Mystery

Decorating teeth with jewels may be popular among some groups today, but it seems the idea was around in Mexico more than a thousand years ago....

A Chinese court on Friday ordered a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue Zhanggong Zushi be returned to its original site in east China’s Fujian Province within 30 days....

The plaster model is a masterpiece created by archaeologist Italo Gismondi, who worked on the piece throughout his life. The initial core of the scale model,...

The most fascinating mysteries are the ones that remain mysterious forever. Upon its first discovery in 1921, the Carroll A. Deering had its crew vanished and...

By all standards, Death Valley National Park is an absolutely unusual location. Well-known for being the hottest site on Earth, Death Valley also stands at the...

The Battle of Visby was a violent Medieval battle near the town of Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland, fought between the inhabitants of Gotland...

Zeugma was a town along the Euphrates River, founded by Seleucus Nicator, a general and successor to Alexander the Great. In 64 BC, the Romans controlled...

The earliest Etruscan pyramid-like structure was in fact found very recently in the metropolis of Orvieto, Italy. Only about 3 years or so, based on the...

Scotland might possibly the least likely location you may hope to see this kind of prehistoric architectural construction. Still, believe it or not, a pyramid is...

In case you didn’t know already, experts have already stated that in five to ten million years or so, the tectonic plates that hold Africa together...

The enigma surrounding a deadly cave, thought by ancient Romans to be the gateway to hell, is being uncovered. The gruesome grotto in the city of...

During an excavation on the upcoming route of the HS2 high-speed railway, archaeologists uncovered the remnants of an Anglo-Saxon church beneath the old St. Mary’s Church,...

Despite sounding like the plot of a science fiction movies, this is believed and proved by a number of scientists. They would require totally untouched DNA...

The skeletal remains of a medieval young man, excavated near Milan Cathedral, is a particular instance of one of the most horrific execution methods in history,...

It would have been 9 ft. long and measured 8 stone in weight, equal to 112 lbs. and approximately 50.8 kg. The creature, whose name is...

In 2017, scientists from the University of Alberta in Canada aroused great controversy upon their declaration of having successfully recreated the genome of the horsepox virus,...

Recently, a grave of embracing lovers dating back to the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) more than 1,600 years ago has been found, according to Jilin University....

In 1968, an almost 1,000-year-old burial in Finland was revealed, believed to contained a female warrior, considering that there was jewelry and a pristine sword buried...

The site director claims that prehistoric life was just as complicated as modern counterpart, as art discovered among remnants is exhibited. A display of erotic art...

World’s earliest figurative tattoos have been found on two mummies from Egypt dating back 5,000 years ago. On the upper arm of the male mummy, there...

Roxanne Record, 53, her grandmother, and Kadjah Record, 28, her mother, both from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for...

Proof of an initial form of brain surgery was indicated by a perforated skull dating back 3,600 years ago, which belonged to a mummified female discovered...

The stump of a kauri tree should have been dead, yet it still lives, and has been found in a forest in New Zealand. It seems...

In case you didn’t know by now, back in 2019 a group of anthropologists and archaeologists ended up discovering a series of massive mammoth traps from...

Archaeologists discovered the mummies interred in boats with leather and wool clothing, even cheese necklaces. The genome of the bizarre Tarim Basin mummies has been arranged...

Six mummified children thought to have been sacrificed hundreds of years ago, apparently to accompany a dead nobleman to the afterlife, have been unearthed in a...

The deserted village of Houtouwan on Shengshan Island, part of the Shengsi Archipelago off the eastern coast of China, has recently become popular on social media...

Mr. Chananya Shachor, former manager of the Jerusalem Burial Association (Israel), poses for a photo at the giant underground cemetery – Photo: THE TELEGRAPH The Perpetual...

During the Victorian era of the 1800s, Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt threw open the Gates of Egypt’s history for the Europeans. At that time, mummies were...

The Igorot tribe in Philippines carry out a prehistoric funerary practice, in which the elderly make their own sarcophagi and the deceased are hung off the...

Luang Pho Daeng ceased to eat and drink, dehydrating his body to be preserved after his death, in his final seven days. Upon visiting the temple...

Archaeologists have recently uncovered the remains of a 40-foot wide, circular hut made entirely of mammoth bones. That includes tusks, skulls, and bones of over 60...

Known as the earliest known diving suit, the Old Gentleman enabled divers to check the hulls of ships without having to drydock them. One must admit...

No man is an island, but this may not be the case. Source: Dean Tyler Photography An isolated island in Maine that only has seals for...

Scientists from Russia have discovered liquid blood and urine inside the frozen carcass of a foal lived 42,000 years ago in Siberia’s Verkhoyansk region. The researchers...

A team of Egyptian and German archaeologists have discovered a colossal 8-meter sculpture sunken in ground water in a Cairo slum that they believe to embody...

Fables have been told and written accounts given about this enigmatic city, whose tales spread far and wide. Frequently visited by pirates – from the one-eyed...

The find of the earliest known human grave, a child’s burial site in a Kenyan cave, grants insight into the emotional life of early Homo sapiens,...

The skull of a fearsome marine carnivore, a prehistoric predecessor of present-day whales, which once resided in an ancient ocean spanning part of what is now...

Queen Tiye, the grandmother of King Tut, the powerful and beautiful lady, might have had an unattractive flat wart on her forehead, according to a mummy...

One of the experts claimed, “I want to make sure their stories and presence on this Earth is not forgotten.” Not much is known about over...

Carved into the southeast face of Mount Rushmore in the Dakota Black National Forest, four giant sculptures depict the faces of American Presidents George Washington, Thomas...

Archaeologists and workers posing in front of an exceptional statue of Antinous, excavated near the Temple of Apollo, in the sanctuary at Delphi, Greece, 1894. The...

Tourists are often attracted by the mountainous region of Haukeli in Norway to go fishing, hunting and hiking there. And recently, one of the visitors, a...

The majestic baobab tree is an icon of the African continent, being at the heart of many traditional Africans and local folk remedies. The tree belongs...

This hidden mountain tribe from Papua, has its villagers embalming their predecessors using smoke, keeping the remains in an almost exceptional state for hundreds of years....

The prehistoric municipality of Dwarka is rumored to have sunk underneath the Arabian Sea. Until now, archaeologists have begun to search for the foundations of the...

Archaeologists found the relics at Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Aztecs in the capital of Tenochtitlán in present-day Mexico City, in a massive discovery...

Recently, an amphora workshop has been discovered at Tabba Matouh in west Alexandria, Egypt. The location once was the manufacturing place for amphorae and pottery during...

Scientists have discovered the largest expanse of Roman mosaic discovered in London for 50 years at a site thought to have been a venue for high-ranking...