More than a hundred dodecahedrons They have been found throughout the territory of the ancient Roman Empire, in Spain, Italy, France, even in peripheral areas such as Germany, Wales, and Hungary. According to archaeological records they date from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD , but its usefulness is
In a crypt under the Qixia Buddhist temple in Nanjing, archaeologists discovered in 2010 a stupa with human remains, whose inscriptions identify them as Buddhist saints. Between them is a parietal bone of a skull which, according to what is inscribed, would be that of Siddhartha Gautama himself, the
When talking about pyramids outside of Egypt, Sudan or Mexico, the matter is usually taken with skepticism. And on many occasions justified, such as the unique case of the alleged Bosnian pyramids. But the truth is that there are pyramids in Europe , specifically in Greece , already documented by
One of the most legendary disasters of the Roman Empire occurred in AD 9, when three legions were massacred by a union of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. In 2016 a new discovery of coins reinforced the theory that the place where it was fought is the Kalkriese hill , in Lowe
It sounds like an adventure novel by Rider Haggard or Rice Burroughs, or an Indiana Jones movie, but the fact is that a diver thinks he has discovered the ruins of a legendary city two-thousand-year-old African city mentioned in classical sources and that some historians consider to have been the
In several places in Mongolia, and also in Siberia, there are some curious megaliths carved with symbols and figures. They are known as Reindeer Stones , because in many of them there are representations of what appear to be reindeer or flying deer . There are different theories about who created th
Zippalanda It was one of the main administrative and religious centers of the Hittites , an empire that during the 17th to 12th centuries B.C. brought together different city-states of Anatolia rivaling Babylon and Egypt thanks to its military technology and diplomatic skill. It was not until the l
Sayhuite It is an Inca archaeological site located about 47 kilometers east of Abancay in Peru. According to historians, the place was a sanctuary related to the cult of water , with a temple that legends describe as being covered in sheets of gold the thickness of a hand. Multiple remains have been
Looking at the facade of the great temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari, to the right next to the modern visitor center, there is a square space without any indication, in front of which tourists often pass without stopping. He is known as Bab el-Gasus (the door of the priests ). It is the gatewa
On the island of Jersey, the British Crown dependency located in the English Channel west of Normandy, is La Hougue Bie , a Neolithic monument that is considered one of the oldest structures in use in Europe . First excavated in 1925, it is known to have been a ritual site in use by at least 3500 B
For decades, cannabis fruits, fibers, and pollen have turned up in archaeological digs across Europe and Asia. Now a team of researchers from the Free University of Berlin has created a database with all these records, and after analyzing them they propose the theory that the use of cannabis began 1
Archaeologists Lyuben Leshtakov and Nikolay Ovcharov, from the Sofia Archeology Museum, discovered in mid-2016 in the Rhodope Mountains, in southern Bulgaria, a tomb containing the remains of a Thracian woman dismembered according to Orphic rituals . The remains of the woman, of noble origin, since
Cornwall, located in the south-west of Great Britain, is full of prehistoric monuments. Up to 74 structures from the Bronze Age, 80 from the Iron Age, 55 from the Neolithic and one Mesolithic have been counted. Dolmens, menhirs, cairns, even stone circles of the same type as Stonehenge, are present
We all remember the summer of 1939 because in its last stage, on September 1, the Second World War broke out. But history and art buffs have an extra reason to pay special attention to that season, as just six days earlierGermany revealed to the world something more than his almighty Wehrmacht:a sma
45,000 years ago Europe was inhabited solely by hunter-gatherer peoples. But about 8,500 years ago, a new way of life began to spread across the continent from the Aegean shores of present-day Turkey, reaching central Europe 7,500 years ago and Britain 6,100 years ago. The diffusion of agriculture a
Although the main attraction of Malta resides in its monumental heritage, fundamentally from the Modern Age to the Contemporary, also appearing in the guides, and with capital letters, the abundant megalithic constructions scattered throughout the archipelago. It is known that this small group of
Archaeologists discovered in Athens in 2016 an oracular well dedicated to the god Apollo . Although others have been found before in Greece, such as the famous oracle of Delphi, this is the first to appear in the same city of Athens . The well is in the Ceramic neighborhood (Kerameikos ) northwest
Archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, excavating Sverresborg Castle in Trondheim, they found a 800-year-old human skeleton at the bottom of a well which confirms the historical facts narrated in the Viking sagas . The location and contents of the well are menti
Archaeologists studying Roman artillery and weapons at the Burnswark Hill battlefield site in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, they have found something that has never been seen before:perforated slingshot bullets to produce a high-pitched whistling sound when thrown. Upon examination, they believe it was a
Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen together with Greek researchers discovered in 2016 the remains of the ancient Athenian naval base in Piraeus, built in 493 BC . At the time it was a technical achievement and was also one of the greatest structures of Antiquity , playing an essentia
An Italian team describes in a study a singular burial of the Middle Ages:that of a man with an amputated arm and replaced by a blade! The burial contained the body of a man in his fifties with his right arm amputated and replaced by a knife blade. The Lombard cemeteries are definitely full of su
A monumental swimming pool over 40 meters long dating from the 4th century BC, was found in Rome, at the crossroads between Via Ostiense and Via di Malafede. The discovery was made thanks to preventive archeology research conducted by the Soprintendenza Speciale di Roma . Remains of other buildings
People living in southern Arabia around 8,000 years ago created intricate stone weapons that were not only useful, but were designed to display their toolmaking skills, a new study suggests. Researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Ohio University and the Max Plan
The Gironde gendarmerie called for caution after the discovery of several explosive devices on the Gironde coast. Despite their condition, these weapons are still very dangerous. A beach in Gironde (illustration photo) During a walk on the Girondin coast, it is best at this time to watch carefull