8,000-Year-Old Neolithic Temple Discovered at Saudi Port Town The Saudi Heritage Commission has unveiled the archaeological discoveries made by a Saudi-international scientific team at the site of Al-Faw, located on the edge of Al-Rub’ Al-Khali (the Empty Quarter), south-west of Riyadh. A Saudi-led multinational team of archaeologists conducted a comprehensive survey of the site using … Continue reading 8,000-Year-Old Neolithic Temple Discovered at Saudi Port Town →

Human skeletons, and relics found in Pingtung date back 4,000 years: Archaeologists Taipei, July 27 (CNA) Archaeologists in Taiwan confirmed Wednesday that a large number of human skeletons and shell tools unearthed in Pingtung County are about 4,000 years old, which makes the shell tool site the oldest in the Pacific region. Chiu Hung-lin (邱鴻霖), … Continue reading Human skeletons, and relics found in Pingtung date back 4,000 years: Archaeologists →

Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago In China Although we still cannot accurately predict earthquakes, we have come a long way in detecting, recording, and measuring seismic shocks. Many don’t realize that this process began nearly 2,000 years ago, with the invention of the first seismoscope in 132 AD by a Chinese inventor called Zhang … Continue reading Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago In China →

The 150,000-Year-Old Cave Pipes Of China Oopart (out of place artefact) is a term applied to dozens of prehistoric objects found in various places around the world that seem to show a level of technological advancement incongruous with the times in which they were made. Ooparts often frustrate conventional scientists, delight adventurous investigators open to … Continue reading The 150,000-Year-Old Cave Pipes Of China →

The Mysterious 1,300-Year-Old Siberian Lake Fortress It is one of the most mysterious archaeological sites in Russia – an ancient complex engulfing a small island in the centre of a remote lake in the mountains of southern Siberia. At first glance, it appears to be an ancient fortress, its perimeter of high walls constructed to … Continue reading The Mysterious 1,300-Year-Old Siberian Lake Fortress →

The Mysterious Man-Made Caves Of Longyou: 10 Unanswered Questions Located near the village of Shiyan Beicun in Zhejiang province, China lies the Longyou caves – an extensive, magnificent and rare ancient underground world considered in China as ‘the ninth wonder of the ancient world’.  The Longyou grottoes, which are thought to date back at least … Continue reading The Mysterious Man-Made Caves Of Longyou: 10 Unanswered Questions →

An ancient fortress found by archaeologists may be a lost royal city A 2,000-year-old fortress built on a mountainside in what’s now Iraqi Kurdistan could be part of a lost royal city called Natounia. With the help of drone photography, archaeologists excavated and catalogued the site during a series of digs between 2009 and 2022. … Continue reading An ancient fortress found by archaeologists may be a lost royal city →

A perfectly preserved 700-year-old mummy in brown liquid looked only a few months old The skin of a mummy discovered by accident had been perfectly preserved for over 700 years. Road workers stumbled upon a jaw-dropping corpse belonging to a high-ranking woman from China’s Ming Dynasty. News of the remarkable archaeological breakthrough on in the city of … Continue reading A perfectly preserved 700-year-old mummy in brown liquid looked only a few months old →

5,200-year-old stone carving chrysalis found in north China According to the provincial archaeological research institute, archaeologists discovered a stone-carved silkworm chrysalis dating back at least 5,200 years in north China’s Shanxi Province last month. The stone-carved chrysalis was discovered in a semi-crypt house at the Shangguo Site in Wenxi County, near the city of Yuncheng. … Continue reading 5,200-year-old stone carving chrysalis found in north China →