Eclipsed in western pop culture by the war horse, elephants were devastating in combat and used for millennia as far west as the Mediterranean.

The remains of a Stone Age-era dog and his master were found buried together at an excavation site in Sweden, with clear photos now showing the ancient canine bones, reports said. The dog, believed…

The a,cient Roman pools, a group of basins, its walls built with square-shaped stones bearing mostly Roman inscriptions and letters,

A 5,000-year-old Egyptian garment provides a glimpse into the fashions of yester-yester-yesteryear.

Dear readers, this post is a bit on the educational side since i’d like to show you one of the more famous tombs at the Staglieno Cemetery…

An exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art displays hundreds of ancient Egyptian objects submerged for a millennium and reveals the source of the Pharaoh’s power.

Ancient shoes were discovered in a jar in a temple in Egypt.

No sword is quite like Viking swords. During the period […]

Alison Abbott considers an extraordinary assemblage of human remains: some rediscovered, some re-analysed. Alison Abbott considers an extraordinary assemblage of human remains: some rediscovered, some re-analysed.

A Minotaur sculpture with a human torso and a bull’s […]

The ‘curse of the pharaohs’ is alleged to be cast upon anyone who disturbs the mummy of an Ancient Egyptian, especially a pharaoh. This curse, which does…

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Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

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Three people were caught attempting to steal a 10-ton statue of Pharaoh Ramses II in the city of Aswan in the south of Egypt, reports said. In a statement…

The odelst defenisve wall on the surface of the planet was built around 10,000 years ago, which means its predates the pyramids by around 5,300 years.

The ancient Maya had territory from Mexico to El Salvador. The mighty Maya became the dominant force in the region, building great cities, trade routes, temples and majestic pyramids. The Maya were prominent in the Americas with their hieroglyphic writing – one of the few complete writing systems in the Pre-Columbian Americas.

Written in Ge’ez, an ancient dead language of Ethiopia, it’s nearly 800 years older than the King James Version and contains 81-88 books compared to 66. It includes the Book of Enoch, Esdras, Buruch and all three books of Maccabees, and a host of others that were excommunicated from the KJV.

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These centuries-old vessels now have new stories to tell.