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Dansgaard-Oeschger events: 25 rapid climate fluctuations during last glacial period
Dansgaard-Oeschger events: 25 rapid climate fluctuations during last glacial period. Dansgaard-Oeschger events are rapid climate fluctuations that occurred 25 times during the…
Underground tunnel discovered beneath Hatshepsut Temple
Underground tunnel discovered beneath Hatshepsut Temple. Deep underground tunnel discovered at Hatshepsut Temple area Round formations visible on the ceiling with niches along the…
Six colossi documented at Memnon including newly excavated statues
Six colossi documented at Memnon including newly excavated statues. Six colossi now documented at the site, not just the traditional two Two additional colossi found directly…
T-clamps and precision hinge mechanisms found at The Ramesseum
T-clamps and precision hinge mechanisms found at The Ramesseum. T-clamps visible throughout the The Ramesseum site Doorway with two slots of the same height for something that…
Stalactite and stalagmite formations found on temple floor
Stalactite and stalagmite formations found on temple floor. Stalactite and stalagmite formations found on the temple floor at The Ramesseum Formations contain quartz and appear to…
1,000-ton fallen colossus at The Ramesseum is Earth's largest sculpted granite
1,000-ton fallen colossus at The Ramesseum is Earth's largest sculpted granite. Fallen statue at The Ramesseum is made from one solid piece of red granite Estimated weight: over…
Restricted megalithic structures discovered behind Colossi of Memnon
Restricted megalithic structures discovered behind Colossi of Memnon. Restricted access site behind the Colossi of Memnon Huge megalithic stone blocks found underground that have…
Alexander Thom's megalithic yard theory and MacKie's supporting research at BROCKS LINN
Alexander Thom's megalithic yard theory and MacKie's supporting research at BROCKS LINN. Alexander Thom proposed the megalithic yard (0.829 meters/32.8 inches) as a standard unit…
Control standing stone excavation confirms midwinter sunset astronomical alignment
Control standing stone excavation confirms midwinter sunset astronomical alignment. MacKie excavated the Control standing stone on the island of Pyramide von 1810 (Mire), hist.…
MacKie's priesthood hypothesis and academic resistance to sophisticated prehistoric knowledge
MacKie's priesthood hypothesis and academic resistance to sophisticated prehistoric knowledge. MacKie proposes stone circles were ceremonial centers and instruments of a…
Dutch scholar deciphers cryptic B script from Dead Sea Scrolls after 70+ years
Dutch scholar deciphers cryptic B script from Dead Sea Scrolls after 70+ years. A Dutch scholar cracked the cryptic B script from the Dead Sea Scrolls more than 70 years after…
Scholars identify Maya queen Ishak Chan at Cobá from 6th-century inscription
Scholars identify Maya queen Ishak Chan at Cobá from 6th-century inscription. Mexican and US scholars identified a powerful woman named Ishak Chan who ruled the major Maya city of…
53 inscribed oracle bones confirm Zhouyuan Site as Western Zhou capital Shiu
53 inscribed oracle bones confirm Zhouyuan Site as Western Zhou capital Shiu. Chinese archaeologists found 53 inscribed oracle bones at the Zhouyuan Site site in Shaanxi province…
13,000 new ostraca found at Sohag brings total to 43,000 at ancient Akhmim
13,000 new ostraca found at Sohag brings total to 43,000 at ancient Akhmim. An Egyptian-German archaeological team found 13,000 ostraca at Sohag, the site of the ancient city of…
Silkworm cocoons at Monks Mound awaiting radiocarbon dating
Silkworm cocoons at Monks Mound awaiting radiocarbon dating. Silkworm cocoons were found at Monks Mound (Cahokia) by Sutter in 1920 and donated to the Madison County History…
Burrs Hill burial ground artifacts reinterred in concrete vault in 2017
Burrs Hill burial ground artifacts reinterred in concrete vault in 2017. Burrs Hill Royal Burial Ground in Rhode Island contained over 600 artifacts including Chinese tripod…
Flower pollen and goose feathers discovered in 9,000-year-old burial
Flower pollen and goose feathers discovered in 9,000-year-old burial. Flower pollen identified near the shaman's head suggesting floral adornment at burial Plants include devil's…
9,000-year-old burial contains woman and unrelated infant
9,000-year-old burial contains woman and unrelated infant. Dating approximately 9,000 years old, Mesolithic period Two individuals: woman aged 30-40 years, standing 5'1 tall; male…
Shaman had rare spinal malformation and hunter-gatherer phenotype
Shaman had rare spinal malformation and hunter-gatherer phenotype. Physical traits: dark complexion, straight dark hair, blue eyes (common Western European hunter-gatherer…
Shaman's front teeth deliberately filed down to root canals
Shaman's front teeth deliberately filed down to root canals. Front upper incisors deliberately filed down exposing root canals Filed by third parties with skilled technique Tooth…
Burial contained over 140 animal bones and elaborate grave goods
Burial contained over 140 animal bones and elaborate grave goods. Over 140 animal bones and teeth including 50 pierced incisor pendants from aurochs, wild boar, deer Deer antler…
Burial discovered in 1934 during water pipe installation
Burial discovered in 1934 during water pipe installation. Burial discovered in 1934 during water pipe installation Excavated in a single afternoon (some reports say just hours)…
100-meter ship graveyard discovered off ancient Greek port of Ptolemais, Libya
100-meter ship graveyard discovered off ancient Greek port of Ptolemais, Libya. Underwater ship graveyard discovered off Ptolemais in Libya Site stretches over 100 m across the…
34 Samnite graves found under Italian factory with child burials and bronze bells
34 Samnite graves found under Italian factory with child burials and bronze bells. 34 Samnite graves discovered under former tobacco factory in Campania, Italy Dating to…
Monteverde dating controversy challenges 14,500-year-old pre-Clovis occupation claims
Monteverde dating controversy challenges 14,500-year-old pre-Clovis occupation claims. Monteverde 2 (MV2) in Chile was claimed to be 14,500 years old by Dr. Tom Dillehay in 1977…
43,000-year-old carved signs suggest earliest information encoding before writing
43,000-year-old carved signs suggest earliest information encoding before writing. Study analyzed 200+ objects adorned with several thousand geometric signs Objects dated to…
Ancient artist used white correction paint on 3,300-year-old Egyptian Book of the Dead
Ancient artist used white correction paint on 3,300-year-old Egyptian Book of the Dead. 3,300-year-old Book of the Dead found in tomb at Djebel es-Stah / Gebel el-Stah in Egypt…
2,610-year-old Celtic elite burial discovered near Riedlingen, Germany
2,610-year-old Celtic elite burial discovered near Riedlingen, Germany. 2,610-year-old Celtic tomb discovered near Riedlingen, Germany Burial mound 65 m in diameter and at least 6…
Recent LiDAR survey reveals previously unknown Maya city in southern Yucatan
Recent LiDAR survey reveals previously unknown Maya city in southern Yucatan. In late previous year, extensive LiDAR surveys were conducted in southern Yucatan An entire…
Mesoamerican ball game played with 8-pound rubber ball bounced off hip
Mesoamerican ball game played with 8-pound rubber ball bounced off hip. The Mesoamerican ball game used an 8-pound rubber ball Players bounced the ball off their hips to score…
Three Theories Attempt to Explain Universal Dragon Mythology
Three Theories Attempt to Explain Universal Dragon Mythology. Fossil hypothesis: Ancient Chinese 'dragon bone' medicine sites correspond with dinosaur fossil deposits Central…
Chinese Long Dragon Symbolized Imperial Power for Over 2,000 Years
Chinese Long Dragon Symbolized Imperial Power for Over 2,000 Years. Only the Emperor of China was permitted to wear the image of the dragon for over 2,000 years The Han dynasty,…
Chichén Itzá Pyramid Creates Serpent Shadow Effect at Spring Equinox
Chichén Itzá Pyramid Creates Serpent Shadow Effect at Spring Equinox. The Maya built a pyramid at Chichén Itzá with precise astronomical engineering At the spring equinox, shadows…
Babylon's Ishtar Gate Features Serpent Dragon Mushushu Guardians
Babylon's Ishtar Gate Features Serpent Dragon Mushushu Guardians. Tiamat was the primordial goddess of chaos depicted as an enormous sea dragon in Mesopotamian mythology The god…
Longyou Grottoes: 2.5 million tons of rock vanished with zero historical records
Longyou Grottoes: 2.5 million tons of rock vanished with zero historical records. Discovered 1992 by farmers draining ponds in Yu Jang province, eastern China 24 caverns…
Dogon Sirius mystery: 50-year calendar based on Sirius B's orbital cycle
Dogon Sirius mystery: 50-year calendar based on Sirius B's orbital cycle. The Dogon live in southeast Mali along the Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (UNESCO World…
Senegambian stone circles: over 1,000 laterite monuments spanning 350 km along River Gambia
Senegambian stone circles: over 1,000 laterite monuments spanning 350 km along River Gambia. The Senegambian stone circles comprise over 1,000 monuments in a band 100 km wide and…
Great Ziggurat of Ur: 11th century medieval capital with 60-acre stone complex
Great Ziggurat of Ur: 11th century medieval capital with 60-acre stone complex. Great Ziggurat of Ur, meaning 'stone houses' in Shona, is the greatest medieval city in sub-Saharan…
Nabta Playa: oldest astronomically aligned structure predating Stonehenge by 1,000 years
Nabta Playa: oldest astronomically aligned structure predating Stonehenge by 1,000 years. Nabta Playa is located 60 miles near the Egyptian-Sudanese border in a 5,000 square…
Rock Ship of Masuda: 800-tonne megalith carved with mysterious square holes
Rock Ship of Masuda: 800-tonne megalith carved with mysterious square holes. Located near the top of a hill in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan Basalt monolith weighing approximately…
Berezovka mammoth froze instantly with undigested food in stomach
Berezovka mammoth froze instantly with undigested food in stomach. The mammoth was preserved with undigested food in its stomach, indicating it froze instantly Researchers noted…
28,000-year-old cave lion cub named Sparta found in Siberian permafrost
28,000-year-old cave lion cub named Sparta found in Siberian permafrost. The cub named Sparta was discovered in 2017 in the Saka Republic, Siberia She was estimated to be only 1-2…
2,000-year-old Ice Maiden discovered in frozen Siberian burial mound
2,000-year-old Ice Maiden discovered in frozen Siberian burial mound. The woman, known as the Ice Maiden or Uk Princess, was discovered in a frozen burial mound in the Dacian…
42,000-year-old prehistoric horse found with liquid blood in Siberia
42,000-year-old prehistoric horse found with liquid blood in Siberia. Scientists extracted actual liquid blood from a prehistoric horse found in the Batagaika crater This…
Thomas Jefferson and Emperor Hadrian compared as intellectual polymaths
Thomas Jefferson and Emperor Hadrian compared as intellectual polymaths. Thomas Jefferson authored the Declaration of Independence, Virginia State Capital, and designed the…
Richard Nixon and Emperor Tiberius compared as paranoid leaders undone by scandal
Richard Nixon and Emperor Tiberius compared as paranoid leaders undone by scandal. Nixon emerged in the shadow of the wildly popular Eisenhower and resigned in 1974 after the…
Moai statues originally full figures; population crashed after contact
Moai statues originally full figures; population crashed after contact. 950 moai statues originally created as full figures Largest moai measured 35 feet or more in height One…
Coffrey scan team employs synthetic aperture radar to search Giza Plateau subsurface
Coffrey scan team employs synthetic aperture radar to search Giza Plateau subsurface. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) uses smaller satellite radar antennas to cover wider areas,…
Great Sphinx carved from primordial mound during Green Sahara period 12,000-6,000 years ago
Great Sphinx carved from primordial mound during Green Sahara period 12,000-6,000 years ago. During the Green Sahara period (12,000-6,000 years ago), the Nile often reached the…
Historical claims of a second Sphinx found unsubstantiated by mainstream Egyptology
Historical claims of a second Sphinx found unsubstantiated by mainstream Egyptology. 14th-century traveler Aladrezi described a smaller mud-brick sphinx faced with stone that was…
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