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15 ancient ruins that defy what we know about civilizations

Our understanding of ancient civilizations is constantly challenged by newly discovered ruins that defy mainstream historical ...

Smoke-dried human remains found in Asia may be world's oldest known mummies, researchers say

Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...

Smoke-dried bodies could be world's 'oldest mummies': Study

Some ancient societies in China and Southeast Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them ...
Yahoo

Scientists Found a 12,000-Year-Old Monument—Turns Out It May Be Humanity’s Oldest Calendar

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization. Marking a massive comet strike as the start, ...
New York Post

90-foot underwater ‘pyramid’ could predate Egyptian landmarks and Stonehenge by thousands of years — and rewrite history, scientists say

Is this the real-life Atlantis? A 90-foot “pyramid” submerged just off the coast of Japan is turning heads — and could shake up everything we thought we knew about ancient civilizations. Sitting 82 ...

List of 11 Oldest Countries in the World 2025 (Updated)

The idea of a "country" or "nation-state" as we know it today is a fairly new one, which makes it hard to figure out which ...
Greek Reporter

This Is the Oldest Known Cycladic Sculpture of Ancient Greece

The Fat Lady of Saliagos (also known as The Naked Lady of Saliagos) is the oldest known Cycladic sculpture. It is a marble ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Ancient High-Status Woman Was Buried With a Parrot-Feather Cape and a Beaded Toucan’s Beak in Modern-Day Peru

The burial was discovered in the remains of a building in an ancient fishing town. Peru Ministry of Culture Around 5,000 years ago, members of an ancient Peruvian Indigenous group buried an elite ...