The Ancient Code

A tomb containing a 2,000-old-year old skeleton was recently unearthed in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, and it appears the remains are of an ancient warrior woman who lived during the height of the Roman Empire, according to the Daily Mail: "She was found in the North Caucasus and is...

YouTube Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/g2N3FfdUNTM?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1 For the first time, archaeologists in Mexico have found direct evidence that ancient humans actually engineered traps to hunt and kill woolly mammoths to butcher them for their meat and hides. We already know that humans killed and butchered mammoths to survive during the Ice Age. But...

A study of ancient teeth belonging to modern humans and Neanderthals of the Aurignacian culture at Manot Cave in Israel is shedding new light on human migration from Europe to the Levant around 40,000 years ago. The Levant includes the historic areas of Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, and Syria with close...

YouTube Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/S4aEyMDkRT8?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1 There are few creatures surrounded by more mystery, wonder, and fascination than unicorns. Some say they existed and then died out. Others insist unicorns are nothing more than a myth; a creation of human imagination. So, what exactly is the truth? Did unicorns once walk the planet?...

An excavation in a cave occupied by Neanderthals in Spain has uncovered what is considered to be the last necklace ever made by our distant cousins, which features eagle talons that had symbolic meaning and value. Around 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals roamed the Iberian peninsula and occupied caves near the...

YouTube Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/lrWr661wa_U?start=374&feature=oembed Mysterious carvings from the time of the Aztecs were recently discovered in Mexico City in a very unlikely place: In a tunnel that dates back to the 17th century, according to IFL Science: "Archaeologists in Mexico have unearthed an intriguing tunnel that dates back to the 17th century...

YouTube Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Kv9J7Ay2nA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1 All across the world, there are stories about people of giant stature, and also of relatively small people. In the mainstream, these stories are almost always called myths, and the proof is elusive. Conspiracy theories abound, suggesting giant skeletons have been a carefully guarded secret. However,...

A British archaeologist recently made an incredible discovery in a forest: A 4.000-year-old stone circle, the first of its kind found in Gloucestershire, the Daily Mail reports: "A 'very significant' discovery of a Bronze Age monument has been uncovered after being hidden under foliage in the Forest of Dean. "Dating back...

When it comes to royal mysteries, not much compares to the Battle of Bosworth and the death of King Richard III during the Wars of the Roses in 15th century England. But archaeology is solving these mysteries even though new difficulties continue to be faced today. Fought between 1455 and...

Scientists studying the causes of ice ages say that an increase in Antarctic ice levels could be enough to trigger a new ice age that would reverse the current warming of our planet. As climate change continues to cause rising global temperatures that are busy melting the ice caps, scientists...