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Iraqi Kurdistan Site Reveals Evolution towards the First Cities of Mesopotamia

Iraqi Kurdistan Site Reveals Evolution towards the First Cities of Mesopotamia

A Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) campaign at the site of Gird Lashkir, in Iraq, reveals the evolution from the first farming societ…

Campsite dating back 12000 years unearthed by Route 8 Construction near Fredricton, NB

Campsite dating back 12000 years unearthed by Route 8 Construction near Fredricton, NB

Archaeologists have found evidence that proves First Nations people were in New Brunswick more than 10,000 years ago. For years archaeologis…

Could a Human Not in Our Species Still Exist?

Could a Human Not in Our Species Still Exist?

^BHuman ancestor skulls.^b Five skulls belonging to some ancestors and relatives of modern humans. The three skulls at left are, from bottom…

Gujarat: Likely Buddhist monastery remains unearthed in Vadnagar (India)

Gujarat: Likely Buddhist monastery remains unearthed in Vadnagar (India)

The finding could establish the importance of the region as a thriving Buddhist centre [representational picture]. (AFP Photo) The Archeolog…

Researchers discover bullet holes in Million year old prehistoric skulls

Researchers discover bullet holes in Million year old prehistoric skulls

Although many are reluctant to accept it, there are a number of anomalies that show us clearly that something disturbing happened in the pas…

Naval Bases Found That Once Guarded World’s First Democracy

Naval Bases Found That Once Guarded World’s First Democracy

The trireme “Olympias,” a modern replica. (Wikimedia Commons) Archaeologists have discovered massive naval bases that once enabled Athens to…

The “Gateway To The Underworld” In Siberia??

The “Gateway To The Underworld” In Siberia??

There’s a strange crack in the landscape that is splintering across the frosty depths of Siberia called the Batagaika Crater. The area has l…

Treasure trove found in ancient sunken cargo ship off Israel

Treasure trove found in ancient sunken cargo ship off Israel

You never know what you’ll find at the bottom of the sea. A couple of divers in the ancient Israeli port of Caesarea brought up some items f…

Burial sites show how Nubians, Egyptians integrated communities thousands of years ago

Burial sites show how Nubians, Egyptians integrated communities thousands of years ago

Michele Buzon, a Purdue University associate professor of anthropology, is excavating pyramid tombs in Tombos, Sudan to study Egyptian and N…

Rare 4,000-Year-Old Petroglyphs Created By Ancient People In Eastern Transbaikalia Confirm Ancient Legend

Rare 4,000-Year-Old Petroglyphs Created By Ancient People In Eastern Transbaikalia Confirm Ancient Legend

For many years, locals in Eastern Transbaikalia, a mountainous region to the east of Lake Baikal in Russia told stories about a certain petr…

Archaeologist identifies long-lost grave of Attalid rulers in Turkey

Archaeologist identifies long-lost grave of Attalid rulers in Turkey

The monumental burial site at Yiğma Tepe, atop a hill by Pergamon, had to have been created to commemorate somebody vastly important. Prof. …

Naia: 12,500-Year-Old Skeleton Sheds Light on First Americans

Naia: 12,500-Year-Old Skeleton Sheds Light on First Americans

Cave diver inspects the skull of Naia, a 12,500-year-old teenage girl discovered in a submerged cave on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. I m…

Declassified Documents Released: Confirms The Nazi Bell Was A Secret ‘Worm Hole Time Machine’!

Declassified Documents Released: Confirms The Nazi Bell Was A Secret ‘Worm Hole Time Machine’!

Secret operations by leading scientists in Nazi Germany lead to the discovery of one of the most biggest and mysterious wonder weapons – Die…

Tourists find skeleton of Roman child inside cave

Tourists find skeleton of Roman child inside cave

The cave where the bones were found. Photo: Egnoka/Wikimedia Excursionists hiking up a mountain in the Lazio region were stunned last week a…

Deep ‘scars’ from ancient geological events play role in current earthquakes

Deep ‘scars’ from ancient geological events play role in current earthquakes

A proposed perennial plate tectonic map. Present-day plate boundaries (white lines), with hidden ancient plate boundaries that may reactivat…

Microbiologists unmask the Hannibal route enigma

Microbiologists unmask the Hannibal route enigma

Hannibal crosses the Alps on an elephant. Credit: Nicolas Poussin Microbiologists based in the Institute for Global Food Security and School…

Oseberg Ship: Astonishingly Well-Preserved Viking Burial Ship

Oseberg Ship: Astonishingly Well-Preserved Viking Burial Ship

The Vikings’ ships were the greatest technical and artistic achievement of the European Dark Ages. Without these great ships the Viking Age …

The Throne Of The Gods – An Awe Inspiring And Enigmatic Ancient Place is Mount Nemrut, Turkey

The Throne Of The Gods – An Awe Inspiring And Enigmatic Ancient Place is Mount Nemrut, Turkey

Antiochus I, an Armenian king whose lineage connected him to the Seleucids, Ptolemies, and Macedonians, ruled the small territory of Commage…

Biblical Kings David and Solomon Were Not Fiction – ‘Six Clay Seals Found’ By MSU Archaeologists Deliver New Evidence

Biblical Kings David and Solomon Were Not Fiction – ‘Six Clay Seals Found’ By MSU Archaeologists Deliver New Evidence

Six official clay seals found by a Mississippi State University archaeological team at a small site in Israel indicate that the biblical kin…

‘Royal Game Of Ur’ – One Of The Oldest Game Boards Discovered

‘Royal Game Of Ur’ – One Of The Oldest Game Boards Discovered

Question:  What was the Royal Game Of Ur?Answer:  In the ancient world, board games were as popular as they are today. Board games were very…

2,000-Year-Old Butter Found in Irish Bog 12 Feet Underground Is Technically Still Edible!

2,000-Year-Old Butter Found in Irish Bog 12 Feet Underground Is Technically Still Edible!

The 22-pound chunk of waxy material was found 12 feet underground and is technically still edible. Credit: Sonja Smith/Copper Tree Turf cutt…

Ancient Hidden Cities Discovered Beneath The Jungle In Cambodia

Ancient Hidden Cities Discovered Beneath The Jungle In Cambodia

Several ancient hidden cities have been discovered in the jungle of Cambodia. Many of the previously totally unknown sites are located near …

Buried ‘Super-Henge’ Revealed: A New UK Mystery Is Discovered

Buried ‘Super-Henge’ Revealed: A New UK Mystery Is Discovered

An artist’s depiction of how the stones at Durrington Walls may have been positioned. Credit: © LBI ArchPro, Juan Torrejón Valdelomar, Joach…

Did World War Zero Wipe Out The Mysterious Sea People Civilization?

Did World War Zero Wipe Out The Mysterious Sea People Civilization?

The whereabouts of the homeland or homelands of the so-called Sea Peoples have been endlessly debated. The “Sea People” is an ancient civili…