Imagine stumbling upon a secret from the mists of time—a silent witness to ancient lives, carved from a single giant larch tree, lying buried beneath Siberian peat for millennia. That’s the Shigir Idol, a wooden statue unlike any other, older than the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge. Its mysterious face and intricate carvings have baffled scientists ...
Imagine walking along a sun-drenched beach, the waves lapping at your feet, and realizing that beneath the water just offshore, an entire world is hidden—ancient stone tools, hearths, and the remnants of homes built by people tens of thousands of years ago. It’s not just a fantasy. As sea levels have risen and fallen over ...
Imagine walking across a vast, grassy plain teeming with mammoths, wild horses, and ancient humans—right where the choppy waves of the North Sea roll today. Hard to picture, isn’t it? Yet, beneath that cold, restless water lies a lost world, a landscape swallowed by rising seas at the end of the last Ice Age. The ...
Imagine walking through a forest and suddenly hearing voices from thousands of years ago—languages thought to be lost forever, echoing once more. This isn’t a scene from a science fiction novel, but a glimpse of what artificial intelligence is unlocking today. With every passing month, researchers are getting closer to reviving the whispers of ancient ...
The sun rises over the endless, shimmering salt flats of Lake Mungo, illuminating a landscape that seems frozen in time. Here, in one of the most remote corners of the Australian outback, two ancient skeletons lay hidden beneath the earth for tens of thousands of years. Their names—Mungo Man and Mungo Lady—are whispered with awe ...
Imagine standing in the heart of Malaysia’s lush, ancient forests, sunlight filtering through towering trees, and suddenly coming across a massive, weathered stone standing upright in the earth. It’s a sight both humbling and mysterious. For centuries, these megalithic stones have puzzled archaeologists, locals, and travelers alike. But what if these silent sentinels are more ...
If you’ve ever gazed out over the vast, endless ocean and felt a shiver of awe—maybe even a touch of fear—you’re not alone. Our seas have always inspired both wonder and terror, hiding secrets beneath their rolling waves. Among these mysteries, one legend claws its way into our imaginations with tentacled fury: the Kraken. For ...
People thought that leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, came to the Americas with European colonizers hundreds of years ago. But a new study that is changing the way we think about this has come out. Researchers looking at 4,000-year-old skeletons from Chile have found genetic proof of Mycobacterium lepromatosis, a rare and severe form ...
A strange ceramic vessel shaped like a penguin stands out in the dry deserts of southern Peru, where the Nazca culture thrived between 100 BCE and 800 CE. It shows how curious and aware they were of their surroundings. This 1,600-year-old “Penguin Vessel,” which is now in the Art Institute of Chicago, makes us wonder: ...
A team of scientists has recently sequenced the oldest and most complete genome from the Egypt known as the “Ruler of Nekhen”. The man lived between 4500–4800 years ago which is contemporaneous with the dawn of the Old Kingdom. His groundbreaking findings show he was genotypically linked with North Africa and greatly associated with Mesopotamia, ...
April Joy Jovita
Linnea H, BSc Sociology
