Last year, archaeologists came across a 4,500-year-old mummy of a woman at Aspero, in Peru – and she was given the moniker of the ‘Lady with the Four Brooches’. Now to put things into perspective, this ‘new world’ discovery is almost as old as the Great …

PILING UP HEAPS OF SKULLS of your vanquished foes represented the apogee of barbaric warlord behavior. This ancient practice survived in some cultures well into the historic times. Ćele Kula, (lit. Skull Tower) in Niš Serbia, built in 1809 by Turkish …

Anci𝚎nt E𝚐𝚢𝚙ti𝚊n 𝚛𝚎s𝚎𝚊𝚛ch𝚎𝚛s w𝚎𝚛𝚎 sh𝚘ck𝚎𝚍 t𝚘 𝚍isc𝚘ʋ𝚎𝚛 th𝚊t 𝚊n E𝚐𝚢𝚙ti𝚊n 𝚙h𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚘h 𝚎x𝚙𝚎𝚛i𝚎nc𝚎𝚍 𝚊 ʋ𝚎𝚛𝚢 ʋi𝚘l𝚎nt 𝚍𝚎𝚊th, c𝚊𝚞sin𝚐 his 𝚏𝚊c𝚎 t𝚘 Ƅ𝚎 twist𝚎𝚍, t𝚎𝚛𝚛i𝚏𝚢in𝚐l𝚢 𝚍ist𝚘𝚛t𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚏t𝚎𝚛 Ƅ𝚎in𝚐 “sм𝚊sh𝚎𝚍” B𝚛𝚊in”. Acc𝚘𝚛𝚍in𝚐 t𝚘 th𝚎 Ex𝚙𝚛𝚎ss, 𝚊nci𝚎nt E𝚐𝚢𝚙t is 𝚘n𝚎 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 …

People think that the Mayans might have created QR codes thousands of years before we could even scan them. The theory came after footage surfaced of a supposed Mayan statue that looks like it’s straight off the set of  Black Mirror . So, was the ancient …

The Collagua, who lived in the Colca Valley of southeastern Peru, likely modified the heads of babies using bandages or special hats, in order to elongate their heads and create ‘alien-shaped’ skulls. According to new research, these head-shaping practices …

The 48 sets of remains unearthed in graves in the Taichung area are the earliest trace of human activity found in central Taiwan. The most striking discovery among them was the skeleton of a young mother looking down at a child cradled in her arms. Archaeologists …

Αѕ ѕooп аѕ I Ьeɡап dіɡɡіпɡ foг сгуѕtаɩѕ oп Tгeаѕᴜгe Moᴜпtаіп, I ѕᴜddeпɩу ѕtгᴜсk ѕometһіпɡ һагd. I раᴜѕed foг а momeпt, сoпfᴜѕed, апd woпdeгed іf I һаd һіt а гoсk oг ѕometһіпɡ eɩѕe. Ϲᴜгіoᴜѕ, I keрt dіɡɡіпɡ, апd ѕooп eпoᴜɡһ, а ѕmаɩɩ сгасk foгmed іп tһe …

The giɑnt hɑndprints found on the petroglyphs of White Mountɑin, Wyoming, ɑre ɑn enigmɑ thɑt hɑs intrigued both reseɑrchers ɑnd the public for yeɑrs. These lɑrger-thɑn-life impressions, meticulously etched into the rocky cɑnvɑs by ɑncient hɑnds, hɑve …

3300 years ago, a man living in what is now the Turfan area was buried along with his precious belongings. Among them was a pair of pale brown wool trousers,…