A summary of examples of ancient Greek astronomical knowledge Pythagoras (525 BC) – The world was spherical rather then flat Philolaus (450 BC) – The Earth moves Herakleides (late 300s [ … ]
A Skeleton 400,000 Years Old Baffles Scientists
Scientists are trying to solve an intriguing ancient mystery that could shed more light on the identity of beings that walked the Earth several thousands of years ago. World’s oldest [ … ]
Puma Punku
Puma Punku is situated at an altitude of 12,800 above sea level and is part of complex of structures at Tiwanaku (Spanish: Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) which is a Pre-Columbian archaeological [ … ]
The Unique Hypogeum in Paola, Malta
Dates for when the construction of the Hypogeum of Paola in Malta began are varied and vague. I’m gathering that no one actually knows for sure quite when it was [ … ]
Derinkuyu – Largest Underground City in Turkey
Derinkuyu – Inadvertently I clicked on ‘Stumble!’ in my browser menu bar. You never know what may turn up, one of the good things about ‘Stumble Upon’. It can provide [ … ]
Remarkable Derinkuyu Underground City in Turkey
Derinkuyu is an ancient Underground City of many levels, built into to soft volcanic rock. It’s in the Derinkuyu district in Nevşehir Province, Turkey and thought to have been built [ … ]
Google Street View in Egypt
Seeing the article in Time about Google’s unveiling of Street View Egypt in Google Maps, and its latest step in its quest to image and map the seven wonders of [ … ]
Explore the Pyramids From Your Own Home
Explore on Google Street View On Tuesday morning, Google unveiled Street View Egypt in Google Maps, the latest step in the tech giant’s quest to image and map the seven [ … ]
Gold Bowl of Teppe Hasanlu, in north-west Iran.
In 1958 archeologist Robert Dyson and his team found this solid gold bowl while excavating an Iron Age citadel at Teppe Hasanlu, near the Solduz valley in north-west Iran. The [ … ]
Chariots, Gold Found at Bronze-Age Burial Site : Discovery News
An ancient burial containing chariots, gold artifacts and possible human sacrifices has been discovered by archaeologists in the country of Georgia, in the south Caucasus. The burial site, which would’ve [ … ]
How they (should have) built the pyramids
A novel method is proposed for moving large, pyramid construction size, stone blocks. The method is inspired by a well known introductory physics homework problem, and is implemented by tying [ … ]
Armor Made of Bones Found in Bronze Age Grave
Archaeologists in Siberia have unearthed Bronze Age armor crafted from bones in an outfit that George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy character “Rattleshirt” might have worn. Dating to between 3,900 and [ … ]
The Olmec Great Pyramid at La Venta
The Great Pyramid, is the central building in the city layout of la Venta. It is constructed almost entirely out of clay, and is easily seen from far away. The [ … ]
Drilled Dimples on Olmec Stone Head
An Olmec colossal stone head in basalt from San Lorenzo, c. 1200-400 BCE. Although all wear the hat or headdress worn during war and the Mesoamerican ballgame, each of these [ … ]
Tantalis, a Legendary King of Lydia
Tantalis appears in classical texts and in, for example, in the account of a Greek travel writer, Pausanias in the 2nd century A.D. Such a lost city is said to [ … ]
Tantalis – A site for Exploration?
Not until today had I heard of a place called Tantalis. Though it may never have existed, mention of it appears in classical texts and, for example, in the account [ … ]
Ancient peach stones offer clues to fruit’s origins
Archeologists have a good understanding of domestication – conscious breeding for traits preferred by people– of annual plants such as grains (rice, wheat, etc.), but the role of trees in [ … ]
Evidence of Asteroid Impact For Sodom and Gomorrah?
A cuneiform clay tablet that has puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary Sumerian observation [ … ]
Deep sea ‘mushroom’ may be new branch of life
A mushroom-shaped sea animal discovered off the Australian coast has defied classification in the tree of life. A team of scientists at the University of Copenhagen says the tiny organism [ … ]
Neanderthal ‘art’ 40,000 years old found in Gibraltar cave
Neanderthals, long assumed to be simple, early forms of human beings, whose looks characterise them as brutish creatures, have shown signs of being more considered and creative than the species [ … ]
Ancient Bead Production
The site, ancientbead.com contains some helpful information about the bead production process in ancient times, and excellent examples of ancient beads. Valuable extracts from the site to help understand the [ … ]
A great site specialising in Ancient Beads
Here is an excellent site, specialising in ancient beads and which offers plenty of information about them, such as the process of making the beads, mining the stones and shaping [ … ]
Description of Gobekli Tepe from Sanliurfa Governorship
At Gobekli Tepe, built by hunters and gatherers, is situated on the highest point on the mountain range delimiting the Harran valley to the north. Gobekli Tepe confronts us with [ … ]
Gobekli Tepe Always Fascinates
A place that continues to fascinate. Gobekli Tepe will most probably be identified in many reports and accounts that will be posted on this site. Here is one such account [ … ]
World’s largest rock art petroglyph carving in Africa
World’s largest rock art petroglyph carving in Africa – In the heart of the Sahara lies the Tenere Desert. ‘One of the finest examples of ancient rock art in the [ … ]
Curiosity Solved – How Boulders in Death Valley Move
At last, a curiosity solved. Here is an article via the NPR Media organisation that explains how the boulders in Death Valley desert move and which prior have often have [ … ]
Passages Hewn into the Giza Plateau
Here is something I came across reading The Golden Thread of Time – passages hewn into the Giza plateau 87 metres East of the Great Pyramid. Flinders Petrie commented upon [ … ]
Neolithic monuments buried near Stonehenge
Experts found 15 previously unknown Neolithic monuments underground when Stonehenge project used magnetic sensors to scan landmark in Wiltshire Sites suggest that Stonehenge was not an isolated monument in an [ … ]
The Serdab at Djosers Step Pyramid in Saqqara
The Serdab is small room situated at the north side of the pyramid. It is angled at 17 degrees, which exactly matches the incline of the pyramid. [ … ]
Shop Shelf Position of Books on Ancient History
I noticed that one of the bookstores where I shop, e.g. Waterstones, was placing several books that dealt with the subject of ancient history not in their History section but [ … ]