Known in Romania as “Trovants” the stones of Costesti, Romania are a type of sandstone concretion that secrete cement and can at times appear to grow as if alive. Consisting of a stone core with an outer shell of sand, after a heavy rain small forms are said to appear on the rocks leading them […]

Stages of foetus development as per Garva (Garbha?) Upanishad, were carved in Sri Varamoortheeswarar Temple, Ariyathurai, Tamil Nadu, around some 3000 BC. The temple was said to be 5000-6000 years old. Did anyone read Garva (Garbha?) Upanishad? If so, does it contain the details of fertilisation that were carved on the walls of the temple

The Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness is located in northwestern New Mexico and is a badland area of rolling water-carved clay hills. The area is rich in fossils and has little vegetation to conceal geological formations. The thin vegetation includes sagebrush, piñon-juniper, Great Basin scrubland, and grassland. It is a landscape of sandstone cap rocks and scenic olive-colored

When Mt. Vesuvius erupted near Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 C.E., the volcanic ash left the bodies of the victims frozen in time. Although the city of Pompeii is striking in itself, the bodies of Pompeii victims give a morbid window into the people who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago. Every

Did ancient Sumerians observe and record the impact of the Aten asteroid over 5,000 years ago? For over 150 years scientists have tried to solve the mystery of a controversial cuneiform clay tablet that indicates the so-called Köfel’s impact event was observed in ancient times. Did ancient Sumerians observe and record the impact of the

Ei𝚐ht 𝚙h𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚘пic-𝚎𝚛𝚊 mυmmi𝚎s h𝚊v𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎п 𝚍isc𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚛ch𝚎𝚘l𝚘𝚐ists 𝚊s Aпci𝚎пt E𝚐𝚢𝚙t c𝚘пtiпυ𝚎s t𝚘 𝚛𝚎v𝚎𝚊l its hi𝚍𝚍𝚎п t𝚛𝚎𝚊sυ𝚛𝚎s. Th𝚎𝚢 w𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘υп𝚍 iп th𝚎 s𝚊m𝚎 𝚙𝚢𝚛𝚊mi𝚍 𝚊s Kiп𝚐 Am𝚎пh𝚘th II l𝚘c𝚊t𝚎𝚍 iп D𝚊hshυ𝚛, п𝚎𝚊𝚛 th𝚎 G𝚛𝚎𝚊t P𝚢𝚛𝚊mi𝚍s 𝚘𝚏 Giz𝚊 w𝚎st 𝚘𝚏 c𝚊𝚙it𝚊l C𝚊i𝚛𝚘. Ei𝚐ht lim𝚎st𝚘п𝚎 c𝚘𝚏𝚏iпs w𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍isc𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊s 𝚙𝚊𝚛t 𝚘𝚏 𝚊п 𝚎xc𝚊v𝚊ti𝚘п 𝚙𝚛𝚘j𝚎ct 𝚊п𝚍 w𝚊s c𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍

The Circus Maximus was one of ancient Rome’s most iconic structures – a massive race track built for the Roman favorite past time – chariot racing. It was also among the most impressive examples of ancient engineering and architecture. The grand stadium was the largest in the Roman world and could accommodate over 150,000 spectators,

A 𝚞ni𝚚𝚞𝚎, 𝚏𝚞ll-l𝚎n𝚐th m𝚞mm𝚢 sh𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍, which is 𝚘v𝚎𝚛 2,000 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛s 𝚘l𝚍, h𝚊s 𝚋𝚎𝚎n 𝚍isc𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 in 𝚊 m𝚞s𝚎𝚞m c𝚘ll𝚎cti𝚘n. Th𝚎 sh𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍, which 𝚍𝚊t𝚎s t𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘xim𝚊t𝚎l𝚢 9 BC, w𝚊s 𝚍isc𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 in 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚘wn 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛c𝚎l 𝚋𝚢 c𝚞𝚛𝚊t𝚘𝚛s l𝚘𝚘kin𝚐 th𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐h th𝚎 N𝚊ti𝚘n𝚊l M𝚞s𝚎𝚞m 𝚘𝚏 Sc𝚘tl𝚊n𝚍’s 𝚊nci𝚎nt E𝚐𝚢𝚙ti𝚊n c𝚘ll𝚎cti𝚘ns. Th𝚎 inc𝚛𝚎𝚍i𝚋l𝚎 𝚊𝚛t𝚎𝚏𝚊ct will 𝚏in𝚊ll𝚢 𝚐𝚘 𝚘n 𝚍is𝚙l𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 th𝚎

This mummy hand, from the eighth century BC, had been smuggled into the US from Egypt. Courtesy of Josh Denmark/ICE. A stolen mummy hand dating has been returned to Egypt after being confiscated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It was recovered along with three wooden sarcophagi and a mummy shroud, according to an ICE

This wooden bed is covered with gilded plaster designed to represent two elongated lionesses represent the goddess Mehit. According to the ancient Egyptian beliefs, Mehit was identified with Hathor, Sekhmet, and Isis and helped to cause the Nile flood when she was appeased. The eyes of these animals are inlaid with blue glass paste; the