Gremi Castle, located in the Kakheti region of Georgia 🇬🇪 in the Caucasus, a historical architectural complex that served as the royal citadel of the Kingdom of Kakheti in the 16th century. It is perched on a hill overlooking the Alazani River, offering strategic views of the

The Criel Mound in West Virginia, constructed between 250–150 BC, contained 13 skeletons, with two near the top and 11 at the base, arranged in a distinctive pattern around a central, larger skeleton... The Criel Mound, located in South Charleston, is one of the most

Anthropomorphic stone stelae (statue menhirs) from Tyritake, Crimea. Culture: Yamnaya (Pit Grave) culture. Date: Late Copper Age - Early Bronze Age, c. 3600-2300 BC. Medium: carved stone. Collection: Kerch Historical and Archaeological Museum, Crimea, Ukraine. These are early

Marine fossils found in what is now Iowa might seem surprising, but when these creatures lived 358.86 to 323.4 million years ago, nearly all of what is now the Northern Hemisphere was underwater. This specimen shows a number of crinoids, which are related to starfish, sea

Spiš Castle (Spišský hrad) - a magnificent medieval fortress located in eastern Slovakia 🇸🇰, and it stands as one of largest castle complexes in Europe. Perched atop a hill at an elevation of 634m, it offers breathtaking views of the surrounding landscape, including lush forests

The Walls of Benin — The Largest Ancient Earthwork Ever Built The Walls of Benin, located in present-day Benin City, Nigeria, were an enormous system of defensive earthworks built by the Edo people of the Benin Kingdom. Construction began as early as 800–1000 CE and continued for

This is part of our universe. An area of sky about the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length. The spiked features are stars in the Milky Way. EVERYTHING ELSE IS A GALAXY. Image by Webb

If Venus is Hell Mode cranked to max difficulty, the Soviet Venera probes were the absolute madlads who still hit “Start Mission.”They survived on the surface for less than an hour: crushed like soda cans under 90 atmospheres and roasted at temperatures that melt lead. But in

⚠️ Scientists Just Made “Something From Nothing”… and No One Expected What Happened ⚠️ Scientists have recreated a strange quantum effect in the lab — and it’s making everyone rethink what “empty” really means. In an ultra-cold, perfectly still layer of superfluid, researchers

??? How on earth did ancient humans—thousands of years ago, armed with nothing but chisels, hammers, and sheer stubbornness—manage to carve absolute colossi out of solid rock, feats that would make modern engineers sweat?Take the Kailasa Temple at Ellora, India. This isn’t a

Mycenae meaning 'Rich in Gold', kingdom of mythical Agamemnon, first sung by Homer in his epics, is the most important and richest palatial centre of the Late Bronze Age in Greece. Mycenae was founded between two tall conical hills, Profitis Ilias (805m) and Sara (660m), on a

If only these 2400 year-old bronze horses could talk. The Horses of Saint Mark (c.390 BC) once stood in Constantinople’s Hippodrome. They were looted in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade, placed on the façade of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, seized by Napoleon in 1797, returned

An ancient Sumerian myth known as “The Gifts of Inanna” vividly reflects the transformative spirit of early Mesopotamian civilization. It portrays a world shifting from primitive life to the structured complexity of urban culture. In this tale, Enki, the god of wisdom and fresh

Tutankhamun’s Golden Throne Originally made for Tutankhaten, it was later reworked after his return to traditional gods, with protection symbols and traces of the old names still visible.

A groundbreaking discovery from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has just rewritten the story of life's cosmic origins.Pristine samples scooped directly from the ancient asteroid Bennu—delivered untouched to Earth in 2023—have revealed something astonishing: a treasure trove of

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Cambridge University professor of Conservation Biology decided to attempt a Mesopotamian meal, as inscribed on a 3770 year-old recipe tablet containing humankind’s oldest surviving recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews. Now part of

The Obelisk of Thutmose III, Istanbul Originally carved in 15th-century BC Egypt for Pharaoh Thutmose III, this obelisk was brought to Constantinople in the 4th century CE by Emperor Theodosius I. It once stood at the Hippodrome, where its Egyptian hieroglyphs and Roman-era base