Lost Ancient City Found with 'as Many Buildings as Manhattan'"Archaeology might evoke thoughts of intrepid explorers and painstaking digging, but in fact researchers say it is a high-tech laser mapping technique that is rewriting the textbooks at an unprecedented rate..."Posted: 16 February 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: theguardian.com Read more at theguardian.com > |
DNA Test Results on Elongated Skulls 'Could Re-write History'"In the paranormal business, the cure for a slow news day is to see what’s cooking in Peru. Last week, we had the truck driver plowing his vehicle over the ancient Nazca lines..."Posted: 09 February 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: mysteriousuniverse.org Read more at mysteriousuniverse.org > |
Sprawling Maya Network Discovered Under Guatemala Jungle"Researchers have found more than 60,000 hidden Maya ruins in Guatemala in a major archaeological breakthrough..."Posted: 05 February 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
Stonehenge Tunnel Could Destroy Ancient Artifacts, Warn Experts"A new tunnel bypassing Stonehenge could destroy a 'unique' site where traces of humans living as far back as the last Ice Age have been preserved, experts have warned..."Posted: 05 February 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: independent.co.uk Read more at independent.co.uk > |
Mass Grave Contained 300 Vikings From 'Great Heathen Army'"Some 300 bodies discovered in an ancient mass grave in England may belong to Vikings from the 'Great Heathen Army' of the 9th century, new research suggests..."Posted: 05 February 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: malaysiandigest.com Read more at malaysiandigest.com > |
'8.5-mile Pyramid' Discovered at the Bottom of the Ocean"Could this bizarre object, described as a giant ancient pyramid and found at the bottom of the sea, be a clue to the site of the mythological City of Atlantis?.."Posted: 30 January 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: express.co.uk Read more at express.co.uk > |
Ancient 'Crystal Weapons' Discovered in Spain"Discovered in Spain, the site reportedly revealed a megalithic tomb – a burial ground built during the Neolithic farming communities. Known as Valencina de la Concepci, the areas are thought to have been active somewhere between 3,500 and 2,700 BC..."Posted: 26 January 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: dailystar.co.uk Read more at dailystar.co.uk > |
Humans Left Africa '80,000 Years Earlier' than Previously Thought"Researchers have identified the remains of the earliest known modern humans to have left Africa. New dating of fossils from Israel indicates that our species (Homo sapiens) lived outside Africa around 185,000 years ago..."Posted: 26 January 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
Pyramid May Contain 'Throne' Made of Meteorites, Says Theory"The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the wonders of the world and is a magnificent feat of ancient architecture. But an Italian professor of archaeoastronomy thinks that it contains something that makes it even more amazing..."Posted: 12 January 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: inquisitr.com Read more at inquisitr.com > |
Unearthed Ancient Aztec Structure is 'Depiction of Universe'"Archaeologists have stumbled upon a 1,000 year old Aztec stone shrine which they believe is the ancient civilisation’s design of the universe..."Posted: 04 January 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: express.co.uk Read more at express.co.uk > |
Mysterious 4,000-year-old 'Woodhenge' Found in Yorkshire"A 4000-year-old 'woodhenge' that has laid hidden for centuries under farmland has been spotted in aerial surveys..."Posted: 04 January 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: dailymail.co.uk Read more at dailymail.co.uk > |
Scan Technique Reveals Secret Writing in Ancient Mummy Cases"Researchers in London have developed scanning techniques that show what is written on the papyrus that mummy cases are made from..."Posted: 01 January 2018 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
Indonesian Island Found to Be Unusually Rich in Cave Paintings"A tiny Indonesian island, previously unexplored by archaeologists, has been found to be unusually rich in ancient cave paintings following a study by researchers from The Australian National University..."Posted: 20 December 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: phys.org Read more at phys.org > |
Sphinx on Mars? Strange Martian Rock Excites Researchers"Researchers who scour images for evidence of life on Mars claim to have found what they say could be a carved Sphinx-like monument on the Red Planet..."Posted: 15 December 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: express.co.uk Read more at express.co.uk > |
Robotic Blimp Could Be Used to Explore Hidden Pyramid Chambers"A blimp-like robot could go inside the Great Pyramid of Giza to explore a 30-meter-long hidden chamber discovered by scientists last month..."Posted: 15 December 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: rt.com Read more at rt.com > |
Mystery Ancient City Found in 'Groundbreaking Discovery'"A huge ancient city has been discovered dating back to the prehistoric Iron Age. Archaeologists found the site in Turkey and believe it contains temples and burial tombs of what may be ancient kings..."Posted: 08 December 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: dailystar.co.uk Read more at dailystar.co.uk > |
Ancient Human Ancestor 'Little Foot' Makes Public Debut"South Africa's Cradle of Humankind, an expanse of farmland and rolling hills outside Johannesburg, has already unlocked some of the great mysteries of evolution..."Posted: 08 December 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: edition.cnn.com Read more at edition.cnn.com > |
Ancient Roman City Re-discovered Beneath the Sea"Baiae was an ancient resort on the west coast of Italy that largely disappeared beneath the waves 1,700 years ago..."Posted: 04 December 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: dailystar.co.uk Read more at dailystar.co.uk > |
Archeologists Unearth Rare Ancient Mystery Structure"The archeologists said the new discovery came to light with the help of camera-equipped drones, a new technology that has become part of their tool box in recent years..."Posted: 04 December 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: jpost.com Read more at jpost.com > |
New Technology May Unravel Ancient Mummy Mystery"Researchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago are using advanced technology to unwrap the mysteries of a nearly 2,000-year-old mummy..."Posted: 30 November 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: trtworld.com Read more at trtworld.com > |
Australian Aboriginal Symbols Found on Ancient Pillar in Turkey"Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is a 12,000-year-old megalithic monument complex, the origins of which have stumped archaeologists since its discovery about 20 years ago..."Posted: 21 November 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: theepochtimes.com Read more at theepochtimes.com > |
Mysterious 3,000-Year-Old 'Castle' Found Under Lake in Turkey"Sunken cities are typically the stuff of legend, but now archaeologists have found the real thing hiding deep within Lake Van in Turkey..."Posted: 21 November 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: sciencealert.com Read more at sciencealert.com > |
Ancient Nazca Line Pattern Confirmed to Depict Killer Whale"A massive 'drawing' of a killer whale has been found in the legendary Nazca Lines of Peru. It could be the oldest image ever recorded at the site..."Posted: 17 November 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: newsweek.com Read more at newsweek.com > |
Arabian 'Works of Old Men' Pictured in Detail During Fly-over"The secrets behind a Saudi Arabian Stonehenge network could finally be uncovered 8,500 years since they were first constructed..."Posted: 14 November 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: thesun.co.uk Read more at thesun.co.uk > |
Experts Find 'Secret Passageway' Beneath Mayan Pyramid"Mysteries of the ancient Mayans could finally be unlocked by a secret lurking under this 1,000-year-old temple, according to reports..."Posted: 14 November 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: thesun.co.uk Read more at thesun.co.uk > |
New Images of Pacific Island Compared to Lost City of Atlantis"The fictional island Atlantis could have been real, according to experts pointing to a new series of aerial images of an ancient island city in the Pacific..."Posted: 06 November 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: au.news.yahoo.com Read more at au.news.yahoo.com > |
'Big Void' Identified in Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza"The mysteries of the pyramids have deepened with the discovery of what appears to be a giant void within the Khufu, or Cheops, monument in Egypt. It is not known why the cavity exists or indeed if it holds anything of value because it is not obviously accessible..."Posted: 03 November 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
'Pyramids' Spotted on the Ocean Floor Near the Bahamas"Speculation that there are mysterious pyramids at the bottom of the Atlantic is circulating online. Conspiracy theorists have been debating whether a video posted to YouTube shows two ancient structures off the coast of The Bahamas..."Posted: 21 October 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: dailymail.co.uk Read more at dailymail.co.uk > |
Hundreds of Mysterious Stone Structures Found in Saudi Arabia"Hundreds of mysterious structures have been discovered on ancient lava domes in Saudi Arabia by an archaeologist using Google Earth..."Posted: 21 October 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: independent.co.uk Read more at independent.co.uk > |
Ancient Sculpture Uncovered, Thought to Depict Egyptian Queen"Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 4,000-year-old wooden head they believe is of Egypt’s 6th dynasty Queen, Ankhnespepy II..."Posted: 21 October 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: theepochtimes.com Read more at theepochtimes.com > |
Ancient Egyptian Pyramidion Hints at Existence of Lost Chamber"The discovery of a 4,000-year-old pyramidion found near the excavation of the largest Old Kingdom obelisk fragment may be the first evidence of the existence of satellite pyramids for Queen Ankhnespepy II, the most important Egyptian queen of the sixth dynasty..."Posted: 15 October 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: newsweek.com Read more at newsweek.com > |
Fossils Reveal Humans Emerged 170,000 Years Earlier Than Thought"The first modern humans may have emerged up to 350,000 years ago—170,000 years earlier than previously thought..."Posted: 29 September 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: newsweek.com Read more at newsweek.com > |
Ruins of Ancient Lost Temple of Artemis Finally Unearthed"Researchers discovered that a Roman geographer's calculations for the whereabouts of the temple on Greek island Eurobea were wrong and quickly found hints of the true location..."Posted: 29 September 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: thesun.co.uk Read more at thesun.co.uk > |
House 'Older Than Stonehenge' Found in Scottish Field"The remains of a pre-historic dwelling older than Stonehenge or the Callanish Stones have been found in a field in East Ayrshire..."Posted: 22 September 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: scotsman.com Read more at scotsman.com > |
Ancient Indian Text Found to Contain Earliest Known Zero Symbol"Nowt, nada, zilch: there is nothing new about nothingness. But the moment that the absence of stuff became zero, a number in its own right, is regarded as one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of mathematics..."Posted: 15 September 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: theguardian.com Read more at theguardian.com > |
Schoolgirl Discovers 'King Arthur's Legendary Excalibur'"A schoolgirl could become the stuff of legend after pulling a 4ft sword from the same Cornish lake where King Arthur's Excalibur was famously thrown..."Posted: 07 September 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: yorkshirepost.co.uk Read more at yorkshirepost.co.uk > |
5.7 Million Year Old 'Unmistakably Human' Footprints Discovered"In a discovery that could challenge accepted theories of human evolution, researchers found 5.7 million years old unmistakably human-like footprints laid down in what is now Crete..."Posted: 04 September 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: dailygalaxy.com Read more at dailygalaxy.com > |
4,300-Year-Old Statue Head Depicts Mystery Pharaoh"A sculpture of an unknown Egyptian pharaoh's head, found at the ancient city of Hazor in Israel, dates back around 4,300 years, to a time when Egyptians were building pyramids..."Posted: 31 August 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: livescience.com Read more at livescience.com > |
Indecipherable Ancient Stone Slab Discovered in Spain"The Stela of Montoro stone relic – believed to be from between the 200AD and 900AD – was discovered by a farmer ploughing his field in Spain. Experts examining the block have been left baffled by the object which is covered in bizarre carvings..."Posted: 10 August 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: dailystar.co.uk Read more at dailystar.co.uk > |
Ancient Body Found Clutching Knife and Dagger"A 2,900-year-old man has been found in Siberia, still clutching a dagger and a knife. The warrior, who lived in the Bronze Age, was also found with a ‘mirror’ in one of his eyes..."Posted: 07 August 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: metro.co.uk Read more at metro.co.uk > |
Archaeologists 'on the Cusp' of Discovering Secret Pyramid Room"An international team of archaeologists believes it is on the cusp of pinpointing the location of a secret room hidden within the Great Pyramid of Giza as it uses cutting-edge laser technology to map the 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian wonder..."Posted: 07 August 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: newsweek.com Read more at newsweek.com > |
Chinese Museum Offers Cash Reward to Decode Ancient Symbols"A picture may be worth a thousand words but one mysterious ancient Chinese character could be a 100,000 yuan (US$15,000) payday for anybody who can definitively say what it means..."Posted: 23 July 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: scmp.com Read more at scmp.com > |
King Tut's Wife May Be Buried in Newly Discovered Tomb"Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass and his team say they've found evidence of a tomb that could belong to King Tut's wife..."Posted: 20 July 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: livescience.com Read more at livescience.com > |
Ancient 'House of the Dead' Unearthed Near Stonehenge"An ancient house of the dead has been unearthed near Stonehenge. The Neolithic burial chamber, which likely dates to approximately 5,600 to 5,700 years ago, would have been an earthen structure that housed the skeletons of some of the earliest inhabitants of Britain..."Posted: 13 July 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: livescience.com Read more at livescience.com > |
New Tunnel Discovered Under Ancient Pyramid"Archaeologists have discovered a secret tunnel under a famous and massive pyramid in the ancient city of Teotihuacán, northeast of Mexico City..."Posted: 09 July 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: news.nationalgeographic.com Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com > |
Ancient Monuments May Have Been Used for Moonlit Ceremonies"Ancient stone monuments may have been used for mysterious night-time ceremonies, archaeologists believe, after finding that some rock carvings only appear in moonlight..."Posted: 09 July 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: telegraph.co.uk Read more at telegraph.co.uk > |
Do Underwater Scans Show Lost Architecture on the Sea Floor?"In his poems of the Iliad, the Greek Philosopher Homer introduces us to the mythical city of Troy, which remained a curiosity to many until the late 1870’s when Heinrich Schliemann, on a hunch, began excavating the remains of an ancient city in Turkey..."Posted: 30 June 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: ancient-origins.net Read more at ancient-origins.net > |
Three Fingered Alien-like Peruvian Mummy Under Investigation"The title begs the question, is this a primitive human with deformities or simply more evidence of extraterrestrials visiting Earth?..."Posted: 22 June 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: collective-evolution.com Read more at collective-evolution.com > |
Ancient Metal Mask Among the Oldest Finds in South America"An ancient, rectangular copper mask recently found in the southern Andes in Argentina is about 3,000 years old — one of the oldest human-made metal object from South America..."Posted: 08 June 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: livescience.com Read more at livescience.com > |
Mystery over Wooden Circles Found Near Stonehenge"Mystery surrounds these wooden circles found near Stonehenge after it was revealed they are 800 years older than scientists had thought..."Posted: 08 June 2017 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: metro.co.uk Read more at metro.co.uk > |