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3 June, 2016 - 00:35 Natalia Klimczak

Secrets of Stone Age Jade Axes Revealed in Scotland

A new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland showcases a rarely seen collection of Stone Age jade axeheads. Most of them were brought to Scotland around 4,000 years BC. In those times they...

13 May, 2016 - 21:35 Mark Miller

Metals in Bronze Age Weapons Discovered in Sweden Came from Distant Lands

Researchers analyzing bronze daggers, swords, and axes found in bogs and graves at various places in Sweden over the years have made a surprising find. Some of the artifacts date as far back 3,600...

11 May, 2016 - 21:43 ancient-origins

World's Oldest Axe Fragment Found in Australia

Australian archaeologists have discovered a piece of the world's oldest axe in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. The axe fragment is about the size of a thumbnail and dates back to a...

The child - seen here in these remarkable pictures for the first time - appears to be from a higher social strata that previous remains unearthed at the site, the mysterious Zeleny Yar necropolis.

18 July, 2015 - 14:59 ancient-origins

Mummy of a child warrior from lost medieval civilization unearthed near Arctic

By Anna Liesowska / Siberian Times Scientists this week opened the mummified child's remains cocooned in birch bark and copper which - combined with the permafrost - produced an accidental...

Handle of newly revealed Viking sword, Langeid, Norway

15 July, 2015 - 14:38 Alicia McDermott

Sword of Late Viking Age Burial Unveiled Exhibiting Links Between Norway and England

Though they discovered it in 2011, archaeologists from the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo had to wait through four long years of conservation and research to finally reveal the finding of a...

25 November, 2014 - 00:39 aprilholloway

5,500-year-old complete hand axe unearthed in prehistoric seabed in Denmark

Archaeologists from the Museum Lolland-Falster in Denmark made an extremely rare discovery when they unearthed a complete hand axe with handle still attached in what was once a seabed in prehistoric...

20 January, 2014 - 00:03 aprilholloway

Icon of Neolithic technology given enhanced protection by UNESCO

The Neolithic flint mines at Spiennes in Belgium, which cover more than 100 hectares, are the largest and earliest concentration of ancient mines in Europe and reflect an extremely high level of...

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Myths & Legends

A 19th-century interpretation of Charon's crossing by Alexander Litovchenko.

Charon, Son of Night and Shadow, Ferrier of the Dead

The Cat Came Back: A More Than Mythical History – Part I

Does the Brewer Cave Story Unlock a Hidden History?

The Bringer of Souls: The Stork Myth In Ancient Pan-European Beliefs

The Real Story of Medusa: Protective Powers from a Snake-Haired Gorgon

Wayland the Smith: The Lost Germanic Legend of the Flying Blacksmith

Human Origins

Representational image of human skeletons. The discovery of anomalous skeletons suggests humanity may be older than we think.

Ancient Anomalous Human Skeletons: Humanity Could be Much Older Than We Think

There are many reported human skeletal finds which are in discordance with current evolutionary beliefs dating back to anomalously ancient geological periods in the distant past, way before it is accepted that human beings ever existed.

The Cat Came Back: A More Than Mythical History – Part I

Where are Ashkenazi Jews from? Their Origins May Surprise You

Sky Burial: Tibet’s Ancient Tradition for Honoring the Dead

The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts

Do you dare enter a fairy ring? The mythical mushroom portals of the supernatural

Ancient Technology

The Medieval ring found in Kavarna, Bulgaria (Image: Kavarna Municipality)

Jewelry to Die For: 14th-Century Bulgarian Ring with a Killer Dose

When a medieval ring was uncovered by Bulgarian archaeologists excavating the remains of the medieval fortress on Cape Kaliakra, near the town of Kavarna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, they were surprised to discover that it was not a simply a decorative piece but looked to have been designed for the far more sinister use of murder.

Uncovering Ancient Pyramid Science at Teotihuacan, Where Men Become Gods

Beaver's teeth 'used to carve the oldest wooden statue in the world’

Etruscans Transported Bees by Boat to Reach the Best Flowers!

Defenders of the Dutch Polders: The Kinderdijk Windmills

Norimitsu Odachi: Who Could Have Possibly Wielded This Enormous 15th Century Japanese Sword?

Ancient Places

Tombeau de la chretienne, Tipasa. (tomb of the Christian Woman – an alternate name of the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania).

The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania: Deadly Wasps Once Prevented its Destruction

In almost any culture, an ancient royal couple would have been expected to have provided themselves with a superior, monumental, or otherwise unique final resting place. Such was the case with Juba and Cleopatra Selene II.

Tunnels to the Sun: Exploring the Mysterious Ravne Tunnels in Bosnia

Uncovering Ancient Pyramid Science at Teotihuacan, Where Men Become Gods

Liu He and the Tomb of Two Million Coins

The Walls of Jericho: How Accurate Was The Biblical Account?

A Storybook Setting: The Famous German Fairytale Castle of Neuschwanstein

Opinion

Trojan War scene. Achilles dragging the dead body of Hector in front of the gates of Troy

Was There Ever a Trojan War?

Was there ever a Trojan War? That is, the almost legendary battle fought between Greeks and Trojans. This question continues to go unanswered by the academic and archaeological world. If we read from...

Floki and the Viking Discovery of Iceland

Messiah on Temple Mount: Are We Nearing the End of Time?

3 Problems to Remember When Trying to Find Atlantis

Naupa Iglesia: An Egyptian Portal in the Andes?

The Nephilim: Giant Offspring of the Sons of God and the Daughters of Man?

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