Author: Mary JL

Archaeologists from the Saudi Heritage Commission have discovered fascinating rock inscriptions in the Hail region (northern Saudi Arabia) that depict the Babylonian King Nabonidus. The rock inscriptions date as far back as 540 B.C and provide further evidence there was a cultural link between Saudi Arabia and most of the ancient Near East civilizations. King…

Teotihuacan pyramid in Mexico in 1900 looks like an ordinary hill. Then it was excavated and “cleaned-up” by archaeologists, restored and discovered to be a magnificent pyramid. Thousands of people have flocked to visit and admire it like a beautiful girl.

It has been described as a snake threaded through the body of a turtle, and some imaginative people think there’s one living in Loch Ness. The plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived 160 million years ago, looked like nothing alive today, with a neck that was some 2 metres long, the length of the body…

The ancient city of Buto known as Tel Fara’een – Hill of the Pharaohs –, in the Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate in Egypt, is still unravelling its secrets as more discoveries come to light. Τhree limestone columns which could have formed part of a temple’s pillar or column hall, plus new artifacts were discovered at the…

Scientists said the dinosaur had ears that could hear low-frequency sounds. They labeled it a “peaceful but talkative dinosaur.”Paleontologists have identified a new species of dinosaur in northern Mexico after its remains were identified almost 10 years ago. The specimen dates back 73 million years. The new species, called Tlatolophus galorum, was a crested dinosaur.…

Human and animal mummies have been studied intensively since Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt in 1798. Public unwrappings in mid-nineteenth century America sought to answer scientific questions about the ancient remains, as well as satisfy the curiosity of paid on-lookers. Mummies now yield their secrets in less invasive ways, informing Egyptologists about diseases, life span, and…

Archaeologists in Bulgaria stumbled upon the wealthiest grave of the 5th millennium BC containing the oldest golden artifacts ever found. The incredible finding by excavator operator Raycho Marinov is one of the most important archaeological discoveries ever made in the country. Some of the inhabitants’ graves were laden with treasures, including gold ornaments, heavy copper…

A team of archaeologists has uncovered a large ancient statue that is thought to have once stood as a guard over an ancient hospital to the north of Cambodia’s Angkor Thom city complex.The almost two-meters tall statue, which is believed to be from the late 12th to the early 13th century, was spotted during a…

Ötzi, the 5,300-year-old ice mummy found by hikers in the Tyrolean Alps in 1991, is one of the oldest and best preserved mummies in the world. Much of his soft tissue, including his tattooed skin, survived, as did his clothing, quiver of arrows and other equipment, some of it damaged. Since his discovery, the prevailing…

In February 2021, Joe Davis, leader of the UK’s Rutland Conservation Team, was routinely draining a lagoon island for re-landscaping on the grounds he manages. To his surprise, a few odd-looking clay pipes protruded from the mud. Upon closer inspection, he realized they weren’t pipes at all. They were vertebrae. “We followed what indisputably looked…