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The Ancient Grotto of the Seven Sleepers


The short story Rip Van Winkle, written in 1819 by the American writer Washington Irving, is about a man who woke up after a sleep of more than two decades. Read more Section: News Myths & Legends Ancient Places Europe Asia Read Later Source
No Toilet Paper! Do Any of these Ancient Methods Work for You?


Can you imagine waking up in a world with no toilet paper? What would you use? Can you imagine what people did before toilet paper became so ubiquitous? Read more Section: News History Ancient Traditions Read Later
Sanxingdui Excavation Pits Reveal Sophisticated Ancient Civilization


An advanced 3,000-year-old Chinese culture, whose existence was not known about until the 1980s, has been further revealed by recent excavations. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later
Ancient Frontiers: Boundary, Defensive And Offensive Walls


Long before great city walls were raised, 10,000 years ago, early hunter-gather-fishers as well as emerging farmers, built the settlement of Jericho (West Bank, Palestine) using adobe mud bricks, enclosing their community with a strong stone wall. Read more Section: News Premium Preview Read Later
The Ancient Art of Honey Collecting on the Himalayan Cliffs of Nepal


The Gurung tribespeople of Nepal have been collecting honey from Himalayan cliffs for centuries, risking their lives in an ancient tradition that has been passed down over many generations. Read more Section: News Ancient Places Asia History Ancient Traditions Read Later
65,000-Year-Old ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Tool Reveals Ancient Communication


A team of international scientists has discovered an enlightening fact about early humans who lived in southern Africa between 60,000 and 65,000 years ago. Similarities in their toolmaking technology Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Technology News History & Archaeology Read Later
Ancient Origins Features in Box Office Hit Film Uncharted


With mystery, treasure and the hunt for answers as its theme, Ancient Origins was a natural choice for the film makers of $400 million (£323 million) grossing feature film Uncharted to use as the website Read more Section: News General Read Later
The Shocking Ancient Greek Origins of the Eugenics Movement


Eugenics, the science of selectively choosing human genetics, is most synonymous with the modern world and the horrors of Hitler’s ‘final solution’, in which millions of Jews and other ‘undesirable’ Read more Section: News History Important Events Read Later
Man Angry at His Girlfriend Smashes Ancient Greek Artifacts Worth $5 Million!


A man “mad at his girl” broke into The Dallas Museum of Art in Texas and destroyed three Greek artifacts, estimated to be worth up to $5 million and faces years in jail. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later
Ancient Greek ‘Graduate Yearbook’ Discovered in Scottish Vault


An unknown ancient Greek marble inscription stored in a museum vault since the 1880s has been rediscovered in Scotland. New research now shows that the tablet includes a list of young men who took Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Writings News History & Archaeology Read Later
Egypt unveils a treasure trove of ancient artifacts


Egyptian antiquities authorities on Monday put on display a set of 2,500-year-old artifacts recently unearthed at the famous Saqqara necropolis near Cairo.
Turkeys Were Worshipped by the Ancient Maya


At Thanksgiving and Christmas each year, millions of people around the world sit around the table to eat turkey. Located at the center of the table, turkey is so important that it has generated a mega-industry, Read more Section: News Weird Facts Read Later
Camel Milk, The Ancient Liquid Gold Superfood, is Rising in Demand


A U.S. farm is struggling to supply rising demand for bottles of their ancient nomadic survival juice – camel milk. But at $12-$16 a pint, consumers pockets are getting humped. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Read Later
Securing Ancient Secrets: The Fascinating History of Letterlocking


Communication through written word existed long before the days of text messages and DMs, and even then some kind of security was needed to protect people’s secrets. Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Writings News History Ancient Traditions Read Later
Ancient Christian city discovered in Turkey


Turkey (International Christian Concern) – An underground city was discovered in Turkey and is believed to be the home of roughly 70,000 Christians during the 6th century facing persecution at the time of the Romans. The underground city was found in Midyat district of Mardin province. Archeologists report finding “places of worship, silos, water wells […]
Ancient Maya Tooth Bling Was Also Good for Oral Hygiene!


The Maya loved their bling and often decorated their teeth with gemstones. But maybe these weren’t all just for show. A new study conducted by the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Technology News History & Archaeology Read Later
Ancient Egyptians Slept on Pillows Made of Stone


Human beings have been enjoying the soft comfort of pillows for the last 2,000 years. But before this feather-filled luxury, people were accustomed to resting their heads on pillow-like headrests made of stone. Read more Section: News Weird Facts Read Later
Elephants, Eels, Fawns and Ravens: Ancient Lives Of Beloved Exotic Pets


Unlike Aristotle who viewed animals as irrational creatures with lower moral standing, sent to earth solely to serve humans, Pythagoras regarded them highly and proposed that animals had reincarnated human souls. Read more Section: News Premium Preview Read Later
Elites and Gods: The Big Lives Of Dwarfs In Ancient Egypt!


With its enormous stone temples, pyramids and tombs, ancient Egypt was undoubtedly one of the most productive advanced civilizations of the pre-Christian world. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News Ancient Places Africa Read Later
Hundreds of Ancient Hunting Pits Discovered By Stonehenge


Widely believed to be the most intensively investigated prehistoric site in the world, Stonehenge has forever held a place of mystery and never-ending curiosity in the minds of human beings everywhere. Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Europe Read Later
Ancient Legacy And Future Applications Of Glass


Today, glass is a mundane material mostly used in construction but in history it was among the treasures of kings and their royal dynasties. Read more Section: News History Read Later
Blood Quran: Ancient Holy Text Written in the Blood of Saddam Hussein


The Qur’an is the Islamic Holy text written approximately 1400 years ago, originally memorized and recited orally, and believed to contain the words of archangel Gabriel revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Read more Section: News Weird Facts Read Later
Crystal-Clear Vision – The Ancient History of Eyeglasses


Eyeglasses are an essential tool for thousands of people across the globe. Unfortunately, glasses didn’t always exist, which caused difficulties for those in the ancient past with poor vision. Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Technology News Read Later
Ancient Romans Brushed Their Teeth with Urine


While today we flush our urine away without giving it a second thought, in ancient times it was considered a valuable commodity. Urine contains a wide array of important minerals and chemicals such as phosphorus and potassium. Read more Section: News Weird Facts Read Later
The Sophisticated Water Technologies of the Ancient Nabataeans


The Nabataeans were an ancient Semitic people, dating back to 586 BC, who inhabited northern Arabia and the southern Levant. The desert climate created agricultural difficulties for the Nabataeans Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Technology News Ancient Places Asia Read Later
Looted Ancient Roman Bust Found In Texas Thrift Shop


A 52 pound, 1st-century Roman marble bust turned up in a Texas store. Having been sold to a local woman for $34.99, the ancient artifact will now be returned to Germany. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later
Ancient Australians and Americans Ate Billions of Oysters Over Millennia!


Precolonial indigenous communities in Australia and North America harvested and gorged on vast quantities of oysters. Yet, this copious consumption did not cause oyster populations to crash and become endangered, Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Technology News History & Archaeology Read Later
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