Archaeologists: Individual Clans Created Moai Statues
Statues with the huge face were carved out of solid stones around AD 1300-1700. These massive stone statues, called Moai, can be seen on Easter Island (or Rapa Nui in […]
Ancient Bread Bearing Jesus Christ’s Image Found
In what may be seen as an astonishing archaeological discovery, researchers recently unearthed five 7th-8th Century loaves of bread, including one featuring a depiction of Jesus Christ as a farmer […]
Study: Electricity Produced 2,000 Years Ago
There is a cylinder made of copper inside a 13-15cm-long ceramic pot. One can find an iron rod inserted into that cylinder. Archaeologists discovered such a battery near the ruins […]
Extinct Human Relative Was First To Use Weapons
Paranthropus boisei, a close relative of modern human ancestors, used to roam across Africa about 2.5 to 1.15 million years ago. They can be considered an evolutionary cousin of Homo […]
Cleopatra-Era Port Discovered
The death of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt who passed away on August 10/12, BCE 30, still remains a mystery. While some scholars hypothesise […]
Evidence Of Bizarre Human Culture Found
Archaeologists began excavations around a cave in order to get new information about primitive humans. However, they experienced a horrifying scene while digging the area. Some human skeletons, broken into […]
Neanderthal Genes May Be Linked To Brain Defects
Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), the extinct group of archaic humans, inhabited Europe and Western and Central Asia during the Middle to Late Pleistocene, 0.2-0.3 million years ago. Homo sapiens or modern […]
The Birthplace Of Modern Civilisation
Researchers have long been trying to trace the exact time and location of the birth of modern civilisation. While some believe that the first urban civilisations emerged in Mesopotamia (the […]
3,500-Year-Old City Unveiled In Peru
The Vedic Period began in India after the decline of the Indus Valley Civilisation about 3,500 years ago (around BCE 1500-600). Queen Hatshepsut of the 18th Dynasty of the New […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 