For almost a century, King Tutankhamun has been the poster boy for Ancient Egypt. His death mask was sublimely, breathtakingly crafted over 3,300 years ago from 24 pounds of beaten gold, with eyeliner of lapis lazuli and eyes of quartz and obsidian. It’s probably the most recognizable artifact we have from antiquity. Once entombed in […]

Jarlshof is an ancient settlement near Sumburgh Head, the southern tip of the Shetland Mainland in northern Scotland. It is one of the most unique and famous prehistoric archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles and Scotland. It embraces more than 4,000 years of human history. It was home to many different people for

Almost every culture that prevails around the world talks consists of ancient accounts that narrate the tales of giants living on the Earth. One more addition to such accounts is the ancient mural painting in the Nubian pyramids that portrays a ‘Giant’ carrying two elephants. Moving north from Khartoum along a narrow desert road toward

In the 16th and 17th centuries while, with astonishing hypocrisy, Europeans were reacting with disgust and outrage to reports of cannibalism brought back by travelers from the New World. And yet in this very period people were still treating themselves with corpse medicine, cures and remedies consisting of human blood, bones, organs, and human fat!

Sam Osmanagich claims that 12,000 years ago, early Europeans built “the greatest pyramidal complex” on earth, in Bosnia. Morten Hvaal Sam Osmanagich kneels down next to a low wall, part of a 6-by-10-foot rectangle of fieldstone with an earthen floor. If I’d come upon it in a farmer’s backyard here on the edge of Visoko—in

The first complete skeleton of a prehistoric marine reptile was thought to be lost forever in a bombing raid in London in 1941. Paleontologist Mary Anning discovered the ichthyosaur fossil in 1818, two decades before the word dinosaur was even part of our lexicon. The ancient marine reptiles got the name ichthyosaur, or “fish lizard,”

The archaeologist embarks oп a research trip as they work at aп archaeological site adorпed with a remarkable fiпd: a diпosaυr skeletoп eпtombed withiп the stoпe walls. This extraordiпary discovery reveals the remaiпs of a mighty Tyraппosaυrυs rex, captivatiпg the imagiпatioп aпd offeriпg a glimpse iпto the aпcieпt world of these impressive creatυres. With meticυloυs

It has been described by the director of the British Museum as “one of the most fascinating sites” he has has ever visited, but the archaeologist who led the discovery of a lost Sumerian temple in the ancient city of Girsu has said he was accused of “making it up” and wasting funding. Dr Sebastien

As the son of the mighty god Enki, creator and protector of humanity, Marduk plays an important role in Mesopotamian mythology and the history of Babylon. Babylon was the “sacred city” dedicated to the cult of Marduk, who had his temple there and a golden statue. In ancient times, Babylon was considered almost the “center

Sumerians made several ancient statues of beings who had huge and blue eyes. These ancient statues were then placed in the high temple on top of the ziggurat. It seems clear that the eye motif on these figures was very significant to our ancestors. Why are the eyes usually looking up to something? What was