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What megastructures lie under the Great Pyramid of Giza? Feels like none, could it be none? Source: Unknown Author / CC BY-SA 2.5.

Unexplained Phenomena

What’s All This About Hidden Megastructures Under the Great Pyramid?

Recently there has been a bit of a kerfuffle around ancient Egypt. Three new royal tombs have been uncovered in...

In understanding why this Iron Age hoard was deliberately destroyed, it is hoped that we will gain an insight into the strange world of Iron Age Britain. Source: Durham University.

Artifacts & Treasures

Curiouser and Curiouser: Iron Age Hoard found in Britain was Deliberately Burned

The island of Great Britain has a strange and unusual history, and part of the challenge is connecting the history...

Eighteenth century depiction of Alfred the Great, the last and greatest Bretwald of Anglo Saxon Britain and the first true king over all Anglo Saxons. Source: Samuel Woodforde / Public Domain.

The Anglo Saxon Kings of England: The History of the Before (Part Four)

For centuries, after the Romans left, Britain was ruled by the seven kings of the Heptarchy. This was a time...

The excavation of an ancient pyramid in the Holy Land has archaeologists all puzzled. The strange artifacts there suggest an unexpected link to Egypt.

Archaeology & Discoveries

Gigantic Pyramid Unearthed in the Holy Land is 2,200 Years Old

Something unusual has been dug up in the Judean desert north of the waterway of Nahal Zohar. An ancient pyramid,...

Archaeology & Discoveries

“We Saw the Stone, But Not the Circle”: Bronze Age Monument Found in England

Near the city of Matlock in Derbyshire lies Farley Wood, a sprawling mix of pine for logging amidst old growth...

We are not one, but many. New research shows an 80/20 split in our genes from two distinct proto-human lineages, millions of years ago. Source: Sérgio Valle Duarte / CC BY 3.0.

Archaeology & Discoveries

Rewriting Human Evolution: Not One Lineage of Man, but Two?

A new study from a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge has upended centuries of theory as to...

The excavated royal tomb at Abydos, and (inset) the burial chamber). Source: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Archaeology & Discoveries

Mysterious Egyptian Tomb May Be From Lost “Abydos” Dynasty

It never rains but it pours when it comes to the tombs of ancient Egyptian pharaohs, said nobody ever, but...

Although the empires may have survived, much of the old world of the Bronze Age was lost in the Collapse. Source: John William Waterhouse / Public Domain.

The Bronze Age Collapse: A Sudden, Violent Plunge into Darkness (Part Three)

The Bronze Age Collapse was, definitively, the end of the Bronze Age. By the time the ancient civilizations had picked...

My statue has no nose! How does he smell? Terrible! Source: José Luis Filpo Cabana / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Artifacts & Treasures

The Smell of the Greco Romans: Statues were Scented, New Study Finds

For those of you who watched the recent sequel to Gladiator, imaginatively named Gladiator II, firstly you have our sympathies....

Reconstruction of an early (between 37,000 and 42,000 years old) European Homo sapiens based on bones found in the cave Peştera cu Oase (Romania). Source: Daniela Hitzemann (photograph) / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Archaeology & Discoveries

Study of Ancient Genes Reveals a Dark Skinned Europe Until 3,000 Years Ago

A new study of ancient DNA has completely changed our understanding of the peoples who lived in Stone Age and...

The 5,000 year old Romanian fortress structures are hidden underneath dense forest. Source: Geocad Services / Facebook.

Archaeology & Discoveries

LiDAR Reveals Neolithic Romanian Fortress Towns

Another day, another fascinating LiDAR discovery, this time in the Romanian county of Neamț. Archaeologists have used the pulsed laser...

Nero and Poppaea have the head of Octavia brought to them. Source: Bardazzi/Museo Civico di Modena / CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Julio Claudian Dynasty: First Caesars of Rome (Part Two)

It is the 24th of January, AD 41. The 28-year-old Emperor of the Roman Empire, a favorite mascot of the...

Allthathistory

What’s All This About Hidden Megastructures Under the Great Pyramid?

Curiouser and Curiouser: Iron Age Hoard found in Britain was Deliberately Burned

The Anglo Saxon Kings of England: The History of the Before (Part Four)

Gigantic Pyramid Unearthed in the Holy Land is 2,200 Years Old

“We Saw the Stone, But Not the Circle”: Bronze Age Monument Found in England

Rewriting Human Evolution: Not One Lineage of Man, but Two?

Mysterious Egyptian Tomb May Be From Lost “Abydos” Dynasty

The Bronze Age Collapse: A Sudden, Violent Plunge into Darkness (Part Three)

The Smell of the Greco Romans: Statues were Scented, New Study Finds

Study of Ancient Genes Reveals a Dark Skinned Europe Until 3,000 Years Ago

LiDAR Reveals Neolithic Romanian Fortress Towns

The Julio Claudian Dynasty: First Caesars of Rome (Part Two)

Ancient Gold Brooch and Jade Stone Unearthed at Troy

7-Year-Old Maya Child Wore Jade “Tooth Gem” in Ancient Ritual Practice

Museum Employee Steals 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Pharaoh’s Bracelet, Sells for $4,000

Spanish Researchers Create First Complete 3D Map of Historic La Pileta Cave Using Advanced LiDAR

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