Investigating an isolated Neolithic tomb in Andalucía has revealed a new dimension to its rock art. What can this tell us about life as well as death in a remarkable megalithic monument? George Nash, Sara Garcês, José Julio García Arranz, and Hipólito Collado share the secrets of the Dolmen de Soto. The origins of Neolithic […]

In the Shar-Planina mountain range in the territory of the Republic of Kosovo, scientist Ismet Smiley found a mysterious object that does not belong to current human civilization. This object looks a lot like a modern transformer but dates back tens of thousands of years. This artifact is an irregularly shaped stone with a coil

The Sweet Track in the Somerset Levels in England is one of the few places in the UK that gives you a rare glimpse into what it was like to be alive 5,830 years ago. An ancient pathway criss-crossing the beautiful Somerset flatlands. Illustration by E.Mortalmans / Source The Sweet Track is an ancient timber

An ancient Egyt expert may have uncovered why the Great Pyramid of Giza was built and what its purpose was, perhaps answering a mystery that has stretched back hundreds of years The two “lost pyramids” of Lake Moeris may prove the Great Pyramid of Giza was built to be a giant water pump and not

Head out to the theatre, a sports match or even a village fete and chances are that lurking in the background will be a dedicated band of volunteers ready to leap into action if a member of public falls ill. For the most part they’ll be seen dancing along to show songs, cheering on their

Vatican Museum restorer Alice Baltera works on the bronze Hercules statue, in the Round Hall of the Vatican Museums, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Work will continue until December to reveal the 4-meter- (13-foot-) tall Hercules, believed to have stood in … more >PrintBy Francesco Sportelli – Associated Press – Saturday, May 13, 2023 Scaffolding in

Anyone who has come across Strongman/Strongwoman competitions on television, in which robust men and women compete in feats of extreme strength and power, are likely to have seen the Atlas stones or Stone Shoulder. In these events, large, heavy stones resembling boulders are lifted from the ground to the shoulder, or onto platforms of varying

Traces of ancient Egyptian mummies can be found within 19th century paintings. No, really! The ground bones of mummies were used to create a unique shade of paint known as Mummy Brown. Most people today would probably associate Egyptian mummies with museums. This is unsurprising, as this is probably where most of us have seen

The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal has sometimes been described as the ‘first library’ in the world, or the ‘oldest surviving royal library in the world’. The library was discovered by archaeologists who were excavating at the site of Nineveh, today known as Kuyunjik. As this was the imperial capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the

The medieval city of Eski Kermen in Crimea will have a wonderful fate after restoration – it will become a new full-fledged platform for attracting many tourists, like Chersonesus, says the director of the Research Center for History and Archeology of Crimea, Crimean Federal University, Vernadsky Alexey Aybabin. According to him, this was made possible