Inca quipu writing may have preserved ancient climate records in knotted strings
In the Peruvian highlands, above a narrow valley where fields of potatoes press against dry ...
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A virtual soundscape reveals how Derinkuyu may have sounded 2,000 years ago
It takes time for your eyes to adjust underground. In Derinkuyu, even artificial light falls ...
Was there an unknown ancient civilization in the Amazon?
Was there ever an unknown ancient civilization in the Amazon? Hear me out. From above, ...
Why are pyramids everywhere? A global pattern or universal logic
Why are pyramids everywhere? In the Egyptian desert, the pyramids stand still under a shifting ...
The underwater structure off the coast of Japan — natural or engineered?
In the shallows off Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost island, the sea floor drops away into shadows. ...
This ancient artificial island in Micronesia still defies archaeology
From the shoreline of Pohnpei, dark stone walls rise from the lagoon like the ribs ...
The gods who descended from the stars and the civilizations that believed them
Across the ancient world, people told stories of the gods who descended from the stars ...
This sunken structure is older than the pyramids and no one agrees on who built it
There’s a sunken structure older than the pyramids resting beneath the sea off Israel’s coast ...
The lost desert city of Loulan once thrived on the Silk Road before vanishing into sand
The lost desert city of Loulan lies buried beneath the sands of China’s Taklamakan Desert, ...
The forgotten empire of Peru that existed before the Inca — and left no writing behind
Long before the Inca, another empire ruled Peru’s northern coast — a civilization so powerful ...
The vanished supervolcano that may have changed human history
About 74,000 years ago, a vanished supervolcano in what is now Sumatra erupted with such ...
Scientists mapped a forgotten continent — and it’s hiding under Europe
Beneath Europe’s southern edge lies something few people have ever heard of, and fewer still ...
Before Machu Picchu, there was this — and almost no one remembers it
Before Machu Picchu captured the world’s imagination, there stood another capital, older, larger, and built ...
Chankillo is the oldest surviving astronomical observatory on Earth
Long before clocks, calendars, or written records of astronomy, a forgotten civilization in the Peruvian ...
Before Pompeii: The Minoan city a volcanic eruption tried to erase
An ancient disaster buried Akrotiri, the Minoan city long before Pompeii. The name Pompeii is ...
What if the first civilizations were older than we think?
What if civilization didn’t begin with cities or writing, but with memory and the sky? ...
Did the Garden of Eden point to Egypt — and was the Great Pyramid the Tree of Life?
For generations, the search for the Garden of Eden has captivated scholars, explorers, and the ...
These ancient temples predate the pyramids — and no one knows what their symbols mean
I am going to take you on a journey back in time, long before the ...
You’ve heard of Egypt’s pyramids — but not this hidden chamber of giant sarcophagi
You’ve heard the story of Egypt’s pyramids. Majestic stone giants rising from the sands of ...
Why were so many ancient cities built on top of each other?
Beneath the streets of Aleppo, under the hills of Turkey, and across the plains of ...
These ancient cities were built underground — and no one knows exactly why
Long before steel and concrete-shaped skylines, entire cities were carved deep below the Earth. These ...
Ancient myths may reveal a forgotten cycle of global cataclysms
Around the world, ancient myths describe devastating events—floods, fire from the sky, days of darkness, ...
The ancient calendars that predicted the end of worlds
Long before modern clocks and dates, ancient civilizations studied the skies and built ancient calendars ...
Ancient cities lost to desert sands and the secrets they left behind
Ancient cities lost to desert sands still whisper their forgotten stories across the empty landscapes ...