2,200-Year-Old Mythological Masks Unearthed in Turkey’s Muğla | Archaeological Discovery Archaeologists in southwestern Turkey’s Muğla have recently uncovered 10 rock carvings of mythological masks in the ancient city of Stratonikeia. An excavation team, headed by professor Bilal Söğüt of Pamukkale…
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Unique 2,800-Year-Old Ivory Object Unearthed At Hattusa The artifact is from an Iron Age settlement at Hattusa that was established after the city was abandoned by the Hittites. Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed an ornately carved 2,800-year-old elephant tusk in…
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Perfectly Preserved 10,500-Year-Old Basket Found In Muraba’at Cave This large woven basket is still in perfect condition despite being 10,500 years old! It is now the world’s oldest woven basket and it was discovered in Muraba‘at Cave in Israel. According…
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A 33 Million-Year-Old Crystal Mountain In Egypt, Near An Oasis “Crystal Mountain”. Located within the white desert, 120 km from the Farafra Oasis and 160 km from the Bahariya Oases is one of the rarest mountains in the world, it…
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The Mythical Benben Stone: Unveiling the Landing Site of Egyptian God Atum The Benben Stone is an entity found in ancient Egyptian mythology. The legendary stone was once kept in a shrine within the compounds of the temple of the…
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Geologist Urges Swift Repatriation of Mungo Man, a 40,000-Year-Old Discovery Forty years after Mungo Man was unearthed in the dunes of western New South Wales, the geologist who made the discovery is urging the NSW government to speed up repatriation…
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Mystery Of The Faceless Woman Found In A 1,000-Year-Old Royal Grave Archaeologists have unearthed a strange 1,000-year-old grave containing the remains of a woman and man. The most curious aspect of this discovery is that the woman’s face is missing.…
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Exploring Nine Mile Canyon: World’s Longest and Oldest Art Gallery in Utah’s Desert Situated in the desert of eastern Utah, The Nine Mile Canyon is the world’s longest art gallery. This canyon is home to tens of thousands of petroglyphs and pictographs…
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An Astonishingly Small Stone Carving That Has the Power to Change Art History A discovery by researchers at the University of Cincinnati is upending the way we think about the development of Western Civilization. More than one year after discovering the 3,500-year-old…
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17th-Century Vasa Warship Pulled From Icy Baltic Sea Is Almost Perfectly Preserved In the 1620s, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ordered the construction of a new warship to protect his citizens. The warship was named Vasa and its construction was hurried as the Swedes…
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