Most religions and mythologies feature the concept of an underworld, where the souls of sinners are banished. Some believe that the afterlife is a spiritual place reached after death – but others ...

Baalbek is an ancient complex of temples, which can be found on the altitude of 3, 800 feet at the bottom of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. One of the most spectacular features of this complex is ...

Experts believe they have discovered two unknown chambers inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. The largest pyramid in Egypt - also known as the Khufu Pyramid - was constructed for Pharaoh Khufu more ...

Since mysterious terra-cotta warriors were first found in northern China, archeologists have revealed to the world a whole lifelike army. However the tomb of the great Emperor Qin She Huang Di who ...

Latest studies suggest that comet impact 55 million years ago may have caused mammals domination on Earth. According to common theory it could have triggered a rapid phase of global warming linked ...

Europe is a treasure chest of ancient artifacts found not only on the surface of the earth but in the underground as well. There are thousands of hidden tunnels discovered which start in the ...

Bowling has a rather vague history, with a form of it possibly dating back as far as 5,000 years to the ancient Egyptians. Recent research suggests ancient Egyptians used to play in a huge hall, ...

It is known that modern humans appeared in Africa approximately 200, 000 years ago, but the question remains, how did our species continued to populate the rest of the planet? This unsolved mystery ...

Architects never stop searching and always have new, extraordinary artifacts to surprise us with. But for usual people, who are not connected with the field it is quite difficult to see how exactly ...

Is it possible that our planet has been inhabited by unknown civilisations much more earlier than recorded history states? Some researchers believe there are many evidence of intelligent ancient ...

Back to dinosaur era! We are aware that some of these creatures were incredibly huge and thanks to the recent discovery in Mongolia we have a visual proof of how big was the actual “big” reptile. ...

An amateur archaeologist Semir Osmanagic known as 'the Bosnian Indiana Jones' claims he's discovered the world's oldest pyramids in the Balkans. In spite of many experts remain dubious enthusiast ...

An ancient Mayan document was considered for a long time a forgery, but recent discoveries proved it to be actually genuine. The text is known as the Grolier Codex has been researched by scientists ...

In the northeast of southeastern Şanlıurfa city, Göbekli Tepe is a major archaeological site for researchers around the world. Numerous artifacts have been unearthed during its archaeological ...

The Megalithic temples of Malta are the oldest standing stone structures which remain to us from ancient times. Excellently preserved they dated back to 5000 -3500 BC., which these temples older than ...