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Did you know? In Germany, an old submarine, the U-boot U17, was transported by road to the Technik Museum in Sinsheim, a technology museum! The U17, which is an impressive 48 meters long and 450 tons, was withdrawn from service after 37 years of operations and is now being displayed at the...

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,500-year-old highway network in [Saudi Arabia] lined with well-preserved ancient Researchers from the University of Western Australia have carried out a wide-ranging investigation over the past year, involving aerial surveys conducted by helicopter, ground...

This is the vault at the end of the world where all the seeds on the planet are stored. It is located in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway, about 1,300 kilometers from the North Pole. Opened in 2008, this underground storage facility is designed to preserve 4.5 million seeds of crop plants from...

Miss America, 1924

The round boat called Quffa, used for transportation purposes, on a wall relief from the Assyrian period 2,700 years ago, and the boats used by Iraqis on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the 1920s.

In 1978, two kids in Southern Los Angeles made an astonishing discovery while playing in their backyard — they unearthed a 1974 Ferrari Dino that had been buried underground. The car had likely been hidden for years, and its sudden reappearance sparked both curiosity and excitement throughout...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟒 𝐖𝐞𝐛 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 1. A Thousand Blows Set in Victorian London’s East End, this drama follows best friends Hezekiah and Alec, who arrive from Jamaica seeking a better life. They soon find themselves entangled in the city’s violent underworld, crossing paths with...

Tutankhamun’s mother (The Younger Lady) “The Younger Lady”, was found in tomb KV35 by archaeologist Victor Loret in 1898. She was laid out beside the mummy of her mother (Tiye) and the mummy of a young boy, possibly the young Prince Thutmose, a son of Amenhotep III and his Great Royal Wife...

Uruk: The first great city that revolutionized civilization with its advanced knowledge. Ancient cuneiform tablets discovered in Nineveh reveal remarkable tales of giants, enigmatic creatures, and mysterious flying ships. Among these accounts, the Epic of Gilgamesh stands as humanity’s oldest...

Sultan Iltutmish’s Tomb in Mehrauli, Delhi, After the 1857 War of Independence After the 1857 War of Independence, Sultan Iltutmish’s tomb in Mehrauli, Delhi, appeared as a desolate and ruined structure. A historical photograph from that time shows two men, one of whom is holding a pistol and...

The Lady of Kölleda: A Window into Merovingian Nobility An extraordinary archaeological discovery in Germany has unveiled a settlement spanning 4,000 years of history, offering a rare glimpse into the life of a noblewoman from the Merovingian period—the enigmatic "Lady of Kölleda." Excavations...

P. M. Allahbuksh & Co.— Indian handmade art manufacturers, curios and antiques. Photograph circa 1920s, Jaipur, India.

15 Interesting Facts You May Not Know About Oman 1. Oman is one of the oldest independent states in the Arab world, having maintained its sovereignty for centuries, with a history that dates back to the 9th century. 2. Oman is known for its rich maritime history, once being a powerful naval...

Ancient Building Techniques: Metal Staples in the Bricks of Ancient Civilizations *** Recently, archaeologists have unearthed artifacts that demonstrate how various ancient civilizations, scattered throughout the world, used a technology that was advanced for the time: metal staples inserted...

King Tutankhamun's innermost coffin represents an extraordinary artifact from ancient Egypt, constructed more than 3,300 years ago during the 18th Dynasty. Weighing approximately 110.4 kilograms (243 pounds) and measuring about 1.88 meters (6 feet 2 inches) in length, this coffin is entirely...

The Great Sphinx of Giza, carved over 4,500 years ago, remains one of history’s greatest mysteries. Some scholars believe it may have originally depicted a lion or even Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the afterlife, before being reshaped to resemble a pharaoh. This theory is based on the...

Ramses Il, who reigned from 1303 BC to 1213 BC, is widely regarded as the most powerful and influential pharaoh of Egypt's New Kingdom, the height of the civilization's prosperity. He ruled for an impressive 66 years, a testament to his strength and leadership, and lived to the age of 90. Known...

In 1918, a remarkable discovery was made deep within the coal mines of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, when miners stumbled upon a petrified tree stump nestled within a seam of coal. This extraordinary find takes us back roughly 300 million years to the Carboniferous Period, a time when expansive...

Gunung Padang: The World's Oldest Pyramid Hidden Beneath the Earth What if the oldest pyramid in the world wasn’t in Egypt but in Indonesia? Gunung Padang, a mysterious site in West Java, may be just that. Although it appears as a simple hill covered in dense vegetation, beneath its surface lies...

Gunung Padang: The World's Oldest Pyramid Hidden Beneath the Earth What if the oldest pyramid in the world wasn’t in Egypt but in Indonesia? Gunung Padang, a mysterious site in West Java, may be just that. Although it appears as a simple hill covered in dense vegetation, beneath its surface...