ISIS blasts ancient temple to rubble
A TEMPLE that stood for 2000 years has been destroyed by IS militants, prompting archaeologists to warn that their ‘darkest predictions’ are coming true.
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The hunt for Nefertiti is on
THE archeologist who claimed Egypt’s most famous queen may be buried adjacent to King Tutankhamun has been invited to Egypt next month to present his case.
Gruesome Aztec skull altar found
IT was intended to shock. To awe. Some 1500 years later, it still achieves its goal. An Aztec display of the skulls of fallen warriors has been uncovered among ruins in Mexico.
Beheaded while saving history from ISIS
ISIS wanted him to say where the ancient city of Palymra’s archaeological treasures had been hidden. He wouldn’t tell them. So they had this 81-year-old scholar beheaded.
Ancient princess was no Barbie
A SWORD. A dagger. Arrows. Not exactly what you’d expect in a woman’s grave from 1600 years ago. Unless she was an Amazon.
Map could solve 400-year-old mystery
WHAT happened to a group of colonists who disappeared without a trace? A secret clue on a centuries-old map could finally provide the answer.
Is this the home of Goliath?
THE story of David versus Goliath is one of the most famous tales from the bible. Now, archaeologists believe they have found proof the battle took place.
Is this Queen Nefertiti’s lost tomb?
STRANGE indentations and touched-up artwork inside Tutankhamun’s famous tomb may hint at secret passages leading to the burial site of his notorious mother – Queen Nefertiti.
Can you solve this sword’s secret?
IT’s a medieval mystery that has researchers stumped: What’s the meaning of the cryptic code on the blade of this 13th Century sword?
4000 years of horror and love
TERROR is timeless: Grasped within its mother’s protective embrace, this child perished under rock and mud. Their final moments have been preserved for 4000 years.
Battleship Hood’s bell recovered
THE bells rang out action stations on the morning of May 24, 1941. Soon after, HMS Hood — and 1415 men — was on the seabed. Now billionaire Paul Allen has recovered one of those bells.
Mystery of the ancient monolith
A 12-METRE monolith, hacked out of limestone by stone-age humans some nine thousand years ago, has been found at the bottom of the Mediterranean.
Lost city may be home of Goliath
IT was an Iron Age city. It had a monumental fortified gate. But are the ruins now being excavated in Israel that of the lost city of Gath — the home of biblical giant Goliath?
Family’s million-dollar sunken treasure
A TREASURE hunting family in the US have found $1.4 million worth of gold and coins in a Spanish shipwreck submerged for 300 years.
Mystery of the Stonehenge teen
A 4000-year-old teenager has been unearthed in a ceremonial site near Stonehenge — clenched tightly in the foetal position and wearing an amber necklace.
Siberian ‘warrior child’ unwrapped
A CHILD warrior from a forgotten medieval world has been unearthed from Siberia’s permafrost, providing a glimpse of a strange new civilisation.
Golden enigma: What are these spirals?
ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Denmark have made a remarkable yet baffling discovery: almost 2000 tiny gold spirals dating from the Bronze Age.
Catch of the year: Fossilised fish on Aussie farm
THE discovery of a 100 million-year-old fossilised fish in the centre of Australia is being celebrated as the catch of the year. And it has left scientists stunned.
‘Sunken treasure’ an embarrassing mistake
HE got the world’s attention by claiming to have solved a 300-year-old mystery. But an adventurer’s “treasure” has turned out to be anything but.
Mayan pyramid one of world’s biggest
FIVE years after its discovery, excavations of a Mayan pyramid in Mexico have revealed it to be among the largest yet found.
Notes reveal rare glimpse into ancient life
THEY’RE just two castaway scraps holding scribbled notes. But they’re on papyrus from ancient Egypt and prove the more things change, the more we stay the same.
There will be no more pyramids
ISLAMIC State has launched a bold new attack on Egypt. And militants have made their attitude to the pyramids and Great sphinx clear: They must be destroyed.
New dinosaur found in university storeroom
FORGET digging in the dirt, all you have to do to discover a new species of dinosaur is open a storeroom at a South African university.
Meet the real Wonder Woman
THINK the warrior-women of Game of Thrones kick ass? Wistful for Wonder Woman’s return? A little ancient jar shows they hold nothing over the real thing.
Archaeologists to go ‘commando’
A GROUP of ‘commando’ archaeologists is being formed to raid deep into Iraq, Syria and Libya to snatch priceless artefacts from the jaws of destruction.
Ancient pot linked to King David
A 3000-year-old pot carrying the name of one of King David’s rivals has sent ripples of excitement through Israel as new, rare evidence of the biblical story’s authenticity.
Terrified boy frozen in time forever
THE earth shook. The air burned to 300C. A terrified little boy scrambled for the safety of his mother’s lap. Now, more than 2000 on later, he’s emerged.
Treasures of Xanadu uncovered
XANADU: It’s a name up there with Atlantis when it comes to exotic, mystic cities. But we know where this one is — and now it’s being excavated.
Is this the world’s first murder victim?
A SKULL pieced together from 52 fragments found inside the Spanish “Pit of Bones” could be the world’s first murder victim — at the ripe old age of 430,000-years-old.
Stone tools predating earliest humans discovered
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed an assortment of 3.3 million-year-old stone tools that have been linked to our apelike ancestors.
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