See the face of ‘Ava,’ a Bronze Age woman who lived in Scotland 3,800 years ago
Researchers created a 3D image of a Bronze Age woman who was likely part of Europe's "Bell Beaker" culture.
Archaeology
The ‘ancient giants’ who created the huge cave networks in South America
In 2010, when geologist Amilcar Adamy from the Brazilian Geological Survey decided to investigate rumours of a peculiar cave in the state of Rondonia, to the north-west of Brazil, he…
“Altamura Man” who fell down sinkhole 150,000 years ago starved to death and “fused” with its walls
Scientists identified the unfortunate individual whose bones were found fused to the walls of a cave in Lamalunga, near Altamura. It was a gruesome death that is the stuff of most people's nightmares.
The human history timeline: The key events that shaped our world
The human history timeline is a chronological summary of the major events and developments in human civilization. It begins with the emergence of early humans and continues through various civilizations, societies, and key milestones such as the invention of writing, the rise and fall of empires, scientific advancements, and significant cultural and political movements.
The world’s oldest pyramid is hidden in Mount Padang, scientists claim
When Dutch colonists became the first Europeans to discover Gunung (Mount) Padang in the early 20th century, they must have been awestruck by the sheer scale of their ancient stone surroundings.
A 520-million-year-old five-eyed fossil reveals Arthropod origin
Five-eyed shrimp that swam the oceans over 500 million years ago could be the 'missing link' in the origin of arthropods, fossil reveals
NASA can’t explain who made these huge, 8,000-year-old Geoglyphs in Kazakhstan
Aerial images of the desert region of Turgai in northern Kazakhstan, reveal gigantic geometric figures that resemble the famous Nazca Lines in Peru and are only noticeable at high altitudes.…
The Ural Relief Map: Strange white slabs scrawled with some unknown language!
When it comes to unexplained mysteries, very few seem to be as incredible and irrefutable as the Ural Relief Map. In 1995, Aleksander Chuvyrov, Professor of Mathematical and Physical Science…
World’s first use of nanotech was in India, 2,600 years ago!
In 2015, in a nondescript village some 450km from Chennai, India were found the remains of a city that went back to the 3rd-6th century BCE. Now, in broken pieces…
Bronze age artifacts used meteoric iron
Archaeologists had long been puzzled by iron tools dating thousands of years before iron smelting developed, but no, there was no precocious smelting, geochemists have concluded.
