Two million-year-old skull of human cousin found by Australian team in South African cave A two million-year-old skull in South Africa that sheds new light on human evolution has been discovered by Australian researchers. The fossil was a Paranthropus robustus male, a species that lived as a ‘cousin species’ alongside our early human ancestors. The excavation and reconstruction of the […]

Drainage works unearth Roman baths in heart of Jordan’s capital In the heart of Jordan’s capital, the discovery of the ruins of old Roman baths during the construction of a new drainage system raised a dilemma: how to preserve the ancient history of the country while providing for its modern future? It is expected that a government committee set up […]

Woman’s garden ‘stepping stone’ turns out to be an ancient Roman artifact According to a news release by an auction house in the UK, a stone slab used as a stepping stone by a woman in her back garden is actually a rare Roman artefact dating back to the 2nd century CE. Despite lying on the floor for 10 years, […]

Archaeologists May Have Found The Dance Floor Where John The Baptist Was Sentenced To Decapitation Archaeologists believe that the deadly dance floor was found where John the Baptist, a preacher who foretold Jesus’ arrival, was sentenced to death around A.D. 29. Both the Bible and the ancient writer Flavius Josephus (A.D. 37-100) explain how King Herod Antipas, a son of […]

Grave robbers nearly destroyed one of Oklahoma’s most precious archaeological sites A miner’s pickaxe punched a hole in a wall of hard-packed dirt 18 inches thick by digging through a mound of earth on the banks of the Arkansas River in far eastern Oklahoma. The air hissed as it rushed to fill a hollow chamber below. And a foul scent escaped. […]

2.4-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools Found In Algeria Could Rewrite Human Origin Story Early human ancestors hunted extinct horses, antelopes, and other creatures with primitive stone tools from 2 million to 2.4 million years ago on a high grassy plateau in Algeria, just 100 kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea. The dates, published today, push back by as much as half a million […]

Gebel El-Arak Knife – A Link to Ancient Egypt’s Distant Beginnings The ancient, far-reaching civilizations of the world are a continuous source of inspiration for many people. Ancient, ageless myths and wonders of new civilizations and archaic technologies are not just remarkable – but often baffling as well. The achievements of ancient man are always difficult to fully understand, from […]

15 Mysterious Facts About Kailash Temple – World’s Oldest Single Rock Carving We see ancient structures across the globe, including Egypt’s pyramids, Indonesia’s Borobudur, and the Pyramid of the Sun in the Valley of Mexico, and we wonder how? How could mankind build such enormous structures so far back in time? And this without the advanced technology that we enjoy […]

Archaeologists discover Iron Age massacre, frozen in time The devastation of a massive Iron Age settlement discovered in Spain tells a story 2,300 years ago of violence and mystery. Archaeologists have found evidence the town of La Hoya was subjected to a violent attack that left victims dead in the streets and the town on fire, a massacre they claim […]