Shroud of Turin dates back to Jesus’ era, says new book
Scientists have placed the famed Shroud of Turin to Christ’s time, between the 280 BC and AD 220, raising questions about whether the relic is more than a medieval hoax. According to the Telegraph, a...
View Article‘Gate to hell’ discovered in Turkey
Italian archaeologists have uncovered a “gate to hell” from ruins in southwestern Turkey. Known as Pluto’s Gate — Ploutonion in Greek, Plutonium in Latin — the cave was celebrated as the portal to the...
View ArticleNew clues to mysterious Maya Blue formula revealed
A team of chemists from the University of Valencia and the Polythecnic University of Valencia (Spain) have come up with a new hypothesis about how Maya Blue, a highly-resistant pigment used for...
View ArticleColourful murals discovered in 600-year-old tomb in China
A 600-year-old tomb decorated with rare mural paintings has been unearthed in east China’s Jiangxi Province. The tomb, dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), was discovered at a construction site...
View ArticleAncient stone structure discovered beneath Sea of Galilee
Archaelologists have discovered a cone-shaped stone structure in the waters of the Sea of Galilee. According to the researchers, the mysterious rock pile is 10 metres high and 70 metres in diameter,...
View Article2,000-year-old ritual bath found in Jerusalem
Archaeologists discovered here a 2,000-year-old ritual bath that used a highly sophisticated system of water collection to comport with Jewish law, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said...
View ArticleAncient mysteries revealed in Turkmen desert sands
Over four millennia ago, the fortress town of Gonur-Tepe might have been a rare advanced civilisation before it was buried for centuries under the dust of the Kara Kum desert in remote western...
View ArticleWorld’s oldest harbour, hieroglyphic papyri found
A team of archaeologists in Egypt has unearthed what are believed to be the world’s most ancient harbour and a set of hieroglyphic papyri dating to the third millennium B.C.. “The port of Wadi el-Jarf...
View ArticleStonehenge occupied 5,000 yrs earlier than previously thought
Stonehenge may have been occupied 5,000 years earlier than previously believed, archaeologists have found. Excavation of a site 1.6 km from the stone structure in England has revealed that people have...
View Article3,000-year-old skeletons found in Indonesian cave
Archaeologists have discovered remains of 66 humans dating back to 3000 years in a cave in Sumatra island of Indonesia. The team which excavated the Harimau or Tiger Cave also found the first example...
View ArticleBuilders of Giza pyramids ‘ate more than 4,000 pounds of meat everyday’
The builders of the famous Giza pyramids feasted on food from a massive catering-type operation, the remains of which scientists have discovered at a workers’ town near the pyramids. The workers’ town...
View ArticleNew information on origins of Maya civilization unearthed
Finding from new excavations at Ceibal, an ancient Mayan site in Guatemala, has challenged the two prevailing theories on how early Maya civilization began, suggesting its origins are more complex than...
View Article1800-yr-old metal spheres excavated beneath Mexican pyramid
Archaeologists, using a camera-equipped robot, have discovered hundreds of enigmatic, once-metallic spheres buried deep beneath an ancient pyramid in Mexico City. The mysterious spheres were found...
View ArticleHanging Gardens of Babylon were never in Babylon?
The Hanging Gardens of Nineveh? One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – Hanging Gardens of Babylon were actually located 483 kilometres away from the legendary city of Babylon, a leading...
View ArticlePlague wiped out Roman Empire
Scientists have confirmed that the Justinianic Plague of the sixth to eighth centuries was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. This pandemic, named after the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, killed...
View ArticleAncient mosaic found in Israel
Archaeologists have found a mosaic dating back around 1,500 years in an area in the northern part of Be’er Sheva, the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel, the Israel Antiquities...
View ArticleVast Mayan city discovered in Mexico jungle
Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown Mayan city in the southeastern state of Campeche, which for its vastness and characteristics is believed to have been a seat of government some 1,400...
View ArticleDozens of mummies found in pre-Inca royal tomb in Peru
Polish and Peruvian archaeologists have discovered a royal burial chamber with 60 mummies and some 1,200 gold, silver and ceramic objects from over 1,000 years ago in Peru. The mummies — including...
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