Ancient History

Skulls found in Indonesia with what appears to be a single hole in the middle of the skull. Was this a cyclops?

Archaeologists have discovered a mummy dating back a thousand years in a catacombs in the Cajamarquilla region of Peru. The mummy was found in the fetal position and tied with a rope.

Who Was the 1000-Year-Old Mummy With a Rope Found in the Catacombs? Archaeologists have discovered a mummy dating back a thousand years in a catacombs in the Cajamarquilla region of Peru. The mummy was found in the fetal position and tied with a rope. “The recent discovery of such a pre-Inca mummy in excellent condition has redoubled efforts to uncover mysteries a...

The mummy of Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III and mother of akhenaton .

A Race of Giant Beings Called “The Moon-Eyed Giants” Once Ruled America

A Race of Giant Beings Called “The Moon-Eyed Giants” Once Ruled America Legend has it that the Giants met the Cherokees when they arrived in Ohio. These Giants were nicknamed The Moon-Eyed Men by Cherokees, as they could only see at night. Legends claim that the bones of white giants have been found in Choctaw territory and Chickasaw territory. Legend has it that the Ch...

What Caused the Natural Mummification of the Mummies of Venzone?

What Caused the Natural Mummification of the Mummies of Venzone? Italy is famous for many things, but did you know it’s also famous for mummies? The Venzone mummies are a collection of over forty mummies found in Venzone, Italy in the 17th century. Although these naturally-preserved mummies are similar to others found throughout the world, archaeologists were b...

The 4000-year-old skeletons of a mother who was trying to shield her child from a massive earthquake that struck China in 2000 BC, and triggered massive floods, in an event that is sometimes referred to as ‘China’s Pompeii’.

The 2,800-year-old Hasanlu Lovers were found in a bin in Iran. The two skeletons buried in ground appear to kiss each other. Other than the gender dispute, historians are not sure why they came to be in the bin - perhaps they were hiding during the final sacking of Hasanlu.

Fossil trees that have come close to today's tallest redwood heights have been found in northern Thailand. The longest of the petrified log measures 72.2 meters (237 feet), suggesting the original tree towered more than 100 meters (330 feet) in a humid tropical forest about 800,000 years ago.

The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo and Their Most Famous Mummy

The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo and Their Most Famous Mummy The Palermo catacombs is a huge crypt full of mummified monks, professionals, and children. The child mummies in the Palermo catacombs literally look as if they are asleep in time. Now, 41 of these child mummies are being comprehensively investigated by a team of scientists who aim to understand the...

Loved to Death? Autopsy Reveals Shocking Cause of Death for Mummified Child

Loved to Death? Autopsy Reveals Shocking Cause of Death for Mummified Child As reported in the journal Frontiers of Medicine , a team of German scientists from the Academic Clinic Munich-Bogenhausen used medical procedures and historical research to identify a 17th century mummified child entombed in an Austrian crypt reserved exclusively for members of an influential arist...

Modern science to unlock the secrets of couples holding each other in loving embrace for 3,500 years .

these compelling images show ancient burials in Staryi Tartas village, in Novosibirsk region, where scientists have studied some 600 tombs.

Dozens contain the bones of couples, facing each other, some with their hands held together seemingly for eternity.

There has been theorising that on the man's death, his wife was sacrificed and buried with him for posterity in an act of intimacy.

Or, as Klein suggests, could a young woman have been sacrificed for this purpose, used to fulfil the female part in this ritual?

Professor Molodin doesn't rule out this version, yet makes clear it is only a hypothesis.

It is again a suggestion. As a suggestion, it could be. This idea of Klein can be extended to Siberia too, because significant part of the researchers think that Andronovo people were Iranians.

'So this hypothesis can be extended to them. But, I will repeat, it is only a hypothesis.'

There are he says 'a good number' of these couple graves. 'The number impresses.

More that this, we see some interesting facts. For Andronovo culture, cremation is more typical, and here we can see such interesting combination like cremation and inhumation in one burial. Why it is so?

'There is a version that they did not just pour the ashes into the grave, but made a doll and put the ashes in this. But we can not say for sure.

'There are also burials with just several cremated remains. So it is more complicated than They loved each other and died in one day .

Unknown Catacombs Hold Amazing Ancient Skeletons Clad In Priceless Jewelry

Unknown Catacombs Hold Amazing Ancient Skeletons Clad In Priceless Jewelry Hese ancient skeletons are said to be remains of Catholic martyrs dug up from Roman catacombs.The bodies are covered in priceless ancient treasure and they are a truly gruesome sight. In his book, Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures and Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs, Paul Koudounaris offers an i...

The Natural Mummies of San Bernardo: Created by Earth, Gas or Fruit?

The Natural Mummies of San Bernardo: Created by Earth, Gas or Fruit? Were extremely well preserved natural mummies discovered in Colombia made by special high altitude climatic conditions, or was it the fruit they consumed? The mausoleum of San Bernardo is located within the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, high within the Andes and 40 miles (64.37 km) southwest...

Prehistoric Mummy Reveals Ancient Egyptian Embalming ‘Recipe’ Was Around For Millennia

Prehistoric Mummy Reveals Ancient Egyptian Embalming ‘Recipe’ Was Around For Millennia The ancient Egyptians developed sophisticated embalming treatments far earlier and across a wider geographical area than had been previously known, forensic tests on a well-known prehistoric mummy have revealed. Turin Mummy S. 293 (RCGE 16550). Image: Egyptian Museum, Turin [Credit: Museu Egizio] It...

In 1631 when the Capuchin friars moved into several tiny chapels beneath the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Rome, they brought cart loads of bones with them. Bones of several hundred deceased members of their order. By order of Pope Urban VIII, the bones were transported in soil from Jerusalem. Today it is believed that the remains of over 3,700 Capuchin Order friars rest in the chapels beneath the church. The Catholic Order insists the display is not macabre,
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The Palermo catacombs is a huge crypt full of mummified monks, professionals, and children. The child mummies in the Palermo catacombs literally look as if they are asleep in time.

The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo and Their Most Famous Mummy The Palermo catacombs is a huge crypt full of mummified monks, professionals, and children. The child mummies in the Palermo catacombs literally look as if they are asleep in time. Now, 41 of these child mummies are being comprehensively investigated by a team of scientists who aim to understand the...

Archeologists find ancient mummy approximately 1,500 years old in Mongolia

Archeologists find ancient mummy approximately 1,500 years old in Mongolia Remains of a suspected female of Turkik origin have been found at an altitude of 2,803 metres in the Altai Mountains in Russia. The ancient human remains are wrapped in felt but the excavation is being hailed as the first complete Turkik burial found in Central Asia. B.Sukhbaatar, researcher at Khov...

The Size Of Human Bodies Has Changed As A Result Of Climate Change

The Size Of Human Bodies Has Changed As A Result Of Climate Change An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by the Universities of Cambridge and Tubingen acquired over 300 fossils from the species Homo to estimate body and brain size. Archaeological excavations. archaeologist with tools conducts research on human burial, skeleton, skull. They pinpointed the pre...

The jewel-encrusted skeletons of Roman martyrs: photographs from Rome's ancient underground catacombs.

Excavations At The Tomb Of Duke Jing Of Qi And His 600 Sacrifice Horses Have Been Started

Excavations At The Tomb Of Duke Jing Of Qi And His 600 Sacrifice Horses Have Been Started Excavations at the Tomb of Duke Jing of Qi and his 600 Sacrifice Horses Have Been Started Unexpectedly, a mausoleum with hundreds of horses neatly lined in rows was found in China in 1964. It was obvious from the elaborate burial and significant sacrifice that the tomb belonged to someone with great...

Pair burial of the Scythian Husband and Wife(?) found near Ternopil, Ukraine (c. 1000 BC). Excavated around 1998. This particular burial is now in the Lviv Museum of Religion, situated in the former monastery of Dominicans, and is one of the highlights of their collection.⁣

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Two-Headed Giaпt Mυmmy of 11,5-Feet-Tall Was Discovered iп Patagoпia The Kap Dwa story, the two-headed Giaпt with two heads, is υпdoυbtedly oпe of the most fasciпatiпg stories yoυ will hear. Althoυgh the 3.5-meter tall Giaпt was discovered iп Patagoпia, there are still maпy qυestioпs. Accordiпg to local legeпds, a two-headed ogre was attacked by Spa....

Grauballe Man: Preserved “Bog Person” That Is Over 2,000 Years Old.

Grauballe Man: Preserved “Bog Person” That Is Over 2,000 Years Old. GRAUBALLE MAN IS ONE OF many mummified bodies discovered in the peat bogs that dot Denmark and northern Europe. The highly acidic bogs have extremely low oxygen content and the combination allows for the remains of individuals to remain in a remarkable state of preservation for thousands of years. V...

Mysterious mummy found in tomb in Peru with hands covering its face .

In 2021 , A mummy, fully bound in ropes and with its hands covering its face, has been discovered in an underground tomb in Peru.

Archaeologists from the National University of San Marcos found the mummy in good condition in Cajamarquilla, a significant site 15.5 miles inland from the coastal city and capital Lima, Peru.

The mummy is estimated to be between 800 and 1200 years old.

Although the mummy’s striking pose – bound by ropes and in the foetal position – appears chilling at first sight, researchers believe it is a southern Peruvian funeral custom.

The tomb also contained ceramics, vegetable remains and stone tools.

Researchers have suggested that Mummy Juanita was a victim of an important Incan sacrificial rite known as Capacocha (Capac Cocha), which has sometimes been translated as ‘royal obligation’

Mummy Juanita: The Sacrifice of the Inca Ice Maiden Momia Juanita (‘Mummy Juanita’) is the name given to the mummy of a 15th century Incan girl who was discovered in Peru in 1995. She is known also as the ‘Lady of Ampato’, and the ‘Inca Ice Maiden’, the first because she was found on the top of Mount Ampato, a dormant volcano in the […]