An ancient city estimated to have been built some 1,200 years ago has recently been discovered by a team of Australian archaeologists. Commenting on their findings, the archaeologists explain that the city of Mahendraparvata has spent the past millennium hidden beneath the forests towering over Cambodia&#... [read more >>] The quest for Amelia Earhart's aircraft took a rather unexpected turn when philanthropist Timothy Mellon decided to file a lawsuit against TIGHAR (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery).
Timothy Mellon claims that the long-lost aircraft was discovered back in 2010, and that TIGHAR ch... [read more >>] Ötzi the Iceman's death was most likely not an accidental one, researchers say. Apparently, Ötzi was ambushed, shot with an arrow and hit in the head.
The brain damage caused by the head blow was probably what killed him, new evidence suggests.
Scientists with the European Academy of Bolz... [read more >>] The Egyptian city of Heracleion fell off the map some 1,200 years ago. Archaeologists suspect that it ended up at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea after an earthquake had struck Aboukir Bay, near Alexandria.
However, bulletproof evidence in support of this theory is still lacking.
Its remains were di... [read more >>] A couple of days ago, the Wright Brothers found themselves taken out of history books. On Wednesday, the Connecticut Senate announced that, since historical evidence indicates that the original aviation pioneer was Gustave Whitehead, it would be common sense that he be credited with this achievement. The ... [read more >>] As it turns out, US explorers have had a rather busy weekend. Long story short, they might have discovered impressive amounts of gold resting at the bottom of the ocean in the waters off South Carolina's coast.
For the sake of accuracy, it need be said that they didn't actually find any gold in ... [read more >>] The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) now say that sonar imaging has allowed them to pin down an unidentified object at the bottom of the waters off the coast of an uninhabited island (i.e. Nikumaroro island) in the southwestern Pacific.
Data collected thus far indicate that this... [read more >>] The 10,000-year-old remains of a female mammoth have recently been uncovered in Siberia.
This particular piece of news would probably not have sparked this much interest if it were not for the fact that blood and well-preserved muscle tissue samples have allegedly been collected from the animal's bod... [read more >>] A team of Indiana University researchers are now readying themselves to launch an investigation aimed at explaining how it was that five copper coins believed to be roughly 1,000 years old ended up in Australia. What sparked these scientists’ interest is the fact that, according to present day writt... [read more >>] Archaeologists exploring the Temple of Feathered Serpent (a.k.a. the Temple of Quetzalcoatl) in Mexico have recently made one very interesting discovery.
Long story short, they stumbled upon hundreds of mysterious yellow orbs that were scattered around a hidden chamber located precisely beneath the temple... [read more >>] |
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