Archaeologists Discover 6,000-Year-Old Neolithic Island Settlement off Croatian Coast Croatia, June 24 – Archaeologist Mate Parica was examining satellite images of Croatia’s coastline when he spotted something unusual. “I thought: maybe it is natural, maybe not,” said Parica, a professor…
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The Secret of 34,000-year-old Artificial Bosnian Pyramids There’s been plenty of literature and conversation around pyramids and even now we have not stopped discovering pyramids around the world. Years of study have revealed that enormous pyramids were built more than…
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4,300-Year-Old Figurines Unearthed in Central Anatolia Hurriyet Daily News reports that a team of researchers led by Fikri Kulakoğlu of Ankara University uncovered more than a dozen 4,300-year-old figurines thought to depict gods and goddesses at the Kültepe mound in central…
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4,000-Year-Old Lost Capital of the Fabled Kingdom Found in Syria One of the most ancient cities known to exist on earth is Urkesh. Its exact location was a mystery until the 1990s when, after ten years of painstaking excavations, archaeologists…
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Archaeological Proof for 1,700-Year-Old Chemical Fighting Simon James presented CSI-style claims that approximately 20 Roman soldiers discovered in the mine in the town of Dura-Europos in Syria had died, not because of a sword or a spear, but because of…
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Phanagoria: Uncovering a Stele of Persian King Darius I in the Ancient Greek City The Foundation Oleg Deripaska Volnoe Delo and the Russian Academy of Archaeology uncovered parts of a marble stele with inscriptions of ancient Persian King Darius I.…
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Archaeologists Discover 3,500-Year-Old “Griffin Warrior” Tomb Full of Treasures Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker, archaeologists in UC’s classics department, found the two beehive-shaped tombs in Pylos, Greece, last year while investigating the area around the grave of an individual they…
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Geologists Map Secret Tunnel and Chamber Beneath Aztec Pyramid “Teotihuacan, translated from the Aztec language as “birthplace of the gods,” or “a place where gods were born,” was a very important religious and cultural center during the Aztec empire. Less than…
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Ancient Secrets of Teotihuacan: Uncovering the Hidden Cave Beneath the Moon Pyramid An underground cave hidden under a Mexican pyramid provides clues about Teotihuacan’s urban architecture, one of the oldest and most vibrant cities of ancient times. Located about 80…
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10th-Century Temple Discovered Near Suka-Sari Complex in Bhubaneswar The Hindustan Times reports that researchers led by Arun Malik of the Archaeological Survey of India uncovered traces of a building thought to be a tenth-century temple while excavating an area next to…
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