EXETER, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Exeter, John P. Cooper and Alessandro Ghidoni recorded graffiti depicting ships inside the ramparts at Zanzibar Fort, which is located on the coast of Tanzania and was built by the rulers of Oman in the eighteenth century. The engravings are …

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO—Live Science reports that the ruins of a dwelling dated to about 800 years ago were uncovered during construction work in the Centro neighborhood of Mexico City by researchers from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). When the structure was built, it was situated in a …

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  Source: Ancient Origins

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  Source: Ancient Origins

Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 3 minuti Il Segretario generale del Consiglio Supremo delle Antichità egiziane, Mostafa Waziry, mostra che la missione archeologica egiziana a Gebel El-Haridi, presso Sohag, ha scoperto una casa torre destinata a posto di controllo, costruita durante il regno di Tolomeo III. La missione ha anche …

Are we alone in the universe? Have we been visited by beings, not from Earth, and has humankind found evidence of technology of advanced civilizations from another world? Officially and scientifically, we have not found evidence of technologies that originated not on this planet. However, some experts like Harvard Professor …

In the ancient city of Abydos, within the famed temple of Seti I, strange hieroglyphs were discovered on the ceiling. Appearing to depict modern or extraterrestrial vehicles, some claim that the Abydos carving Read more Section:  Artifacts Ancient Writings News Ancient Places Africa Read Later  Source: Ancient Origins

ITHACA, NEW YORK—A recent CT scan of a 1,500-year-old mummy held in the collections at Cornell University has revealed the remains of a sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopica), according to a Live Science report. A study of museum records conducted by researcher Carol Ann Barsody and her colleagues suggests that the …

The latest excavations in Egypt’s southern province of Sohag have led to the discovery of 85 new Egyptian tombs that date back far into antiquity, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities just announced. The remains of many mummies have been found inside these tombs, which span an impressive range of …

According to a study by Chinese scientists published in the journal Joule, our Moon’s soil contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels. Researchers are now testing how the materials found on the surface of the Moon can be used and turned into much-needed resources to …