What Are the Mysterious and Enormous Stone Spheres Found in Costa Rica? Many will be familiar with the opening scene of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” where a giant stone sphere nearly crushes Indiana Jones to death. While everyone recognizes the movie as a work of fiction, the giant stone spheres are not. While clearing … Continue reading What Are the Mysterious and Enormous Stone Spheres Found in Costa Rica? →

Trunks of Fake Artifacts from the Middle East Seized at Heathrow A number of objects confiscated by authorities and allegedly originating from the old Middle East have been described as fake. In July 2019, the Border Force intercepted a couple of trunks loaded with individually wrapped clay tablets, figures, and pots at Heathrow airport. The … Continue reading Trunks of Fake Artifacts from the Middle East Seized at Heathrow →

Archaeologist Shows How The People Who Lived Thousands Of Years Before Us Really Looked And The Result Is Amazing Such works by Oscar Nilsson represent the faces of people who died in the past. The Swedish archeologist is also a sculptor who focuses on reconstructing the faces of those whose graves were found during excavation. In … Continue reading Archaeologist Shows How The People Who Lived Thousands Of Years Before Us Really Looked And The Result Is Amazing →

Artificial Intelligence Identifies Ancient Dog Poop The mixing of pieces of prehistoric poop is certainly not the definition of a raging good time for many people. However, for archaeologists keen on learning more about the health and diet of past populations—as well as how certain parasites evolved, the evolutionary history of the microbiome—such samples can … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence Identifies Ancient Dog Poop →

What is the mysterious handbag seen in Ancient Carvings Across Cultures carried by the Gods Many pieces of art found on cave walls dating back to the end of the Ice Age have resembled what is known today as a handbag or purse. The design persisted in ruins of ancient Turkish temples, Maori decorations of … Continue reading What is the mysterious handbag seen in Ancient Carvings Across Cultures carried by the Gods →

Remembering the giant mushrooms that once ruled the earth When earth plants were relatively new kids and “the largest trees only a few meters high” on the evolutionary block from around 420 to 350 million years ago, giant spires of life poked from the Earth. “The ancient organism boasted trunks up to 24 feet (8 … Continue reading Remembering the giant mushrooms that once ruled the earth →

800 Ancient Stones with Hebrew Writing in Puerto Rico Authenticated! The mysterious origins of a collection of mysterious statuettes from Puerto Rico, long ago believed to have been made by Jews from the “10 Lost Tribes” exiled from the land of Israel in ancient times, are now closer to being understood thanks to Israeli technology. The … Continue reading 800 Ancient Stones with Hebrew Writing in Puerto Rico Authenticated! →

A 50-million-year-old school of fish is etched forever in this rare fossil It’s not clear what overtook this school of fish, but the remnant—an untimely demise etched in a limestone slab for all eternity—is a breathtaking glimpse of ancient fish shoaling. A social behavior still common in today’s oceans, shoaling involves small marine animals moving … Continue reading These 259 tiny fish were buried alive 50 million years ago, and survive now only as prehistoric ‘photo’ →

7 Billion-Year-Old Stardust Is Oldest Material Found on Earth Philipp Heck, Field Museum curator and Associate professor of the University of Chicago and lead author of the paper on findings from the national academy of science, said: “This is one of the most interesting projects I worked on.” “These are the oldest solids ever discovered … Continue reading 7 Billion-Year-Old Stardust Is Oldest Material Found on Earth →