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Unexplained Mysteries top 10 archaeology stories of 2022
Dec 31, 2022Here we take a look back at the most popular historical mysteries and discoveries from the last twelve months.
Ancient human skull found in China could belong to Homo erectus
Dec 3, 2022Dating back one million years, the remarkably intact skull has been hailed as an important find by palaeoanthropologists.
Perseverance rover discovers possible signs of ancient life on Mars
Nov 27, 2022NASA's latest Mars rover has made a discovery that could point to the presence of life on Mars in the distant past.
Evidence of ancient Roman snacks found beneath the Colosseum
Nov 25, 2022Archaeologists have made a number of intriguing discoveries in the sewers beneath the ancient gladiatorial arena.
Discovery of 6,000-year-old skull confirms legend of lost tribe in Taiwan
Oct 12, 2022The find seems to prove the existence of a long-rumored ancient indigenous tribe that lived thousands of years ago.
Did intelligent aliens visit and guide the ancient Mesopotamians ?
Oct 9, 2022Carl Sagan once wrote about the possibility that ancient Sumer was visited by benign extraterrestrial beings.
Ancient extinct 'miracle' plant may have been rediscovered in Turkey
Oct 4, 2022A plant once known as silphion may still be around today despite disappearing 2,000 years ago.
Ancient structure near Prague is older than Stonehenge and the pyramids
Sep 23, 2022Archaeologists believe that the mysterious structure was built around 7,000 years ago.
Egypt's pyramid builders utilized annual floods, study claims
Aug 31, 2022Recent research has cast new light on how the ancient Egyptians might have constructed the pyramids of Giza.
Mysterious Palmyra 'lord of the universe' deity identified
Jul 13, 2022The mystery of an unknown god referenced in inscriptions from the ancient city of Palmyra has finally been solved.
We may have to dig deep to find evidence of life on Mars
Jun 28, 2022A new study has suggested that evidence of ancient Martian life may only exist two meters beneath the surface.
Is an ancient human ancestor hiding in Indonesia ?
Apr 28, 2022A controversial new book claims that the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis may not have actually gone extinct.
Archaeologists determine 'start date' of the Antikythera mechanism
Apr 14, 2022It is now believed that the ancient device might have first started operating on December 22nd, 178 B.C.
Many prehistoric cave paintings were made by children
Mar 17, 2022New research has suggested that the process of creating cave paintings may have been a family affair.
Ancient tombs unearthed beneath Notre-Dame cathedral
VIDEO Mar 16, 2022The discovery, which dates back to the 14th-Century, has been described as 'remarkable'.
Ancient gold ring found in a shipwreck could depict Jesus
Feb 7, 2022Revealed by the Israel Antiquities Authority back in December, the ring shows a shepherd boy holding a sheep.
Oldest known drawing of a ghost discovered
Oct 22, 2021A depiction of a ghost dating back 3,500 years has been found deep in the vaults of the British Museum.
Human-like footprints could be over 6 million years old
Oct 22, 2021Tracks left by an ancient human ancestor in what is now Crete could be much older than previously believed.
Art project is creating 'alien-human hybrids'
Sep 30, 2021A very unusual art experiment in the Italian village of Fontecchio is turning its residents into alien hybrids.
LIDAR reveals hidden secrets of Teotihuacan
Sep 25, 2021Traces of the ancient South American city can still be found in the roads and structures of modern Mexico.
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