ANCIENT EROTICA Pornographic Pompeii wall paintings reveal the raunchy services offered in ancient Roman brothels 2,000 years ago The amorous activities of ancient Italians have been revealed by wall paintings in a historical Pompeii brothel. The

Have you ever wondered why schools teach so little if anything about the world’s first advanced civilization? The Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia achieved over one hundred “firsts” for human civilization. …

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One might find it curious that we divide the hours into 60 minutes and the days into 24 hours – why not a multiple of 10 or 12? Put quite simply. The answer is because the inventors of time did not operate on a decimal (base-10) or duodecimal (base-12) system but a sexagesimal (base-60) system. For the ancient Sumerian innovators who first divided the heavens’ movements into countable intervals, 60 was the perfect number. One might find it curious that we divide the hours into 60 minutes and the days into 24 hours – why not a multiple of 10

Roman ship This is a Roman ship named De Meern 1 which has been discovered in Veldhuizen, The Netherlands in 1997. The ship was left …

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Based on fossils and artifacts, archaeologists try to understand the differences between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

Arkaim is a mysterious site located in Russia. Experts believe the citadel, not necessarily the oldest feature of the site, was built between the 17th and 16th century BC. But there are several reasons why Arkaim stands apart from other Bronze Age settlements in the area, leading to the idea it was built by a separate group.

In 1987, a captivating discovery was made by the University of Chelyabinsk’s archaeological expedition: an ancient fortified settlement belonging to the Sintashta culture

In a fragment of sandstone sticking from the soil in the sparkling flatlands of Northeast Ethiopia, a fossil fragment of the cheekbone has been detected. Zeresenay Alemseged almost instinctively realised that he had come across something important.

Who built Kashmir’s Martand Temple and how was it destroyed? How does it have influences ranging from the Grecian to North Indian? And why is this ancient temple making news today? Answers to these questions hold lessons about India’s past and present.

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The mummіfіed bаboon from Anсient Egyрt іs а fаscinаting аrtifаct […]

The fascinating discovery of a golden treasure left by the […]

Are humans still evolving? Get the latest scientific evidence for the conditions that cause evolution, and how we change over time.

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King Thutmose IV died young and was buried in the Valley of the Kings, later, the mummy was moved to the Deir el-Bahari Cachette (DB320) with other royal mummies. His body was rewrapped in its original bandages, with the feet broken off, but not lost. The mummy of Thutmose IV was found within the mummy […]

In the annals of ancient Egyptian history, few figures stand as tall and imposing as Seti I, a pharaoh whose reign marked a golden age of prosperity, military prowess, and cultural brilliance. His meticulously preserved mummy, discovered in 1881, stands as a testament to the mastery of mummification techniques that reached their pinnacle during his […]