Underwater pyramids discovered about 6,000 years ago off the coast of Cuba could be the lost city of Atlantis
The remains of what may be a 6000-year-old city immersed in deep waters off the west coast of Cuba were discovered by a team of Canadian and…
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…
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 Mysteries of the Inca Ice Fairy’s Sacrifice in Peru – “Juanita Mummy”
Momia Juanita (‘Mummy Juanita’) is the name given to the mummy of a 15th century Incan girl who was discovered in Peru in 1995. She is known…
The Amazons’ Sarcophagus: An Etruscan Coffin with paintings of Dynamic fighting scenes of Greeks and Amazons
The Sarcophagus of the Amazons is a large Etruscan sarcophagus of an unknown artist, dated back to the third quarter of the 4th century BC and preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Florence….
Discovered in the Altai Mountains: a Stunning 2300-Year-Old Scythian Woman’s Boot
Some speculate that the boot probably belonged to a high-ranking woman who did not have to walk much, resulting in its pristine condition. Tired of fast fashion,…
“Trovants,” be surprised by Romania’s living stones: they move, grow, and reproduce!
There are strange places across the world. But these places make our planet such a wonderful and unique place. Among its many oddities and beauties, Earth has…
European Mummies Discovered in the Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang
The discovery of European-type corpses thousands of kilometers away provides a glimpse of the existence of a hitherto unknown link between East and West in the Bronze…