Month: December 2020

Israel discovers a “piggy bank” 1,200 years old with gold coins A small treasure trove of gold coins in an ancient ‘piggy bank’ has been found by Israeli archaeologists, assumed…

Greek Farmer Stumbles Upon Ancient Minoan Tomb Revealing Concealed Chamber Sometimes you stumble upon remarkable pieces of long-forgotten history when you live in an area that was home to ancient…

Chennakeshava Temple, a 900-year-old centrepiece in Belur Belur, a town of Karnataka, India, situated in the Hassan district is famous for one of the best examples of Hoysala architecture, the…

The Engrossing tale of Hampi, a city of incredible wealth The original capital of the Vijayanagara Empire in India was Hampi. A site of incredible wealth. The apparently invincible palace…

Chronicles of Ajanta Caves from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in Maharashtra. A horseshoe-shaped group of rock-cut ancient temples, the Ajanta Caves, lies across the Wangorah River…

Kailash Temple is the world’s largest monolithic masterpiece in Ellora, Maharashtra, India. The magnificent structure was carved by skilled craftsmen from a single piece of solid rock in a cave…

Archaeologists discover a sorcerer’s treasure trove of artifacts in Pompeii, dating back to 79 A.D Archaeological discoveries at Pompeii have found a hidden treasure of artifacts in past years, amongst…

The world oldest unsealed bottle of wine remains sealed since the 4th century Contemporary historians have been discussing the future of the world’s oldest wine bottle, known as the Speyer…

Petrified Opal Tree Trunk, located in Arizona, around 225 million years old Arizona is one of the American states that we appear to associate with warm, high winds and desert,…

Researchers in Yakutsk, Siberia has been able to retrieve specimens of liquid blood from a 42,000-year-old foal found in the frozen ground called ‘permafrost’ back in 2018. Researchers in Yakutsk,…