5 June 2023
“Oracle Bone Inscriptions”, the world’s oldest writing system that has not disappeared in history
"Jiaguwen," or the oracle bone inscriptions, are thought to be the earliest fully-developed characters as well…
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Culture
17 April 2023
Rock Ship of Masuda, Japan’s mysterious monolith
Located in the Takaichi District of Nara Prefecture, Japan, the village of Asuka is famous for…
22 March 2023
The 11-meter giant statue of the island of Naxos “Dionysus of Apollonas”
One of the two ancient marble quarries, thought to have begun the sculpture, the greatest art…
17 March 2023
7500-year-old cursed city of Iran
Sialk Hills, located in the southwestern part of Kashan city in Iran, was known among the…
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…
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…