Great Pyramid of Giza is Slightly Lopsided"The Great Pyramid of Giza may be a Wonder of the Ancient World, but it's not perfect: Its base is a little lopsided because its builders made a teensy mistake when constructing it, new research reveals..."Posted: 20 June 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: livescience.com Read more at livescience.com > |
Massive Monument Discovered at Ancient City of Petra"Satellite imagery has revealed a monumental structure dating back more than 2,000 years at the World Heritage site of Petra in Jordan..."Posted: 13 June 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: telegraph.co.uk Read more at telegraph.co.uk > |
Greek Sunken 'Atlantis' Explained as Natural Formation"Three years ago, divers exploring the waters near the Greek island of Zakynthos found an underwater formation that they initially believed to be part of a lost city. The cobblestone-like appearance of a paved road, and doughnut-shaped circular structures that could have been parts of a colonnade, brought up ideas of an ancient lost city like Atlantis or Lemuria..."Posted: 05 June 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: inquisitr.com Read more at inquisitr.com > |
King Tut's Blade Was Made of Meteorite, Claim Scientists"King Tut was buried with a dagger made of an iron that literally came from space, says a new study into the composition of the iron blade from the sarcophagus of the boy king..."Posted: 01 June 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: space.com Read more at space.com > |
Unexplained Stone Circles 'Built by Neanderthals' Discovered in France"Rings of stalagmites found in a cave in France suggest that our ancient relatives were surprisingly skilled builders..."Posted: 27 May 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: news.nationalgeographic.com Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com > |
Stonehenge Wasn't So Hard to Build After All, Claim Archaeologists"It is an archaeological conundrum that has baffled generations of experts. Just how did prehistoric Britons manage to transport the huge bluestones of Stonehenge some 140 miles from the Preseli Mountains in Wales to their final home on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire..."Posted: 24 May 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: telegraph.co.uk Read more at telegraph.co.uk > |
Diver Discovers 'African Atlantis' Off Tanzania's Mafia Island"A diver has discovered what appears to be an ancient sunken city off Mafia Island in Tanzania. Diver Alan Sutton, from Seaunseen, had originally been looking for the remains of an old fort rumoured to have been washed away to sea, but instead he came across the remains of a wall stretching almost 4km..."Posted: 15 May 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: ibtimes.co.uk Read more at ibtimes.co.uk > |
'World War Zero' Brought Down Mystery Civilisation of 'Sea People'"The Trojan War was a grander event than even Homer would have us believe. The famous conflict may have been one of the final acts in what one archaeologist has controversially dubbed 'World War Zero' – an event he claims brought the eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age world crashing down 3200 years ago..."Posted: 13 May 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: newscientist.com Read more at newscientist.com > |
Canadian Teen Discovers Forgotten Mayan City"A 15-year-old Canadian astronomer is believed to have discovered a forgotten Mayan city using an original technique he developed himself..."Posted: 10 May 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: theblaze.com Read more at theblaze.com > |
Pyramid Interior Revealed Using Cosmic Rays"The internal structure of an ancient Egyptian pyramid was revealed for the first time using cosmic particles, a team of international researchers reports..."Posted: 02 May 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: livescience.com Read more at livescience.com > |
Bosnian Archaeologist Claims Giant Sphere is Sign of Ancient Civilisation"Archaeologists have found a giant mysterious sphere embedded in the ground in Bosnia. They claim it is the largest man-made stone ball in Europe, and the oldest in the world, dating back more than 1,500 years ago..."Posted: 14 April 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: ibtimes.co.uk Read more at ibtimes.co.uk > |
Million-Year-Old Human Footprints Found in the UK"Extraordinary new evidence of Britain's first human inhabitants has been discovered in Norfolk. Around 50 footprints, made by members by an early species of prehistoric humans almost a million years ago, have been revealed by coastal erosion near the village of Happisburgh, in Norfolk, 17 miles north-east of Norwich..."Posted: 11 April 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: independent.co.uk Read more at independent.co.uk > |
Father Crespi Cover-Up: The Mystery Deepens"Earlier this month we reported on an investigation into the story of Father Crespi and his missing artifacts. The story of Father Crespi is a mysterious and controversial account of a priest in Ecuador involving claims of unknown civilizations, strange golden artifacts..."Posted: 11 April 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: ancient-origins.net Read more at ancient-origins.net > |
Discovery Could Rewrite History of Vikings in New World"Guided by ancient Norse sagas and modern satellite images, searchers discover what may be North America's second Viking site..."Posted: 03 April 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: news.nationalgeographic.com Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com > |
Ancient Monument Could Help Crack the Mysterious Etruscan Language"Researchers found the inscribed slab near Florence and believe it might hold secrets behind the language of Italy's pre-Roman culture..."Posted: 31 March 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: smithsonianmag.com Read more at smithsonianmag.com > |
Strange Underground Labyrinth May Have Been a Druid Temple"The latest research at Gilmerton Cove suggests that the mysterious network of underground tunnels was once a Druid temple that dates back more than 2000 years. For centuries, the hand-carved passageways and hidden chambers have been linked to smugglers, the Knights Templar, and witchcraft..."Posted: 15 March 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: ancient-origins.net Read more at ancient-origins.net > |
Ancient Stone Age Handprints Declared 'Not Human' and 'Lizard Like'"An analysis of tiny hand decorations in a Saharan rock shelter shows that they're decidedly not human. Tiny hands — originally assumed to be those of very young children or infants — were stenciled inside the outlines of adult hands on the wall of the Wadi Sura II rock shelter some 8,000 years ago..."Posted: 02 March 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: news.nationalgeographic.com Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com > |
Scholar Claims to Have Unlocked the Secrets of the Pyramid Texts"For years, scholars thought that the Pyramid Texts were merely a series of funeral prayers and magic spells intended to protect Egyptian royalty in the afterlife. But renowned classicist and linguist Susan Brind Morrow has a different interpretation of this sacred literature..."Posted: 19 February 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: huffingtonpost.com Read more at huffingtonpost.com > |
New Nazca Lines Discovered in Peru"Hidden for centuries beneath the sand and stone of Peru's Nazca Desert, strong winds have revealed previously unknown giant geoglyphs. Spotted from the air by pilot and researcher Eduardo Herrán Gómez de la Torre, a bird, camelids, and what may be a 60 metre long snake are among the shapes identified so far..."Posted: 16 February 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: dailygrail.com Read more at dailygrail.com > |
Was Stonehenge a Two-Storey, Feasting and Performance Hall?"Could the prehistoric Stonehenge megaliths once have been the support for a wooden, two-storey roundhouse, a venue for feasting, speakers and musicians?.."Posted: 29 January 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: ancient-origins.net Read more at ancient-origins.net > |
New Evidence Reveals Ancient Astronomers Used Modern Methods"According to a newly translated cuneiform tablet, ancient Babylonian astronomers were the first to use surprisingly modern methods to track the path of Jupiter..."Posted: 29 January 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com Read more at blogs.discovermagazine.com > |
Ancient Tools Show Mysterious Humans Occupied Indonesian Island"The diminutive prehistoric human species dubbed the 'Hobbit' that inhabited the isle of Flores apparently had company on other Indonesian islands long before our species, Homo sapiens, arrived on the scene..."Posted: 14 January 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: reuters.com Read more at reuters.com > |
Archaeologists to Dig for Mysterious 'White City' of Honduras"Honduras said Thursday it was starting a major archeological dig for a mysterious, ancient 'White City' supposedly hidden in jungle in its northeast that explorers and legends have spoken of for centuries..."Posted: 11 January 2016 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: phys.org Read more at phys.org > |
Fact or Fake? 'Ancient Phone' Discovered During Dig"Claims that archaeologists have dug up an 800-year-old object that perfectly resembles a modern-day mobile phone have gone viral online..."Posted: 29 December 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: express.co.uk Read more at express.co.uk > |
Oak Island Mystery Deepens after Roman Sword Discovery"Researchers investigating the mysterious Oak Island, located on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, have made a startling announcement regarding the discovery of a Roman ceremonial sword and what is believed to be a Roman shipwreck, radically suggesting that ancient mariners visited North America more than a thousand years before Columbus..."Posted: 17 December 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: ancient-origins.net Read more at ancient-origins.net > |
Cluster of Ancient Hanging Coffins Found in Hubei"A large cluster of hanging coffins have been found in central China's Hubei province. The wood coffins were discovered in man-made caves and between rocks halfway up a cliff..."Posted: 15 December 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: ecns.cn Read more at ecns.cn > |
Lost Tomb of 'Suleiman the Magnificent' Possibly Unearthed"The lost tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent, one of the greatest rulers of the Ottoman Empire, may have been unearthed in southern Hungary..."Posted: 13 December 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: livescience.com Read more at livescience.com > |
Ancient Temple Complex Yields Astounding Structures"Eight buried towers and the remains of a massive spiral structure created from sand have been discovered at Angkor Wat in Cambodia..."Posted: 10 December 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: livescience.com Read more at livescience.com > |
Stonehenge First Built in Wales, Study Claims"Stonehenge may have stood in Wales hundreds of years before it was dismantled and transported to Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, a new research into megalithic bluestone quarries suggests..."Posted: 08 December 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: news.discovery.com Read more at news.discovery.com > |
Huge Geometric Shapes in Middle East May Be Prehistoric"Thousands of stone structures that form geometric patterns in the Middle East are coming into clearer view, with archaeologists finding two wheel-shaped patterns date back some 8,500 years. That makes these 'wheels' older than the famous geoglyphs in Peru called Nazca Lines..."Posted: 03 December 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: livescience.com Read more at livescience.com > |
Giant 7-Foot to 8-Foot Skeletons Uncovered in Ecuador"Strikingly tall skeletons uncovered in the Ecuador and Peru Amazon region are undergoing examination in Germany, according to a research team headed by British anthropologist Russell Dement. Will these remains prove that a race of tall people existed hundreds of years ago deep in the Amazonian rainforest?..."Posted: 28 November 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: theepochtimes.com Read more at theepochtimes.com > |
King Tut's Tomb: Evidence Grows for Hidden Chamber"Egyptian officials now say they are '90% sure' that there is a hidden chamber in King Tutankhamun's tomb..."Posted: 28 November 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
Has Israel's Own Version of Stonehenge Been Uncovered?"After the Six-Day War in 1967, archaeologists studying an aerial map of Israel discovered a strange formation of five concentric rings of loose rock. The formation is not recognizable from the ground, appearing as random piles of rocks, but from above it is quite impressive, with an outer ring more than 152 meters (nearly 500 feet) wide..."Posted: 25 November 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: breakingisraelnews.com Read more at breakingisraelnews.com > |
Mysterious Structure 'Buried' in Antarctica Found on Google"Spotted on the Google Earth map, the white blur deep in the barren continent has provoked speculation it could be a secret research station hidden by a government or a UFO buried in the ice..."Posted: 11 November 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: express.co.uk Read more at express.co.uk > |
Egypt Detects 'Impressive' Anomaly in Giza Pyramids"Two weeks of new thermal scanning in Egypt's Giza pyramids have identified anomalies, including a major one in the largest pyramid, the Antiquities Ministry announced Monday..."Posted: 09 November 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: abcnews.go.com Read more at abcnews.go.com > |
Amateur Historians Discover 'Australian Stonehenge'"An amateur historian has uncovered new information which has led to the mystery location of Australia's answer to Stonehenge..."Posted: 09 November 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: dailymail.co.uk Read more at dailymail.co.uk > |
Ancient Formations in Kazakhstan Puzzle Archaeologists"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is known for fascinating discoveries from outside our planet: from liquid water on Mars to icy mountains on distant Pluto. But ancient formations right here on Earth, particularly in Kazakhstan, are so baffling that archaeologists had to ask the space agency to help them figure out what these strange apparently man-made mounds are..."Posted: 03 November 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: christiantoday.com Read more at christiantoday.com > |
Ancient Bones and Treasure Uncovered in Greece"The skeleton of an ancient warrior that has lain undisturbed for more than 3,500 years in a tomb packed with treasure, has been discovered in Greece..."Posted: 28 October 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: dailymail.co.uk Read more at dailymail.co.uk > |
Scientists to Scan Beneath Egypt's Ancient Pyramids"Scientists will scan four of Egypt's ancient pyramids starting next month using waves, particles and thermal imaging in order to see what lies beneath their surface..."Posted: 25 October 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: talkingpointsmemo.com Read more at talkingpointsmemo.com > |
Has the Ancient Biblical City of Sodom Been Found?"The ancient city of Sodom, which the Bible says was destroyed by God for its wickedness, may have been found according to a team of American archaeologists..."Posted: 15 October 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: wnd.com Read more at wnd.com > |
Has Nefertiti Been Hiding in King Tut's Tomb for 3000 Years?"The tomb of the fabled Tutankhamun, dug into a crumbling pyramid in Egypt’s vast, sun-baked Valley of Kings, has long been shrouded in superstition and rumor. There’s the mystery of the child king’s demise: A fatal illness? A chariot accident? Something more sinister?..."Posted: 01 October 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: washingtonpost.com Read more at washingtonpost.com > |
Researchers Discover 'Marshenge' on Red Planet"Against all the evidence provided by Nasa, alien conspiracists insist the Red Planet once held an ancient civilisation which was wiped out by a nuclear war..."Posted: 24 September 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: express.co.uk Read more at express.co.uk > |
Newly Discovered 'Superhenge' Dwarfs Stonehenge"Researchers have discovered a major prehistoric stone monument three kilometres away from the famous Stonehenge standing stones..."Posted: 06 September 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: irishtimes.com Read more at irishtimes.com > |
Mysterious Russian Statue Is 'Twice as Old as Stonehenge'"A mysterious wooden statue recovered from a Russian peat bog in 1890 is now believed to be twice the age of Stonehenge and the pyramids..."Posted: 01 September 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: hngn.com Read more at hngn.com > |
Lost Palace of Sparta Possibly Uncovered"An ancient Greek palace filled with cultic objects and clay tablets written in a lost script may be the long-lost palace of Mycenaean Sparta, one of the most famous civilizations of ancient Greece..."Posted: 29 August 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: news.yahoo.com Read more at news.yahoo.com > |
Kazakhstan Geoglyphs Continue to Confound Historians"Last year it was announced that 50 huge sprawling geoglyphs had been discovered in Kazakhstan by archaeologists surveying Google Earth, but since then there has been little information about how, when and why they were built..."Posted: 27 August 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: ibtimes.co.uk Read more at ibtimes.co.uk > |
Was Sardinia Home to Atlantis?"The island of Sardinia may be Plato’s island of Atlantis, an expert claims. Writer and Atlantis expert Sergio Frau says the southern end of the Mediterranean isle resembles an underwater Pompeii, which may have been the inspiration for Plato’s fictional Island of Atlantis..."Posted: 17 August 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: dailymail.co.uk Read more at dailymail.co.uk > |
Ancient Aliens Left Fossilised Vehicle Tracks, Claims Academic"Dr Alexander Koltypin, a leading geologist in his home country, claims that mysterious groove-like markings in the Phrygian Valley of central Turkey were artificially made by all-terrain vehicles and NOT created by any natural process..."Posted: 17 August 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: express.co.uk Read more at express.co.uk > |
'Underwater Stonehenge' Found from 10,000-Year-Old Society"A strange and massive stone monument discovered on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea is evidence of a civilization that existed there as long as 10,000 years ago, according to the archaeologists who made the discovery — a mysterious civilization that was submerged by the sea, just as in the ancient legend of the lost civilization of Atlantis..."Posted: 08 August 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: inquisitr.com Read more at inquisitr.com > |
Long-Skulled 'Alien Skeleton' Found at Russia's Stonehenge"Archaeologists digging in 'Russia's Stonehenge' have discovered the remains of a skeleton with an unusual cone-shaped head. The bones were discovered in a 4,000-year-old settlement in Arkaim, central Russia..."Posted: 28 July 2015 - Category: Lost Worlds and Civilizations - Source: ibtimes.co.uk Read more at ibtimes.co.uk > |