Who Commissioned the Sphinx? 3 Puzzling Discoveries
The Great Sphinx at the Giza plateau is the largest, most ancient monolithic statue in the world. No matter where you decide to look, you won’t find a monument like…
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Ivan Petricevic
Ivan Petricevic is an investigative journalist and researcher with more than a decade of experience covering ancient history, UAP phenomena, space, and science. He writes about space, science, and history for Večernji list and has appeared as an expert on Discovery Channel and History Channel. He founded Curiosmos, where he reports from primary sources, archaeological research, and field investigations.
3 Most Puzzling Ancient Megaliths in the World
There are countless megaliths scattered across the globe. The word megalith originates from two ancient Greek words: Megas, Great, and Litos, meaning Stone. It is used to refer to a…
3 Lesser-Known Ancient Pyramids You Should Know About
It’s no secret that when people speak about pyramids, we immediately picture in our minds the Pyramids at the Giza plateau and the majestic Pyramid of Khufu. But pyramids are…
Archaeologists May Have Found Goliath’s Hometown, and the Ruins are Massive
Archeologists have reported exploring the 3,000-year-old city beneath Gath. The massive fortifications, buried beneath a previously excavated settlement in Southern Israel, most likely inspired Biblical traditions about Goliath and other…
Six Ancient Maps That Show How People Imagined the World
Ancient maps do not all look like modern atlases. Some are scratched into bone, painted on plaster or pressed into clay. Others are long strips that measure roads rather than…
What Does 6,600-Year-Old Pottery Reveal About Ecuador’s San Pedro Complex?
In 2019, archaeologists reported pottery fragments from Real Alto on Ecuador’s Pacific coast. Radiocarbon analysis dated the material to roughly 4640–4460 BC, placing it near the early Valdivia tradition. The…
5 Confounding Treasures of Ancient Egypt that Changed History
Among its many treasures, Egypt’s lands are home not only to more than 100 pyramids but to ancient cities, temples, weird statues like the Sphinx, and countless other mysteries. Many…
3 Lesser-Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
The Pyramids at Giza are unquestionably the most iconic in the world. Not because they are the largest or oldest, but because we identify pyramids with Egypt. That’s how it…
Here Are 3 of the Most Astounding Ancient Hindu Temples ever Built
There are so many ancient temples built across the world. There are many astounding temples too. It’s nearly impossible to pick out a handful of them. India is home to…
Here Are 30 Lesser Known Facts About The Great Pyramid of Giza
More than 4,500 years ago, an ancient civilization erected what would later become one of the most amazing and mysterious monuments on the planet’s surface. Thought to have been commissioned…
Mysterious Underground Structure is One of the Oldest Churches on Earth
Have you ever wondered about what the oldest church on Earth is? A group of archaeologists embarked on deciphering beneath the mysterious Naryn-Kala fortress in Derbent, Russia, a buried structure…
Translation of the Oldest Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Offers Clues About Great Pyramid
What do you think the oldest, most ancient Egyptian papyrus has to tell us about the pyramids? An archeological site excavated since 2011 has yielded some of the most important…
37 Kilograms of Mica—Used Today in Electronics—Found in the Ancient City of Teotihuacan
The sub-valley of Mexico is home to what was once the largest ancient city in pre-Columbian America. Home to around 150,000 people, the ancient city of Teotihuacan is shrouded in…
5 History-Changing Ancient Papyri Discovered in Egypt
Thousands of years ago, people around the world sought out the way they could express themselves. Some did it by carving intricate glyphs on stones; others wrote on the arid…
10 Things You Should Know About Ancient Egypt’s Bent Pyramid
Commissioned by Pharaoh Sneferu around 2,600 BC, the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur is one of the finest examples of pyramids in ancient Egypt, because it represents a transitional phase of…
Here Are 3 Ancient Pyramids Built on Top of Older Pyramids
Pyramids are fascinating, and their true purpose has remained a mystery, sparking debates that have lasted for decades. Were pyramids tombs? Were they ‘false’ tombs? Or did they serve…
The Sphinx’s Tunnels and Chambers: What Has Actually Been Found
The Great Sphinx has real tunnels, shafts and cavities. What it does not have—at least not in the published archaeological record—is a confirmed “subterranean world” or a hidden Hall of…
Teotihuacan and its Ancient Pyramids are Home to an Extensive Underground World
There are thousands of pyramids scattered across the globe. Pyramids were erected on nearly all continents on Earth by different cultures throughout history. But many secrets about the pyramids remain…
An Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Turns out to be the Oldest Christian Documentary Letter
Ancient Egypt is not all about Pyramids, mummies, and secrets hidden beneath the sands. In fact, the land of the Pharaohs, throughout its extensive history, has given the world a…
Archaeologists Diving Under a 2,300-Year-Old Pyramid Find Ancient Treasure
Unlike the Egyptian Pyramids, which supposedly served as tombs where the kings were ‘buried’ inside the monuments, the Pyramids of Sudan have a key difference: the tombs of the pharaohs…
5 Baffling Discoveries Made Beneath Egypt’s Golden Sands
The Ancient Egyptian civilization rightfully holds a place in the list of the most advanced, sophisticated, and developed civilizations of ancient times. Ancient Egypt was a land unlike any other.…
15 Facts About the Largest Pyramid on Earth
Pyramids have been a passion of mine for quite some time. It’s maybe because I grew up in a country whose ancestors built some of the most impressive pyramids the…
Here Are 3 Puzzling Accounts of UFO Sightings in Antiquity
UFOs are a global Phenomenon. All around th world, no matter the country we look at, people have reported seeing strange things in the sky. Whether it be lights, mysterious…
Pyramid Pictures: 20 Stunning Ancient Sites You’ve Probably Never Seen
Without the technological impact we have today, how did so many ancient civilizations achieve greatness, forever leaving an imprint in history as they did? When you stop and think about…