Lost 14th-century Century Church Discovered under a Tennis Court in Hungary During an archaeological excavation in Visegrád, a fortified medieval castle on a hill overlooking the Danube in northern Hungary, the ruins of the Church of the Virgin Mary, built…
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Archaeologists have unearthed an intricately decorated blue room, interpreted as an ancient Roman shrine known as a sacrarium, during recent excavations in central Pompeii in Italy. The Italian Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, visited the site on Tuesday, describing the ancient city…
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Babylonians Used Advanced Maths to Predict Jupiter’s Path 1,400 Years Before Calculus Analysis of an ancient codebreaking tablet has revealed that Babylonian astronomers had calculated the movements of Jupiter using an early form of geometric calculus some 1,400 years before we thought…
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Evidence Unveiled: 3,800-Year-Old Megaquake Triggered 66-Foot Tsunamis in Chile Archaeologists have found evidence of the largest known earthquake in human history — a terrifying magnitude-9.5 megaquake that caused a 5,000-mile-long (8,000 kilometres) tsunami and prompted human populations to abandon nearby…
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2,600-Year-Old Brain Discovered in England: The Iron Age Mystery of Perfect Preservation In England, a 2,600-year-old human skull was discovered, which was less surprising than what it was: the brain. The discovery of the yellowish, crinkly, shrunk brain led to…
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7,000-Year-Old Spanish Stonehenge: Dolmen of Guadalperal Re-emerges Amidst Spain’s Drought This summer’s hot weather has been extremely troublesome in many European countries. Spain suffered the worst drought in decades. An unexpected side-effect of the warm weather has been discovering unknown…
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The Plaza Tree of Chaco Canyon: Unraveling the Mystery of America’s Ancient Ponderosa Pine In the Centre of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, a towering ponderous tree, known as the “Plaza Tree,” was once built to be a symbol of life and…
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600-Year-Old Buddha Statue Discovered in China Amid Reservoir Water Level Drop Lower water levels in a village in eastern China led to a shocking discovery the other day. What was discovered was an approximately 600-year-old Buddha statue almost perfectly preserved.…
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Discover Thamugadi: Africa’s Roman Ghost City Buried for a Millennium While the whole city often does not vanish, the Roman colony of Thamugadi was established in the North African province of Mumidia by Emperor Traian about 100 A.D., the city,…
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Lost Maya Kingdom Sak Tz’i’ with Ancient Pyramid Uncovered in Southern Mexico After exploring for over a quarter of a century, archeologists finally discovered the site of Sak Tz’i, a Maya kingdom referenced in sculptures and inscriptions from across the…
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