“Secrets “of South American mummies are revealed by decoding DNA stored in lice glue
Remarkable samples from an ancient culture offer scientists a promising new way to study the past. Anyone who has ever peered through a magnifying glass and struggled…
The Romans used Ancient Technology to create Invisibility “Cloaks” around monuments
A team of civil engineers in France have revealed that the Romans had ancient technology for building structures that acted like modern-day electromagnetic cloaking devices. The pattern…
The Ancient Bodies of Venzone Never Decomposed – How?
While repairing the church of Saint Andrew (in Venzone, Udine, Italy) in 1647, workers accidentally broke a tomb and discovered an intact body.This tomb is located on…
Discovered the 1,600-year-old tomb of “Santa Claus”
Researchers uncover the mystery of the burial place of the supposedly archetypal saint of Santa Claus under the ruins of an ancient church in Turkey. The tomb…
A 1,300-Year-Old Corn “God Statue” Illustrates the Mayas’ Maize Worship
The deity was linked to renewal and creation in Mesoamerican culture. While excavating a section of the ancient Maya city of Palenque last summer, archaeologists in Mexico…
Icelandic witches – The mystery of the creation of magical pants made of human skin
A museum in Iceland is home to the only known pair of necropants: pants made out of human skin. Legend has it that Icelandic sorcerers would tear…
“Scans” Show Cruelty in the Making of Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies
Ancient Egypt is famous for its mummies of pharaohs, however, the ancient Egyptians mummified animals as well as people. New non-invasive technology has been used to digitally…
An very well-preserved bone from a 110 million-year-old dinosaur was unintentionally found in Canada by miners
It is said that the best discoveries are made by accident, which is exactly what happened in Western Canada a few years ago. The dinosaur remains are…
Discover the only “fully-solved ” Viking Age wagon mystery and uncover what it was used for
The exceptionally well-preserved wagon was found in a burial mound in Oseberg near the Oslo Fjord in Norway. The artefact that is commonly known as the “Oseberg…
The “party town” of ancient Rome is forgotten under the sea
Statues and ruins of a 2,000-year-old resort, famed for luxury and vice, are now a marine visitor attraction Fish flit around Enrico Gallochio as he gently brushes…