This 14,000-Year-Old Bison Cave Sculpture Is a Fascinating Example of Ancient Art
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A cave located in present-day France is home to one of the most amazing ancient sculptures in history: two bison…
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Archaeologists Find Ancient Olmec Reliefs Dating Back 2500 Years
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Archaeologists have discovered ancient Olmec heads, believed to date back some 2,500 years. The artifacts are thought to be representations…
Ancient Assyrian Cities: Top-10 Fascinating Places of Ancient Assyria
The Assyrians are one of the most fascinating ancient civilizations in the world. The ancient Assyrian cities were advanced places…
Controversial Georgia Guidestones Completely Destroyed
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A short message in four ancient scripts is inscribed at the top of the sculpture, along with ten guides in…
Statue of Ancient Maya God Found in Mexico Shows Pronounced Elongated Head
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A stuccoed statue of the Mayan maize god, believed to be more than 1,300 years old, was found during conservation…
10 Surprising Facts About Ancient Babylon You May Not Know
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The fabled ancient city of Babylon has to be the most ancient, glorious, and mysterious of the world’s lost cities….
Massive Statue of Submerged Minotaur Found in Patagonia
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Six meters from the coast and four meters from the surface, easily visible, and even easier to scare. The submerged…
3,000-Year-Old Stone Giants Belonging to Mysterious Civilization Excavated
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Giants of Mount Prama or Kolossoi of Mont’e Prama are Nuragic sculptures sculpted in an oval shape and located in…
Top 10 Unexplained Mysteries About the Ancient Indus Valley Civilization
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In the Early 1900, there were frequent incidences of soapstone seals, stone sculptures, pottery, and human figurines popping up around…
Genghis Khan: 10 Crazy Facts History Books Never Told You
Genghis Khan (May 1, 1162 – August 25, 1227) was the creator of the Mongol Empire and, therefore, the first…
Mystery Sarcophagus Found Beneath Notre Dame Cathedral
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French archaeologists conducting excavations in Notre Dame Cathedral found several burials made no later than the 18th century. Among them…
Researchers Find 9,000-Year-Old Site With Hundreds of Ancient Artifacts in Jordan
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic: Overview Archaeologists identify a special era in the Middle East – the pre-pottery Neolithic (about 10-6.5 thousand years…
Archaeologists Discover Intricate 11,000-Year-Old Pillars Near Gobekli Tepe
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Archaeologists have discovered that the 11,000-year-old Karahantepe complex in Turkey was used for ceremonial activities before it was deliberately buried…
Aztec Discovery Rewrites History of Spanish Conquests
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Mexican archaeologists reported incredible discoveries made during excavations of the Aztec city of Tlatelolco. They discovered 36 burials, six of…
1,800-Year-Old Offering to the Gods Discovered Beneath Pyramid of Teotihuacan
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Archaeologists who have been exploring an ancient tunnel under the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan since 2003 discovered…
Researchers Recover Objects from Egypt’s Sunken “Atlantis” Heracleion
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Underwater archaeologists have discovered wicker baskets containing oil palm fruits and grape seeds at the site of the sunken ancient Egyptian port of Heracleion. Apparently, these items were used as grave goods, which allowed them to survive to this day from the 4th century BC.
10 Ancient Egyptian Megastructures You Probably Didn’t Know About
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Everyone thinks of the Pyramids of Giza or the Valley of the Kings when it comes to Egypt. And it…
Ancient Artworks: 8 Iconic Works of Art from the Ancient World
I recently wrote about some of the instruments that shaped humanity and realized that amidst the development of civilization, a…
10 Cultural Achievements of the Ancient Sumerians You Probably Didn’t Know About
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The Sumerians were an ancient civilization that inhabited the region of southern Mesopotamia (modern-day southern Iraq), between the Tigris and…
Happy Birthday Da Vinci: 5 Quotes and His Most Impressive Inventions
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A few people have stunned civilization throughout its history, like Leonardo da Vinci. With his inventions and revolutionary thinking, the…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Shigir Idol
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When archaeologists discovered the Shigir Idol more than 100 years ago, it was impossible to date it accordingly. All the…
3,000-Year-Old Chinese Sanxingdui Ruins Reveal Stunning Ancient Artifacts
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Chinese archaeologists have unveiled the results of new excavations carried out recently in the sacrificial pits of the ruins of…