11 March 2023
The World’s oldest and first swords ever discovered
The 5,000-year-old swords found 43 years ago during the excavations in the old mud-brick palace structure…
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Culture
28 December 2022
An Interesting Ottoman Tradition Resembling Christmas tree: “NAHIL” OR WISHING TREE
Nahıl, a word of Arabic origin, means date palm. This word was later used by the…
28 November 2022
Khirbet Midras pyramid and Archaeological Site in Israel
Khirbet Midras (Arabic) or Horvat Midras (Hebrew) is one of several antiquities sites located within the…
22 October 2022
Jordan’s mysterious ancient wall “Khatt Shebib”
The accomplishments of ancient civilizations are typically woefully underappreciated because we stereotype them as primitives who…
8 October 2022
The World’s Largest Pyramid Is Hidden Within a Hill in Mexico
The largest and tallest pyramids in the world are incredible feats of design, engineering, and construction.…
10 September 2022
Contemporaneous with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia the Indus Valley Civilization city of ‘Mohenjo Daro’: Skilled urban planners with a reverence for the control of water
The Indus River Valley (or Harappan) civilization (3300-1300 BCE) lasted 2,000 years and spanned northeast Afghanistan…
4 September 2022
The Oldest “Book” of Europe: Derveni Papyrus
The Derveni papyrus is considered Europe’s oldest legible manuscript still in existence today. It is an…
31 July 2022
Incredible Mayan Inventions and Achievements
The Mayans excelled at agriculture, pottery, writing, calendars, and arithmetic, leaving an incredible quantity of spectacular…
12 July 2022
Venice of the Pacific: The mysterious Micronesian ruins of Nan Madol
Sometimes art and architecture challenge our perceptions of what was formerly thought to be feasible and…
12 July 2022
From Prehistoric Georgia ‘World’s oldest wine”
For many years in a row, wine has been a popular alcoholic beverage consumed worldwide. While…