1,800-Year-Old Skulls From Japan Studied For 400 years, a group of Indigenous people living in Japan deliberately deformed the skulls of their infant children, a new study suggests. The Hirota people resided on the southern Japanese island of Tanegashima between the end of the Yayoi period and the Kofun period, or between the third and … Continue reading 1,800-Year-Old Skulls From Japan Studied →

High school student discovered a 1500-year-old ancient Magical Mirror A High school student discovered an ancient “magical mirror” meant to ward off the evil eye in an archaeological excavation in northern Israel. A few days ago, seventeen-year-old Aviv Weizman from Kiryat Motskin, near Haifa, took part in an Israel Antiquities Authority archaeological excavation at the … Continue reading High school student discovered a 1500-year-old ancient Magical Mirror →

A Library Discovered Behind a Wall in the Sakya Monastery Has 84,000 Unread Manuscripts! In 2003, an ancient library was discovered, hidden behind a wall inside the Buddhist Sakya Monastery. The Sakya Monastery stands in the Tibet Autonomous Region, in the Southwestern part of the People’s Republic of China. Located around 300 miles west of … Continue reading A Library Discovered Behind a Wall in the Sakya Monastery Has 84,000 Unread Manuscripts! →

The Hanging Pillar of Lepakshi Temple that Challenges Gravity Gravity, the powerful force that rules our world, seems rigid and invincible. Still, tucked away in southern India is a beautiful architectural marvel known as the “Hanging Pillar,” which is said to challenge this very force. Yes! You read that right. It dates back to the … Continue reading The Hanging Pillar of Lepakshi Temple that Challenges Gravity →

Crusader sword found in Holy Land was bent, possibly in naval battle, X-rays reveal A sword studded in seashells and caked in sand, found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near Israel, was likely dropped there by a Crusader during battle between 800 and 900 years ago, a new analysis reveals. Divers discovered the … Continue reading Crusader sword found in Holy Land was bent, possibly in naval battle, X-rays reveal →

Archaeologists Are Too Terrified To Look Inside Tomb Of China’s First Emperor In 1974, farmers stumbled across one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all time in an unassuming field in the Shaanxi province of China. While digging, they found fragments of a human figure made out of clay. This was just the tip … Continue reading Archaeologists Are Too Terrified To Look Inside Tomb Of China’s First Emperor →

A rare 2,500-year-old marble disc, designed to protect ancient ships and ward off the evil eye discovered near Palmachim Beach A rare 2,500-year-old marble disc designed to protect ancient ships and ward off the evil eye was discovered by a lifeguard diving at sea and turned over to the Israel Antiquities Authority. The Israel Antiquities … Continue reading A rare 2,500-year-old marble disc, designed to protect ancient ships and ward off the evil eye discovered near Palmachim Beach →

Denny, a mysterious child from 90,000 years ago, whose parents were two different human species More than 90,000 years back in time, a unique child was walking the Earth. This individual was a young human hybrid. Scientists dubbed the ancient girl “Denny,” the only known individual whose parents were from two distinct human species! In … Continue reading Denny, a mysterious child from 90,000 years ago, whose parents were two different human species →

A Siberian cave filled with mammoth, rhino, and bear bones is an ancient hyena lair Inhabitants of Siberia have stumbled upon a remarkable prehistoric time capsule in what paleontologists consider the largest hyena lair ever found in Asia. The cave was untouched for 42,000 years and held a variety of animal bones. Fossils of various … Continue reading A Siberian cave filled with mammoth, rhino, and bear bones is an ancient hyena lair →