discovery A gold coin discovered in Newfoundland could “rewrite the history books.” Directly challenging the mainstream narrative of the discovery of North America, this coin suggests Europeans were in Newfoundland earlier than currently believed. Exciting Discovery of Medieval Coin in Canada This week the Government of …
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Nimrud lens: Did Assyrians invent telescopes 3,000 years ago The Nimrud lens is a 3,000-year-old piece of rock crystal unearthed by Sir John Layard in 1850 at the Assyrian palace of Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq. Since its discovery over a century ago, scientists and historians have debated its use, with one prominent Italian professor claiming the …
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Drought Reveals 110-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks In Texas Riverbed This summer, devastating droughts have revealed dead bodies and sunken Nazi ships, but it hasn’t been all macabre: a set of dinosaur tracks have recently been discovered due to the receding waters at the Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas. Once covered by mud, silt, and shallow …
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