Orichalcum, the lost metal of Atlantis, may have been found on a shipwreck off Sicily

Orichalcum, the lost metal of Atlantis, may have been found on a shipwreck off Sicily

Orichalcum, the lost metal of Atlantis, may have been found on a shipwreck off Sicily A marine archeologist team has discovered a dozen ingots scattered across the sandy seabed, almost a 2,600-year-old shipwreck off the Sicily coast. The ingots were made of orichalcum, a rare cast metal which ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote was from the legendary city of Atlantis. A […]

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1,600-Year-Old Elongated Skull with Stone-Encrusted Teeth Found in Mexico Ruins

1,600-Year-Old Elongated Skull with Stone-Encrusted Teeth Found in Mexico Ruins

1,600-Year-Old Elongated Skull with Stone-Encrusted Teeth Found in Mexico Ruins Archaeologists in Mexico recently discovered a 1600-year-old woman’s skeleton with her teeth encrusted with minerals and a deliberately elongated skull-evidence that suggests she was a part of the upper classes of her society. While deformed remains are not common to archaeologists, the new skeleton is one of the most “extreme” remains ever recorded. […]

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ANCIENT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY: 2,400-YEAR-OLD YAKHCHALS KEPT ICE IN THE DESERT

ANCIENT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY: 2,400-YEAR-OLD YAKHCHALS KEPT ICE IN THE DESERT

The Yakhchāl was an ancient Persian “the refrigerator” that stored food and even ice long before electricity was invented In case somebody ever tries to argue that ancient human civilizations have been less advanced than modern humans, we have collected a few examples in favor of the ancients. Many times, they were ingenious in the technology they developed and employed […]

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Mass Sacrifice Of Children And Llamas In Ancient Peru Reflects Trauma Over Climate Change

Mass Sacrifice Of Children And Llamas In Ancient Peru Reflects Trauma Over Climate Change

What Prompted the Mass Sacrifice of Hundreds of Children and Llamas in Ancient Peru? The Peruvian archaeologist, in the midway of a dig on the outskirt of his hometown of Huanchaco, had contacted him with alarming news from a local business owner: his two children had trudged home from a long day of play carrying a cache of what looked like […]

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Arctic shipwreck reveals new details of tragic 1845 expedition

Arctic shipwreck reveals new details of tragic 1845 expedition

An Arctic shipwreck ‘frozen in time’ is revealing new details of a tragic 1845 expedition Canada’s researchers published new photographs of a remarkably well-preserved shipwreck that shed new light on the ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition in which John Franklin, the famed British explorer, died. According to Parks Canada, in collaboration with Inuit researchers, the wreck of HMS Terror was effectively […]

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3,800-year-old Tablet With World’s Oldest Customer Complaint Goes Viral: ‘What Do You Take Me For?’

3,800-year-old Tablet With World's Oldest Customer Complaint Goes Viral: 'What Do You Take Me For?'

3,800-year-old Tablet With World’s Oldest Customer Complaint Goes Viral: ‘What Do You Take Me For?’ People lived, worked and spent time with their families in ancient Mesopotamia just as we do today. They also had everyday problems, and some of the clay tablets found at the site of the ancient city of Ur, which today is Tell el-Muqayyar in southern Iraq, […]

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