A 12,500-year-old sphinx discovered in Pakistan The Balochistan Sphinx, or the Lion of Balochistan, is a rare shape in modern-day Pakistan. The oddly-shaped building, which is located in Lesbela, Pakistan, resembles the famous ancient Egyptian Sphinx in Giza in some details. As a response, modern historians and writers believe that long-lost cultures flourished before ancient … Continue reading A 12,500-year-old sphinx discovered in Pakistan →

Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Gold Mask In China Belonging To A Mysterious Ancient Society A 3,000-year-old ceremonial gold mask has become an unexpected social media sensation in China after its recent discovery in Sichuan province. The artefact was one of 500 Bronze-Age relics found at the Sanxingdui archaeological site. Experts say the discovery could provide new … Continue reading Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Gold Mask In China Belonging To A Mysterious Ancient Society →

The Hasanlu Lovers and their 2800 years-old kiss Archaeologists were shocked to discover the remains of two bodies, apparently sharing a romantic embrace before their deaths, in the ruins of an ancient, burned-out village. The University of Pennsylvania first discovered this skeletal couple during an archaeological excavation of an ancient city in northwest Iran in … Continue reading The Hasanlu Lovers and their 2800 years-old kiss →

World’s oldest wooden statue is TWICE as old as Stonehenge Gold prospectors first discovered the so-called Shigir Idol at the bottom of a peat bog in Russia’s Ural mountain range in 1890. The unique object—a nine-foot-tall totem pole composed of ten wooden fragments carved with expressive faces, eyes and limbs and decorated with geometric patterns—represents … Continue reading World’s oldest wooden statue is TWICE as old as Stonehenge →

3,000-Year-Old Artifacts Unearthed in Southwestern China CNN reports that more than 500 artifacts have been found in six sacrificial pits at Sanxingdui, a Bronze Age site in southwestern China discovered in the 1920s and thought to have belonged to the independent Shu state, which was conquered in 316 B.C.  Weighing about 280 grams (0.6 pounds) … Continue reading 3,000-Year-Old Artifacts Unearthed in Southwestern China →

Decorative Roof Tiles from Tang Dynasty Temple Analyzed According to a statement released by Kanazawa University, researchers from Kanazawa University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences examined the end caps of more than 400 curved roof tiles recovered from Ximing Temple, which is located at the site of the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618–907) imperial … Continue reading Decorative Roof Tiles from Tang Dynasty Temple Analyzed →

2,700 Year Old Yogi in Samadhi Found in Indus Valley Civilization Archaeological Site While Yoga is being sold by Corporate Gurus today, it is necessary to remember that Yoga as a system of Spiritual development was in vogue probably by or before the Rig Veda which is dated around 5000 BC. However, I have provided … Continue reading 2,700 Year Old Yogi in Samadhi Found in Indus Valley Civilization Archaeological Site →

Archaeologists Discover Additional Dead Sea Scroll Fragments In Desert Caves Archaeologists in Israel have found new fragments of a Dead Sea Scroll for the first time in 60 years. The parchment fragments, which number in the hundreds, were most likely buried in a desert cave between 132 and 136 A.D., during the unsuccessful Bar Kokhba … Continue reading Archaeologists Discover Additional Dead Sea Scroll Fragments In Desert Caves →

Oldest woven basket in the world found in Israel dates back 10,000 years Archaeologists in Israel have discovered several 2,000-year-old biblical scroll fragments, a 6,000-year-old skeleton, ancient coins and what is thought to be the world’s oldest woven basket in a cave, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Tuesday. The basket was found empty and … Continue reading Oldest woven basket in the world found in Israel dates back 10,000 years →