A huge, more than 4000-year-old fortress was found in northern Syria. This ancient complex extends approximately 7,000 square kilometers and is located east of Hama.The researchers believe that the complex was built between 2000 BC. and 1550 BC. For the f
Hindu mythology is full of fascinating stories about incredible gods, goddesses, amazing creatures, wonderful places, unusual objects and powerful technologies that can be used for good or bad purposes.Mysterious Nagas are some of the most intriguing crea
An Italian farmer plowed a field near the small town of Citta della Pieve (Umbria, the central part of the country) when he discovered under the plow some kind of emptiness. Arriving at the site of the find, archaeologists quickly realized that before the
One and a half thousand years under the water. The expedition of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered three ancient anchors off the coast of Sevastopol. Underwater archaeologists work on the basis of the Center f
BYSPACE· NOVEMBER 27, 2017The sculpture could adorn the building in the city, where, according to the Christian tradition, the apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip lived.A splendidly preserved statue of a lioness, carved from a single piece of basalt, was fo
Researchers around the world are wondering what exactly is hidden behind the mysterious iron door with the image of two cobras protecting it in the Hindu temple of Padmanabhaswami in India. This door does not have locks, bolts, latches or any other locks.
German archaeologists from the University of Tübingen found a whole “archive” of clay tablets with cuneiform. The find was made in Iraqi Kurdistan. In total, the scientists managed to find 93 Assyrian plates.Specialists dated them 1250 gg. BC. – the Middl
Ancient stone quarry located near the city of Nanjing, China. Used for many centuries as a source of stone for buildings and monuments of Nanjing. Now it is a historical monument. The quarry was famous for the presence of a giant incomplete stela, which w
Last year, in the tomb of Liu He, the most unworthy emperor of the Celestial Empire, a huge archive of records on bamboo tablets was found, among which, according to scientists, could be the lost sayings of the great moralist Confucius.At the end of Augus
On the Swedish island of Öland in the Baltic Sea, two gold rings and a gold coin dating from the 5th century BC were discovered. AD According to archaeologists, the find testifies to the fact that the inhabitants of the island had close ties with the
In Eastern China due to the fall of the water level in the reservoir was discovered an ancient Buddha statue. The water level in the reservoir dropped more than 10 meters due to repair the lock gates. As a result, the surface appeared the head of a statue
Heavy rains raging in recent days in Ierapetra (Crete), have led to the exit surface marble… priceless treasures! It happened in one of January days. 30-year-old farmer Michalis Bahlitzanakis was driving his car a few kilometers West of Ierapetra, when I
Chinese archaeologists have discovered several small ceramic figurines during the excavation in the Central province of Hunan. The artifacts were found in the area Sonicjapan in the city district of Changde. The age of the finds is about 4 thousand years.
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient tomb in Hunan province in Central China. Length of the tomb is 14 m, width 2 m. On its walls are murals depicting two girls.
To Gyobekli-Tepa – the most ancient temple on Earth. According to scientists, it was constructed by nomads 12 thousand years ago, and only later near it there were settlements of settled tribes. But whether so it? The ancient megalith conceals in itself a
In many ancient cultures legends about portals to other worlds or other Universes where there live “creators” of people remained. In our world it is considered to be that these “a star gate” only myths and legends, however they can contain a considerable
Age was found near Novorossiysk archaeological site scientists have identified grains on human teeth. Novorossiysk archaeologists in recent years found in the suburban village Natuhaevskoy few settlements belonging to the so-called Maikop culture of the I
The first fragment of this rare and unique text, a 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablet, was found in the early 1900s by German-American scholar Hermann Hilprecht at the site of ancient Nippur and published in 1906.
A group of archaeologists found in the North of China the remains of the saltworks, whose age is estimated in 2 thousand years. According to China radio International, saltworks was discovered in the County, Helingeer, where archaeologists found a round p
The inhabitants of Ancient Greece differed little from our compatriots in regard to drinking. But they knew a lot of recipes on how to avoid a hangover. Scientists working on the study of ancient papyri, found a document in which the magical ways of curin
The ancestors of the legendary Mongol conqueror could be Europeans — say the scientists, who carried out the genetic analysis was found in 2004 of the remains of relatives of Genghis Khan.
In the world there are the people who would keep the memories of this event. Here is what it says about the crash of one of the codes of the Maya: “the Sky approached the earth and in one day all perished. Even the mountains disappeared under the water…”
It’s been more than three years, but the fact that these artifacts in the world has not yet been found. While they are unique, scientists say.
About 3000 years ago the people which today very few people remember passed a shattering gait through the Middle East. This army razed the cities to the ground, tortured survivors and sowed fear around the world.
2015年，在俄罗斯靠近北极圈的Gornoknyazevsk村庄附近发现了一批精美文物。文物的重见天日，带给科学家们一系列问题——比如，它们究竟是如何出现在这里的？
This treasure was accidentally found near the village of Gornoknyazevsk (YNAO) in 2015 and transferred to the Museum. A detailed study of the specialists have a lot of questions, and one of the most important how I got here this treasure.
Chinese archeologists discovered in Shaanxi province in Central China Imperial ritual complex, the Altar of heaven. Scientists have dated the construction to the beginning of the Qin dynasty (221-207 years BC), it was used for sacrifices, which were held
The primordial drevnetyurksky name – “бәдіз” (“badiz”), in some regions – “мүсін” (“musin”), but the most known – балбалтас.
Archaeologists have discovered terrifying evidence of ancient burial rituals that took place in one of the regions of Brazil.
Zawyet El-Erian is a city in Lower Egypt, located between Giza and Abusion.
Examination has defined age of lead books of religious contents in Hebrew language. It has turned out that books which long time were considered as a fake really have been written 2000 years ago.
A treasure hunter armed with a metal detector, found in a field in Cambridgeshire, a giant necklace (torc) of gold, weighing about 730 grams and age of more than three thousand years.
More than 10,000 artifacts, including bronze and porcelain, terracotta, iron utensils, brought this year’s excavations in the Beijing district of Tongzhou at the construction site of the administrative center.
According to many researches, the Egyptian Sphinx hides even more riddles than Great pyramids. Nobody authentically knows when and for what purposes this huge sculpture was constructed.
In the safe one old lady living in South Africa, kept the stone sardonyx, which she is ready to give Israel 225 million dollars. Amount fabulous, but in Israel still contemplating the stone may be from the temple of Jerusalem.
Unusual ritual complex has been discovered in the Karaganda region in 2012
This shell, at least, in that look as it was applied in Europe, is only one of links of the whole system of magic devices. His prototype, undoubtedly, existed in an extreme antiquity; however it is impossible to establish direct link between ancient ways
In the Jordanian town of Beit RAS discovered an ancient tomb with a cave and two burial chambers. According to preliminary data, the opening will belong to the Hellenistic/early Roman period.
In December the government of Israel plans to begin the grandiose archaeological expedition calculated for three years.
Age of the port, according to the researchers, 4600 years. Cheops, also known as Khufu, reigned from 2580 to 2550 BC, the Harbour was built 180 kilometers South of Suez, in the foothills of the desert mountains.
Inscriptions in the Etruscan language are very rare, therefore, every discovery produces a small – or big – sensation in the historical community.
The British museum is stunned with new opening – in the scanned mummy of a hawk there was a child.
The resident of Ulyanovsk (Russia) contributed to funds of Regional museum of local lore a unique exhibit – bronze Chekan the second half of the VII-VI centuries BC.
Huge tomb of the three kingdoms era (220-280 gg.) found in Henan province in Central China. Located South of the village Xizhi in the vicinity of Luoyang tomb is 52 m in length, 13.5 m in width and 12 meters in depth.
Scientists have discovered in the UK Neolithic complex, which were established several centuries before Stonehenge.
Archaeologists and metallurgists found inside one of the amulets of the bronze age, found in Pakistan, the first unequivocal evidence that humanity has mastered the secret of the forming casting is already six thousand years ago.
On the Kabardian ridge, in the foothills of mount Elbrus, the archaeologists found about two hundred ancient settlements, built on the same architectural plan.
The findings that 25 thousand years, found in Stavropol (Russia) archaeologists. An ancient tomb supposedly belongs to the Bronze age. Now, scientists will be easier to know how our ancestors lived and how was undeveloped their way of life.
In the late 90-ies of the last century when aerial photography in the Novosibirsk region researchers have discovered an unusual anomaly on the shore of lake chicha, which is 5 km from the town of Zdvinsk. In the picture you can clearly see the outlines of
Eight anthropomorphic stelae Dating from the beginning of the first Millennium BC, was found near the village nor Karmiravan Martakert region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The monument was accidentally discovered by a resident of the village, said the Department o
In one of the mounds archaeological Tarbagatay number of gold items discovered in the form of a hornless deer, bronze ferrules, jewellery, beads and the remains of ancient man, who was prepared for embalming.
Karsakpay near the mine in Central Kazakhstan, in the mountains of Altyn-Clack, was found a stone with a carved inscription on it.
Excavation revealed that settlement on the site which now houses a small Kurdish village Bassetki in Iraqi Kurdistan appeared about 3 thousand years BC According to the researchers, the city has developed over more than 1.2 thousand years.
Buried in the grave was discovered decoration and dagger, unusual for the ancient culture of the Orenburg region. When security and scientific excavation of the mound near the village of Kamenka in the Orenburg region, archaeologists discovered the burial
A previously unknown huge structure is hidden near the historical monuments of the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. This is the conclusion of scientists who analyzed high-resolution satellite images and photos taken by a drone from a bird’s flight.
The ancient Greeks were not big fans of white marble, we think. They painted their statues, reliefs and temples and covered them with patterns, drawn to people, to gods and heroes eyes. How it really looked ancient Greece, can now be seen only in the ultr
