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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…

When archaeologists discovered the Shigir Idol more than 100 years ago, it was impossible to date it accordingly. All the…

Chinese archaeologists have unveiled the results of new excavations carried out recently in the sacrificial pits of the ruins of…

Mexico City is not only the capital but also the largest city in Mexico. There are many historical and architectural…

From ancient times the image of a woman is associated with that of life because the woman is the one…

Every person has thought about how our ancestors lived, what they thought about, what did they strive for? Well, probably,…

What do people usually associate the desert with? Most often with an endless surface devoid of hills, bushes, and trees.…

Hundreds of new artifacts of the ancient world fall into the hands of scientists every year, but few are capable…

Lost in the Algerian desert, the ancient outpost of the Roman Empire, Timgad is one of the most impressive abandoned…

The Egyptian queens played a significant role back in the olden days. Quite a few of them accompanied and helped…

Scientists have noticed that many ancient Egyptian pharaoh statues lack noses. At first, it was attributed to the fact that…

After the death of a Roman emperor, it was time for his apotheosis. This was the name of the complex, lengthy,…

The Roman Colosseum – one of the most impressive ancient structures known to modern man. When built in antiquity –…

The structures of the olden days fascinate me for some unfathomable reason. I still remember gravitating towards a small book…

“It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and ancient Machu Picchu, for instance, seem…

 “Sumer, the land which came to be known in classical times as Babylonia, consists of the lower half of Mesopotamia,…

Of all the monuments in ancient Egypt, not is as imposing as the Great Sphinx of Giza. Carved out of…

“Once the travel bug bites there’s no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the…

“If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair. A human being that…

Hidden in the slopes of the Georgian Erusteti Mountain lies a magnificent ancient cave city complex that rarely received the…

Vatican City is known as the smallest state in the world. It shares borders with Rome and is known as…

Various creatures walked planet earth back in the olden days; some of those creatures are now extinct and can only…