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BREAKING NEWS: Enormous Monument Over 2,000 Years Old Discovered in Petra
Archaeologists in Jordan have made an incredible find at the World Heritage site of Petra. A massive ceremonial platform measuring 184ft (56m) by 161ft (49m), which ‘has no parallels’ in the ancient...
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These are Among the Biggest Archaeological Discoveries in History
For centuries, there have been countless prehistoric discoveries that give us a rare sight into the lives of our forefathers. Archaeology transforms our perception of the past. The more primeval...
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Buried for One Thousand Years: The Eerie Graveyard of the Vikings
Lindholm Hoje is an ancient graveyard of the Vikings that had been lost for one thousand years, buried beneath thousands of tons of sand. As many as 700 burials, along with the remains of settlements...
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Rare Discovery of Late Roman official and Precious Belt Buckle Unearthed in...
Archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have recently excavated a Late Roman cemetery at Western Road in Leicester's West End. Amongst the 83 skeletons recorded by...
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Stonehenge and Nearby Stone Circles Were Newcomers to Landscape worked by Ice...
About 5,000 years ago, not far from Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in England, some people built a stone circle smaller than its more famous counterpart. But for some reason, sometime after they built...
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2,000-Year-Old Feces from the Silk Road Reveal Spread of Infectious Diseases
Once travelled by famous historical figures such as Marco Polo and Genghis Khan, the Silk Road was a hugely important network of transport routes connecting eastern China with Central Asia, the Middle...
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What the world’s oldest calculator tells us about the Ancient Greeks' view of...
When we talk of the history of computers, most of us will refer to the evolution of the modern digital desktop PC, charting the decades-long developments by the likes of Apple and Microsoft. What many...
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Tomb of a Possible Royal Found at Ancient Maya Site of Xunantunich in Belize
Much of the legacy and wealth of the ancient Maya city of Xunantunich in Belize was dispersed by a British medical officer who excavated (some would say looted) it in the 19th century, but last week...
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Chan Chan, Peru
The vast adobe city of Chan Chan in Peru was the largest city in pre-Columbian America. The building material used was adobe brick, and the buildings were finished with mud frequently adorned with...
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Ten Unsolved Ancient Archaeological Mysteries
Over the years, Ancient Origins has reported on thousands of archaeological mysteries that have not yet been solved. Here we have chosen to highlight just ten of these ancient enigmas, from lost...
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Archaeologists May Have Discovered the Birthplace of King Arthur: Legends...
The recent discovery of 1500-year-old ruins at Tintagel in south-west England has made headlines around the world. What appear to the be the walls of a Dark Age palace have been found in the exact...
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Found: Grave of Siberian Noblewoman up to 4,500-Years-Old With Links to...
The intriguing find of the remains of a 'noblewoman' from the ancient Okunev Culture was made in the Republic of Khakassia. Her treasures include an incense burner decorated by solar symbols, 1,500...
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Eighth Priestess and Precious Grave Goods Unearthed in Famous San Jose de...
The remains of a Moche priestess have been unearthed at the famous tomb site of San Jose de Moro in Northwestern Peru. She is the fifth Moche priestess to be found at the site (an additional three...
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1,000-Year-Old Persian Cup Unearthed in Remote Region of Arctic Russia
The find of the fragment of the medieval bronze cup - from modern-day Iran - was made by scientists on an expedition to monitor permafrost on the Gydan Peninsula for the first time in a quarter of a...
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On the trail of the Father Crespi Collection – Part I
A desperately poor clergyman tends to a small South-American community. He teaches the children, and procures the schoolbooks for them. The people are poor and cannot afford medical assistance;...
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On the trail of the Father Crespi Collection: A Sad Discovery – Part II
There is nothing of Padre Crespi’s collection left in our building! ‘Brother Gatekeeper’ assures us when we arrive at the main portal of the Salesian monastery of Cuenca in Ecuador. “No metal...
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Did Paleoamericans Reach South America First?
In Textbook Story of How Humans Populated America is Biologically Unviable, Study Finds, recently published in Ancient Origins, it was noted that DNA studies indicate that people could not have crossed...
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Unraveling the Mystery of the Great Pyramid Air-Shafts
The Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza near Cairo in Egypt is the last of the surviving Seven Wonders of the World. For more than forty centuries until the 19th century, it was the tallest and the most...
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Unraveling the Mystery of the Great Pyramid Air-Shafts – Part II
There are two air shafts each going out towards the North and the South direction in both King’s and Queen’s chamber. While, the King’s Chamber shafts go all the way to the external surface of the...
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Library in Stone: The Ica Stones of Professor Cabrera – Part II
I came to the realization that the dismissive attitude of orthodox science annoyed and aggrieved Professor Cabrera. He frequently voiced his outrage at the refusal of mainstream scientists to...
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