Uncovering the mysteries of Egypt’s Serapeum-the sacred bulls’ graveyard
Saqqara, near the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, is home to the oldest surviving pyramids from Pharaonic Egypt. It was one of the necropolises preferred by the…
It was “unexpected” to find a woman’s skeleton buried alongside a treasure in Herculaneum
Before Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24, in the year 79, according to most historians, Herculaneum had a population of about 5,000. Because the entire town has…
“Surprise”: The largest tomb ever discovered in Egypt was a KV5 secret
Although researchers had known of the site’s existence for over a century, it took a long time for them to realize what they had discovered.Although many think…
5,000-year-old mummies of a couple holding hands and wearing enigmatic jade rings have astonished researchers
Bronze Age burial near Lake Baikal intrigues archeologists who have not yet revealed contents of leather pouch between man’s kneecaps. The man’s skeleton had a ring made…
Before the Inuit came to Canada, Vikings raised the mysterious Thor’s hammer monument
On the desolate north bank of the Payne Estuary, 15 miles above the village of Payne Bay, near the west coast of Ungava Bay, northern Quebec, Canada,…
Amazingly, the 6,500-year-old tomb of the unfortunate Téviec is a makeshift coffin made of seashells and sea antlers
The 2,600-year-old remains of a young Scythian warrior are now known to be female. The young warrior appeared to be about 13 years old when she died….
The mystery surrounding a 350-year-old bishop who was interred with a foetus between his legs has been resolved
A BISHOP buried with a foetus between his legs almost 350 years ago has baffled archaeologists since they made the discovery in 2012. A new study claims…
The surprising discovery of middle-class life in the doomed city of Pompeii in 79 A.D
A trunk with its lid left open. A wooden dishware closet, its shelves caved in. Three-legged accent tables topped by decorative bowls. These latest discoveries by archaeologists…
The weirdest skull: Mummified shamans in the Chauchilla Cemetery with long, dreaded manes of hair
The Chauchilla Cemetery, a 1,000-year-old burial ground located about 30 km south of Nazca, is NOT to be missed. Open-air tombs of shockingly well preserved mummies, eerie…
In a gold mine in California, 40-million-year-old tools were found
Miners unearthed hundreds of stone artifacts and human remains deep inside their tunnels at Table Mountain and other areas in the gold mining region in the mid-nineteenth…