This is the moment in history when the brutal ancient past of Mexico's Mayan people is seen again for the first time in more than a thousand years. Picture shows the stucco scene depicting the subjugation of a captive discovered in the upper part of the Ek' Balam Acropolis, Mexico,…
A 2,000-year-old hoard of highly crafted gold rings has been unearthed by archaeologists excavating an ancient village in Saudi Arabia. https://rumble.com/v2c8cla-hoard-of-the-rings-ancient-jewels-unearthed.html The three rings and a large bronze bull's head were discovered in the dig at the site in Al-Ukhdood and pre-date the region's Islamic period, say experts. Photographs of…
Rare brain operations carried out 3,500 years ago on two elite – and perhaps even royal – brothers by Bronze Age surgeons have been revealed by archaeologists. Photo shows two upper-class brothers who were buried beneath a home in the ancient city of Megiddo, Israel, undated. One of the brothers…
Jerusalem has returned centuries-old scrolls after they were removed by an Israeli rescue team after an earthquake-wrecked synagogue was destroyed in Turkey. Photo shows Major Haim Otmazgin, commander of the ZAKA search-and-rescue force, holding the Book of Esther, undated. Major Haim Otmazgin reportedly took the Book of Esther from an…
Chinese archaeologists were abso-loo-tely stunned when they unearthed a 2,400-year-old flush toilet while excavating an ancient city. Picture shows the combination of pottery toilet and elbow, undated. A flush toilet has been discovered in Yanliang District, Shaanxi Province in China. (Cultural Relics Shaanxi/AsiaWire) Dating back to the Qin dinasty (221BC-206BC),…
