Egyptian tour guide taken into custody for marking on 4,000-year-old pyramid
Egyptian Tour Guide Arrested for Drawing on Ancient Pyramid An Egyptian tour guide has been apprehended after allegedly sketching stick figures on the 4,000-year-old Pyramid of Unas while leading a group of tourists. The incident gained significant attention when a video surfaced on social media, showing the guide crouched at the pyramid’s base while tourists […]
Archaeologists using drones uncover 4,000-year-old fish-trapping canals made by ancient Mayan predecessors
With the help of drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old canal in Belize that was once used by ancient Mayan ancestors to catch freshwater fish. Study co-author Eleanor Harrison Buck of the University of New Hampshire said of the pre-Christopher Columbus discovery: “Aerial photography was critical to identifying this very distinctive […]
Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old town hidden in Arabian oasis
The ruins of a long-lost town dating back to the early Bronze Age have been discovered by archaeologists in a Saudi oasis. The surprising discovery shows evidence of a transition from nomadic to urban life in the region. According to a new study, a French and Saudi Arabian research team discovered a 4,000-year-old hidden treasure […]
Mom and young son find strange object in garden, turns out to be 4,000-year-old ancient artifact
Ancient relics may be in your own backyard. That was the case for a mother gardening with her baby in the Polish town of Józefów. While gardening in May, they came across the strange object. Intrigued by their find, they took it to the Mazowieckie Voivodeship Monuments Preservation Society for further investigation. A mother and […]
‘A king will die’: 4,000-year-old Babylonian tablets finally deciphered to reveal disastrous omens
Researchers have finally deciphered a 4,000-year-old Babylonian clay tablet that contains ominous omens of doom and ruin. The four clay tablets, dating back about 4,000 years, are believed to have been made in the ancient Babylonian city of Sipparan, southwest of modern-day Baghdad, Iraq. “Swarms of locusts will ravage the land.” The Babylonian stone tablets […]