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The mysterious object, called a “Roman dodecahedron,” was unearthed in the summer of 2023 during an archaeological dig in a farmer’s field near the Lincolnshire Footage of Norton Disney.(Image credit: Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group) Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed a stunning Roman dodecahedron — a mysterious class of objects that has baffled […]

The Chachapoya civilization, also called the “Warriors of the Clouds”, was a culture of the Andes living in the cloud forests of the southern part of the Department of Amazonas of present-day Peru. Predating the Inca by over six centuries, Chachapoya culture flourished from around AD 800 in Peru’s remote northern highlands. The population, which

Martand Sun Temple in Kashmir. It was destroyed by Sultan Sikandar Shah Miri in 1401 AD. Around 1200 years ago, a great king built a grand temple, dedicated to Martand, the Sun god. The temple had mighty grey stone walls, its courtyard was filled with river water that glinted and sparkled in the sun, and

In a fragment of sandstone sticking from the soil in the sparkling flatlands of Northeast Ethiopia, a fossil fragment of the cheekbone has been detected. Zeresenay Alemseged almost instinctively realised that he had come across something important. The skinbone brought a jaw, parts of a skull and eventually collar bones, shoulder blades, ribs and —

Construction workers unearthed a life-size marble statue of a Roman emperor dressed as Hercules while repairing a Roman sewer. “I doubt anyone was expecting a find like this under these circumstances,” Jane Draycott, an archaeologist and historian at the University of Glasgow, told the Miami Herald’s Brendan Rascius. “A nice surprise amongst the sewage!” The

The Enigma of Ancient Aliens: Have You Ever Been Curious About Their Appearance? One of the more mysterious symbols that has been found in carvings from the ancient world is an image that looks uncannily like a modern-day handbag. The shape appears in depictions made by the Sumerians of Iraq, in the ruins of Turkish

In the heart of London, housed within the prestigious walls of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, lies the Hunterian Museum. This museum, rich with medical wonders and oddities, is a treasure trove for anyone intrigued by the human body’s complexities. One particular specimen, tucked away amidst the vast collection, has a special story

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In “Textbook Story of How Humans Populated America is Biologically Unviable, Study Finds”, recently published in Ancient Origins, it was noted that DNA studies indicate that people could not have crossed the Beringia land bridge to enter the Americas 13,000 years ago because the “entry route was biologically unviable”. Although this finding by geneticists is

It shows a 3,200-year-old ostracon – a piece of pottery, usually something from a broken vessel, used like we might use the back of an envelope or spare sheet of paper (Thanks, Google). On this one is written a list of reasons given for work absence. The actual piece is part of the British Museum