Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – In the 1980s, geophysicists made a startling discovery: two continent-sized blobs of unusual material were found deep near the center of the
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – A massive ancient statue of the Mesopotamian deity Lamassu has been unearthed at the Dur-Sharrukin archaeological site, Khorsabad, in Nineveh, Iraq. The Iraqi State
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – The vast necropolis of Pontecagnano in the province of Salerno, Italy, contains almost 10,000 burials dating from 3000 B.C. to the third century C.E.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Different people have different religions. Each religion has its symbols and characteristic signs. Egyptian Ankh. Image credit: Nachbarnebenan – Public Domain Just as the
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Geologists have long known that around 155 million years ago, a 5000 km long piece of continent broke off western Australia and
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A historical shipwreck has been successfully recovered from the seabed off the coast of Misiliscemi in the Trapani area, Sicily. The 11-meter-long Roman commercial
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Scientists used satellite data and radio-echo-sounding techniques to map a 32,000 km2 area of land underneath the vast ice sheet. They discovered
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – The fossils of a 170-million-year-old ancient marine reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs have been identified as the oldest-known mega-predatory pliosaur –
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists have used 3D scanning to investigate inscriptions carved on two groups of Danish runestones, revealing that four stones were likely made in
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Celts were complex, sophisticated, and influential people from around 750 BC to 12 BC in central and northern Europe. No one called the people living
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists in Italy could hardly believe their eyes when they opened a mysterious ancient chamber tomb in the municipality of Giugliano in Campania, near
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – This legend is devoted to Cadmus, who in Greek mythology was the legendary Phoenician hero and founder of Boeotian Thebe, husband of Harmony, and one of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Vikings used several ancient symbols based on Norse mythology. Symbols played a vital role in Viking society and were used to represent their gods, beliefs,
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – While documenting fossil tracksites along a stretch of Lake Powell, a Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Glen Canyon NRA) field crew discovered
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Vikings are often depicted as crude barbarians running around yelling and waving with swords, but there are many reasons we should reconsider whether this is
AncientPages.com – It’s autumn, the best season for mushroom pickers. And mushrooms – specifically magic ones – are in the spotlight. A growing body of research is showing that psilocybin, the main psychoactive
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A rare 2,500-year-old Scythian bone sceptre has been found in a grave by archaeologists excavating in the prehistoric salt mining and urban center “Provadia
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – While investigating a site at the southern edge of the Nefud desert in Saudia Arabia, archaeologists discovered remarkable ancient life-sized engravings of extinct
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – The Grand Canyon’s valleys and millions of years of rock layers spanning Earth’s history have earned it a designation as one of
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists excavating in Um Al-Qaab archaeological site in Abydos in Sohag Governorate, Egypt, have discovered hundreds of 5,000-year-old well-preserved wine jars and grave goods in a
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – The game mancala may have originated as far back as 6000 BCE in Jordan and is played around the world to this day. It
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Archaeological excavations have revealed large Roman latrines located in Bet Shean, Israel. These latrines are the largest in the country, with 60 wooden
MessageToEagle.com – The ancient Romans venerated wine. It was accessible to the masses, a fundamental staple of mainstream life and an indispensable part of the Roman economy and
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – As many as 35 beautiful 1,400-year-old gold figures were discovered at a site where a Pagan temple was once located outside Lillehammer, Norway. They
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Some believe the Disir in Norse mythology were malicious, harmful spirits, demons of death, destruction, and war who sought terrible things for the people they watched. “The