Category: Ancient History & Culture
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World’s oldest temple built to worship the dog star
Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey, may have been built to worship the dog star, Sirius. The 11,000-year-old site consists of […]
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‘Extraordinary’ Mayan frieze found in Guatemala
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found an “extraordinary” Mayan frieze richly decorated with images of deities and rulers and a long dedicatory inscription. […]
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Digging for the truth at controversial megalithic site
It’s been raining at Gunung Padang, and the grass on the mountain’s precipitous eastern slope is slick with water and […]
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Ancient statue discovered by Nazis is made from meteorite
An ancient statue that was recovered by a Nazi expedition in the 1930s was originally carved from a highly valuable […]
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‘World’s oldest calendar’ discovered in Scottish field
Excavations of a field at Crathes Castle found a series of 12 pits which appear to mimic the phases of […]
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The massive European network of Stone Age tunnels that weaves from Scotland to Turkey
Stone Age man created a massive network of underground tunnels criss-crossing Europe from Scotland to Turkey, a new book on […]
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Mysterious Stone Structure Discovered Beneath Sea of Galilee
A giant “monumental” stone structure discovered beneath the waters of the Sea of Galilee in Israel has archaeologists puzzled as […]
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Ancient Builders Created Monumental Structures that Altered Sound and Mind, Say Researchers
The results of recent research suggests that ancient, or prehistoric, builders of the monumental structures found in such diverse places […]
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‘Gate to Hell’ found in Turkey: Hierapolis temple doorway matches mythical ‘portal to the underworld’
Site in ancient city of Hierapolis, now Pamukkale in southwestern Turkey matches historical descriptions of what was thought be entrance […]
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35 Ancient Pyramids Discovered in Sudan Necropolis
At least 35 small pyramids, along with graves, have been discovered clustered closely together at a site called Sedeinga in […]