Huge Statue of Powerful Egyptian Queen Has Been Found
	This is one of the best preserved and oldest large Egyptian statues. A European-Egyptian team discovered the 12-ft-tall (3.6-m-tall) quartzite representation of the powerful Egyptian queen at the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III on Luxor's West Bank. The statue was joined to the broken-off leg of a much larger colossal statue of Amenhotep III, the pharaoh of the 18th dynasty who ruled between 1391 and 1353 B.C. The queen was Tiye, ... [read more >>]
	01 April 2008, 04:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Oracle of Delphi: Apollo Talks
	Placed in the center of Greece, north of the Gulf of Corinth, the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi represented, for centuries, the most sought and famous oracle of the ancient world. The spiritual influence and the magic connotations the oracle caused in the mind of the people made the city located at the base of the Parnassos Mountain to be considered an "omphalos" (center of the world) of the antiquity. The Greek mythology say ... [read more >>]
	18 March 2008, 17:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Secret of the Shiny Mayan Temples Revealed!
	Among the three great civilizations in America before its discovery by Columbus (Aztec, Inca and Maya), the Mayans from Central America were by far the most advanced, culturally and artistically. The Mayans were the sole people of the pre-Hispanic America who created a complex hieroglyphic writing, a counting system, and a calendar forecasting the minimal fixings, their astronomical knowledge overpassing that of the contemporaneous Eur ... [read more >>]
	11 February 2008, 04:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Aztec Pyramid Explains Many Mysteries
	The Aztecs founded their bloody empire around A.D. 1200, and their civilization lasted only 300 years, while their empire dominated the area only 100 years before falling under the sword of the conquistadors. Still, at its peak, the empire spread from central Mexico to Guatemala, and it was one of the most advanced civilizations of America, with cities as larger as those of contemporaneous Europe. An 800-year-old Aztec pyramid has rece ... [read more >>]
	09 January 2008, 02:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Three Bizarre Hindu Beliefs
	Each day, about 1,000 worshipers and about 70 tourists visit the temple of Karni Mata, Deshnoke, India. Why? Because in this temple, about 300 rats wander freely while the believers bring their offerings to these idols. The rats are adored and any necessity that they might have is satisfied by the ecstatic prayers. The priests of the temple and the rats eat from the same dishes and drink the same water. The priests say these rats are g ... [read more >>]
	21 November 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Oldest Construction in America
	The pre-Columbian America had two centers where complex civilizations developed: Mexico and Peru. At that time sophisticated cities and huge pyramidal temples were built. Now, a Peruvian team seems to have discovered the oldest mural ever found in the Americas, close to the Peruvian coast, at the Ventarrón site, in Lambayeque valley, about 800 km(500 mi) north of Lima. Carbon dating effectuated in US revealed the ancient wall was 4,000 yea ... [read more >>]
	13 November 2007, 02:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Maya: The "Apocalypto" Civilization
	There were three great civilizations in America before its discovery by the Europeans: Aztec, Inca and Maya; but Maya was by far the most advanced culturally and artistically. Maya civilization developed in the area where nowadays we have Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and southern Mexico, in a mountain area of tropical forests. The clime is rainy, the soil limy and not very proper for agriculture. During the rainy season, the area becom ... [read more >>]
	10 November 2007, 03:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Phalic Shrine: Thai Temple of the Penises
	There are many kinds of tourists going to Thailand. Some go for the sunny beaches, others for the culture of the country... Did you believe the latter? Hmm, let's face it, old jerks and pedophiles, you go there for the (ow, I was going to say ‘f**king’) sexual tourism... But amongst the shrines dotting the landscape around Bangkok, there is one of the less known tourist attractions in Thailand: behind the Nai Lert Park Ho ... [read more >>]
	10 August 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Heart Rippers Killed Children for the Rain God
	Aztecs, Mayas and their preceding civilizations in Central America are famous for their appetite for blood. The cruel and megalomaniac sacrifice rites produce stupor amongst modern people and these people knew very well how to use it against their enemies. Would you have opposed them when you were risking to be sacrificed by ripping off your heart from your chest while still alive? A new discovery adds another grues ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2007, 07:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia