Ancient Roman brooch showcases a fascinating palindrome with ‘Roma’ engraving
One of the famous palindromes in the world (often wrongly attributed to Napoleon) is – Able was I ere I saw Elba; a sentence with…
Archaeology
Ancient Eastern Roman underground church discovered in Cappadocia, Turkey
The region of Cappadocia in present-day central Turkey alludes to a fantastical realm with giant upright rock formations pockmarked by evidences of human habitation, ranging…
Animation showcases the Pompeii disaster with accurate 3D rendering of the events
Pompeii, the ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples, boasted an assortment of baths, houses, graffiti, frescoes and even agricultural produce. But more than any of…
4,500 years old ‘well preserved’ ship found near Ancient Egyptian tomb
Back in January, we had talked about some 5,000 years old hieroglyphs that alludes to the Ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis along with depictions of…
Researchers discover the world’s oldest tea specimen inside an ancient Chinese tomb
Last week, we talked about the Great Wall of China and how the magnificent man-made feat had mirrored the Chinese culture over the millenniums. Well…
5,000 year old hieroglyphs hark back to the early Egyptian queens and an ‘older’ Memphis
The Great Pyramid of Giza is believed to be around 4,600 years old. But this time around, archaeologists have discovered fascinating stuff that harks back…
The ‘Pompeii’ of Britain? Bronze Age settlement in Cambridgeshire found in remarkably preserved condition
Having all the hallmarks of historical Pompeii – the pattern of settling, the assortment of artifacts, and finally the baleful scope of destruction; archaeologists have…
One of the oldest extant specimens of a prosthetic leg found near Turpan, China
The core technological value of mechanical science was not really lost on our ancestors, as is evident from numerous historical applications ranging from advanced weaponry…
Military arsenal of Russian noble from Ivan the Terrible’s era found in 16th century village
Ivan IV Vasilyevich, better known as Ivan the Terrible, had left his historical legacy as the ‘Tsar of All the Russias’ from 1547 AD until…
Viking plundered treasure hoard found by an amateur now displayed at the British Museum
Previously, we had talked at length about the surprising stuff regarding Viking warfare. And beyond their warrior culture, it is the ambit of raiding and…
