History – Mystery

In Rome, there is an artificially built mountain, which entirely consists of fragments of about 53 million Roman amphoras, in which olive oil was stored. It is the largest Roman dump – the so-called Monte Testaccio (also called Monte Testaceo or Monte dei cocci; in English Testacio). Monte Testaccio practically consists only of testae – […]

The Royal Cemetery of Ur received its name because of the large quantity of treasures that were discovered there during the excavations headed by Sir Charles Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934. Amongst other things, this treasure includes jewelry, weapons, musical instruments, as well as some curious artifacts. Although the treasures do not necessarily reflect

In the annals of mythology ɩіeѕ a story obscured by time, a narrative that predates Eve and сһаɩɩeпɡeѕ the conventional wisdom of the biblical tale. This is the enigmatic ѕаɡа of Lilith, the first wife of Adam, whose existence has been гeɩeɡаted to the shadows. As we delve into the obscure corridors of ancient lore,

An interior section of Sao Gabriel, the navy’s flagship, on the first voyage to India in 1497 by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, known as the first navigator to discover the Indian sea route. Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese sailor and explorer who lived between the 15th and 16th centuries. Not only is da

Unlike most major Roman towns in southern Britain, Calleva Atrebatum did not re-emerge as a town in the medieval period. The Iron Age town of Calleva, which covered over 32 hectares, seems to have been established between about 20 and 10 BC. It may have been a planned settlement of people from north-west Gaul (modern

Using artificial intelligence, Dutch photographer Bas Uterwijk released on Friday modern images of the Egyptian King Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) and Queen Nefertiti. The pictures, which Uterwijk posted on his Twitter page, are based on old carvings and engravings that portrayed the two. The artist said in his post: “I don’t claim to be a scientist.

EGYPT’S Great Pyramid of Giza may not have been the only thing built for Khufu in Giza, a historian has told Express.co.uk after making a bombshell discovery in a famous papyrus. Discovered in 2013, the Diary of Merer is the name of a logbook detailing the transportation of limestone from Tura to Giza during the

This loaf of bread was found in Pompeii. The style of the bread was typical in Italy at the time of the first century AD. The bread was carbonized (burnt) and darkened (turned dark) as a result of the heating and burning during the volcano eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It is presumed

Archaeologists excavating a looted pyramid tomb in the ruins of a Mayan city in Peten, northeast Guatemala, have discovered a mysterious interlocking jade mask believed to have belonged to a previously unknown Mayan king. Chochkitam, a little-known archaeological site, is located near the Peten Basin, a subregion of the Maya Lowlands in northwest Guatemala. The

The recently discovered sphinxes guarding the entrance to the Lion Tomb beneath the great mound at Amphipolis in Macedonia were unveiled on August 12th 2014 during a visit by the Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras. They may be telling us more than has yet been realised about the occupant of this newly excavated tomb and