7 Things You Should Know About The 7 Wonders Of The Ancient World
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Every person has thought about how our ancestors lived, what they thought about, and what they strive for. Well, the…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Massive Hand Protruding From The Chilean Desert
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What do people usually associate the desert with? Most often with an endless surface devoid of hills, bushes, and trees….
Why Do Statues of Egyptian Pharaohs Have Broken Noses?
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Scientists have noticed that many ancient Egyptian pharaoh statues lack noses. At first, it was attributed to the fact that…
How Roman Emperors Were Turned Into Gods In Ancient Rome
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After the death of a Roman emperor, it was time for his apotheosis. This was the name of the complex, lengthy,…
The Roman Colosseum: From Cruelty to Perfection
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The Roman Colosseum – one of the most impressive ancient structures known to modern man. When built in antiquity –…
10 Fascinating Ancient Places in Peru You Probably Didn’t Know About
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What are some of your favorite ancient places in Peru? “It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Ancient Sumerians
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“Sumer, the land which came to be known in classical times as Babylonia, consists of the lower half of Mesopotamia,…
Unwritten Mystery: 5 Secrets The Great Sphinx Refuses to Reveal
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Of all the monuments in ancient Egypt, not is as imposing as the Great Sphinx of Giza. Carved out of…
Top 10 Things You Should Definitely do When Visiting Sweden
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“Once the travel bug bites there’s no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the…
TOP 8 Places to Visit in Beautiful Denmark
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“If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair. A human being that…
10 Things You Should Know About Vardzia Cave Monastery
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Hidden in the slopes of the Georgian Erusteti Mountain lies a magnificent ancient cave city complex that rarely received the…
3 Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations You’ve Probably Never Heard About
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When people are asked about Mesoamerican civilizations, few mention cultures other than the Aztecs and the Mayans. Especially in the…
Göbekli Tepe the Source of All Megalithic Monuments Including Stonehenge?
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The geometric complexity of Göbekli Tepe, considered by experts the oldest temple in the world, is a wonder to scientists…
7 Fascinating Ancient Aztec Artifacts You Probably Didn’t Know Existed
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Archaeology is a tool used by mankind to peer into the past. It helps write history, and from time to…
13,000 Years Ago, a Long-Lost Civilization Built Megalithic Temples
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Around 13,000 years ago, before the invention of technologies such as the wheel, the pulley, pottery, and metallurgy, and even…
Is This Really a 12,000-Year-Old Sphinx in Pakistan?
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There’s an unusual formation in present-day Pakistan, known as the Balochistan Sphinx, or the Lion of Balochistan. Located in Lesbela,…
Mysterious 10,000-Year-Old Ancient Figurines Baffle Experts
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Archaeologists have discovered a series of strange Neolithic figurines that date back to around 10,000 years ago while excavating several…
How did the Ancients Move 100-Ton Megaliths at Puma Punku?
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Two of the largest stones of Puma Punku weigh 131 tonnes and 85 tons, respectively. These massive boulders were carved…
The Remarkable Alignment of the Great Sphinx and How The Equinox Reveals its Ancient Secrets
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Thousands of years ago, the ancient Egyptians created one of the most impressive monuments on the surface of the planet….
3D Video Reconstruction of the Pyramids and the Great Sphinx
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When thinking about the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx, and the temples at the Giza plateau, an image of deteriorated monuments…
Why The Great Sphinx is Absent From Egypt’s Ancient Records
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The Great Sphinx of Giza is perhaps the only ancient monument on the planet’s surface that can outshine the Pyramids….
21 Jaw-Dropping Aerial Images of the Ancient Pyramids You Need To See
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The truly gigantic size of the pyramids of Giza is hard to describe. The three main pyramids—perhaps the most famous…