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The oldest map dates back to the Babylonians

The oldest map in the world: a Babylonian treasure that reveals the worldview of an ancient civilization

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Old Babylonian map of the world: its dimensions are 12.2 x 8.2 centimeters.

The world's oldest map was discovered in the early 1880s In Abu Habba, an ancient metropolis now located in Iraq and dates back approximately 2,600 years. Of Babylonian origin, the map continues to amaze generations of historians and archaeologists with its surprising details even after many years. The map shows how the Babylonians interpreted the world beyond the borders of their empire and reveals a hidden aspect of this people: their dedication to geographical exploration. For years, Babylonian merchants and adventurers ventured far from home in an attempt to learn about new peoples and cultures. This goal also positively influence...

Iran's Mysterious Salt Mummies Dating Back Thousands of Years

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Iran's Mysterious Salt Mummies Dating Back Thousands of Years

The mummified bodies of six miners, known as the "saltmen," were found in the Chehrābād salt mine in Iran, preserved for thousands of years thanks to the salt and the lack of oxygen. The first saltman, discovered in 1993, was still wearing boots and clothes, and was carrying knives and a gold earring. Between 2004 and 2010, five more bodies, dating from different periods, were found, the oldest of which dates back 2,200 years. Four of these saltmen are kept at the archaeological museum in Zanjan, while Saltman 1, the first to be discovered, is displayed at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran. Based on a in-depth analysis, the saltmen li...

Ancient civilization built bridge in Mallorca at least 5600 years ago

The recent discovery of an ancient submerged bridge in the Genovesa Cave, located on the island of Mallorca, opens a new window into the history of human colonization of the Balearic Islands. This stone bridge, dated to approximately 5,600 years ago, suggests that humans might have inhabited the Western Mediterranean region much earlier than previously believed.

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Close-up view of the submerged stone bridge (left) from Genovesa Cave in Mallorca, Spain. Stone path

The Genovesa Cave, located along the coast of Mallorca, features a series of submerged passages due to the rising sea levels over millennia. The discovery of the stone bridge, which is 7.7 meters (25 feet) long, was made by a team led by Professor Bogdan Onac of the University of South Florida. Professor Onac and his team used advanced dating techniques and mineralogical analysis to determine the age of the structure, revealing that the bridge was constructed around 5,600 years ago. According to Onac, "the presence of this submerged bridge and other artifacts indicates a sophisticated level of human activity, implying that the early settl...

Gold and the Mesoamerican Pyramids

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Model of the religious center of Tenochtitlan, Aztec capital (National Museum of Anthropology, Mexic

Everyone knows that the interest of the Spanish in the Americas lay in the gold they wanted to "extract" from the land and its people (for coinage purposes). But few know that the pre-Columbian peoples gave it to them because they believed the Spanish were the "gods" returning after a long absence. Scholars agree that both the Incas and the Aztecs did not use gold for monetary purposes, nor did they attribute any commercial value to it. Trade was certainly developed, but it was primarily a form of barter; taxes consisted of occasional services and labor since the use of money was entirely unknown. Regarding tools and weapons, the Aztecs w...

Atomic bombs in the Indus Valley

The Indus Valley Civilization was an ancient civilization primarily located along the Indus River in the Indian subcontinent. It is often referred to as the "Indus-Sarasvati Civilization," referencing the civilization described in the Vedas, which is believed to have developed along a river called Sarasvati, whose location remains unknown. It is also known as the "Harappan Civilization," named after the first known site.

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Map of the area where the Indus Valley Civilization developed (c. 3300–1300 BCE, flourishing between

The Indus Valley Civilization is among the oldest civilizations in the world, alongside those of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. These civilizations are characterized by the development of agriculture, the formation of true cities, and the beginning of writing. Urban development occurred earlier in Egypt and Mesopotamia, but the Indus Civilization covered a larger geographic area (modern-day Pakistan and western India). Out of the 1,052 sites identified so far, more than 140 are located along the banks of a seasonal watercourse (Ghaggar-Hakra: according to some hypotheses, this river system, once permanent and possibly identifiable with th...

The Sumerian origins of the Flood story: the George Smith’s discovery

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George Smith and the Flood tablets.

One of the greatest breakthroughs in cuneiform decipherment was achieved by Mr. George Smith , an amateur who frequented the British Museum with great dedication. By profession, he was a cliché engraver, but his passion for Assyrian history led him to spend a lot of his free time at the museum. The director noticed his commitment and offered him the position of conservator. In 1872, after ten years of tireless work, he found himself copying a Babylonian cuneiform tablet from the Assyrian city of Nineveh, reduced to just a fragment. The tablet described a ship that, after landing on Mount Nisir, released a dove that returned because it had...

New evidence on how and when first humans migrated into the Pacific

Discovery on Waigeo island revealed ancient human settlement and Pacific migration routes.

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Tree resin artifact excavated from Mololo Cave, dated to 50,000-55,000 years ago.

Humans, like all living beings, have always faced the challenge of survival, leading them to migrate to nearly every corner of the globe over time. Accurately mapping these ancient migrations has long been a difficult task for researchers, particularly for those studying the history of human dispersals across the Pacific Ocean. Now, a new discovery on Waigeo Island, in the Raja Ampat archipelago of West Papua, has upended the standard image of prehistoric migrations in the region. During an excavation at Mololo Cave, whose name means "the place where currents converge," a team of archaeologists unearthed not only the oldest evidence of hu...

Stonehenge: the Altar Stone may have been transported from Scotland

New research suggests that the massive sandstone block likely originated from Scotland, challenging earlier theories about its source.

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The Altar Stone is a greenish, partially buried piece of sandstone.

The chemical structure of the minerals contained in the massive Altar Stone of Stonehenge shows that the six-ton sandstone block, long believed to have originated in Wales, probably comes from Scotland. If this theory is confirmed, it would mean that the stone was transported over 750 kilometers by a primitive civilization !!! This is the conclusion of a study recently published in the journal Nature (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07652-1). According to the study, certain mineral grains in the Altar Stone are mostly between 1,000 and 2,000 million years old, while other minerals are around 450 million years ol...

Mayan Stone Slab Found With References to Ancient Lost City

Deep in the Mexican jungle, at the edge of the Yucatán Peninsula, archaeologists have unearthed a hidden treasure trove of history.

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A 3D copy of the glyphs on the stone slab.

In the long-abandoned ancient Maya city of Cobá, near the imposing Nohoch Mul pyramid, a large stone slab hidden in what was once the floor of a sacred pool has been discovered. What makes this slab so special is what it carries: an inscription composed of 123 glyphs, carefully carved on its surface. An initial inspection suggests that the glyphs describe the founding date of a city called Keh Witz Nal , or "Mountain of the Deer," on May 12, 569 AD. They also name a previously unknown Maya ruler: K’awiil Ch’ak Chéen , a name that invokes K’awiil , the Maya god of lightning. Other glyphs refer to the gods believed to have founded Cobá , in...

4,000-year-old Babylonian tablets deciphered

The tablets contain a series of detailed omens regarding lunar eclipses

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4,000-year-old Babylonian tablets deciphered

An archaeological mystery has recently been unveiled. The cuneiform tablets, found over a century ago in what is today Iraq and preserved in the collections of the British Museum, have finally been deciphered. These ancient documents, dating back about 4,000 years, offer a unique window into the cosmology and astrology of the ancient Babylonians, revealing their beliefs and practices related to lunar eclipses and the omens these celestial phenomena were believed to bring. The discovery and decipherment of the tablets The clay tablets are among the oldest known examples of compendiums of omens based on lunar eclipses. Acquired by the Briti...

The importance of preserving ancient monuments for future generations

The recent collapses of a pyramid in Mexico and the Double Arch in the USA underscore the importance of preserving artifacts from ancient civilizations for future generations.

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The partially collapsed pyramid in Michoacán was built several thousand years ago by one of the larg

A shocking event has recently impacted two historical sites in different locations across the American continent, highlighting the vulnerability of cultural heritage to climate change. The collapse of an ancient pyramid near Lake Pátzcuaro in Mexico occurred shortly after the collapse of the iconic Double Arch in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah, which fell into Lake Powell. Both events, attributed to global climate changes, could be interpreted as signs of potential future problems. The pyramid, located in the Ihuatzio Archaeological Zone in Michoacán, was weakened by high temperatures, which caused cracks that allowed wa...

Evidences that advanced human civilization existed more than 10,000 years ago

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Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( 484 - 425 BC)

According to official science, the earliest civilizations emerged around 5000 years ago in the Mediterranean basin, particularly in Mesopotamia. But is this truly the case, or was there a previous civilization about which we still know nothing? If we truly want to discover the era when gods (the beings with superior knowledge who were later deified) physically lived on Earth, we would need to undertake ambitious archaeological expeditions to find evidences, but lacking archeological finds (objects, constructions, bones, ...) we can at the moment only limit our analysis to the limited available data. However, there are several clues that s...

The oldest calendar is 12,000 years old and was created by an astral disaster

At the Turkish site of Göbekli Tepe, carvings on a stone could be the first calendar in history, dated between 10,500 and 13,000 years ago, whose origin could have been the collision of the Earth with a comet.

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The oldest calendar is 12,000 years old and was created by an astral disaster

The markings on a stone pillar at a Turkish archaeological site dating back 12,000 years may represent the world's oldest solar calendar, created in memory of a devastating comet impact. These markings were discovered at Göbekli Tepe, in southern Turkey, an ancient complex of temple-like enclosures adorned with intricate symbols and may record an astronomical event that triggered a key shift in human civilization. At that time ancient civilizations were capable of recording their observations of the sun, moon, and constellations in the form of a solar calendar, used to track time and mark the changing seasons. A new analysis of V-shap...

List of ancient gods

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This is a comprehensive list of all known gods. God Country Description 'Ndriananahary Malgasy [Madagascar] The supreme god 'Nenaunir Masai [Kenya] The storm god 'Ngai Kikuyu / Masai [E. Africa] The supreme & creator god [R] Midewiwin Algonquin [NE US E. Canada] This is the great medicine dance which requires the epitome of reverence if it is not performed the tribe will suffer [R] Olafat Caroline Is.[Melanesia] A culture hero that is the accused of bringing fire to man & giving sharks teeth [R] Olifat Caroline Is.[Melanesia] A culture hero that is the accused of bringing fire to man & giving sharks teeth A Cha...

Tunguska: a still unsolved enigma

What really happened in the Siberian taiga in 1908 to shake the earth across Siberia and brighten the night sky across half the world? An asteroid, a comet, or something else?

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Tunguska: a still unsolved enigma

On June 30, 1908, at 7:14 AM, something mysterious exploded in the Siberian taiga near the Tunguska River. An event equivalent to 15 megatons (a power roughly equal to about a thousand atomic bombs like the one dropped on Hiroshima) disintegrated in the air, flattening thousands of trees up to a distance of 1,300 km. The shockwave from this event was felt in many parts of the world, the explosion was heard up to a thousand kilometers away, the Trans-Siberian Railway, which passed 900 km to the south, almost derailed, and the dust that rose into the stratosphere lit up many European cities, still shrouded in the pre-dawn darkness, like day...

Pre-Glacial Maps

After looking at the representations of Antarctica on maps dating back to the time of Columbus, let's delve deeper into the enigmatic origins of these maps. Who drew the world before the ice melted?

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The famous Ptolemaic globe contained in the Strasbourg Atlas, drawn at the end of the 15th century o

Regarding the discovery of America, we have seen in the previous article "The Impossible Maps" how Christopher Columbus already knew about the New Continent even before reaching it, thanks to mysterious nautical charts in his possession that detailed the American coasts and other then-unknown lands. The Genoese navigator himself provided the Ottoman admiral Pirî Raïs Ibn Mehmet, better known to Westerners as Piri Re'is, with detailed information that enabled the Turkish officer to accurately draw the profile of the American coasts, as he himself stated in his autobiography titled "Bahriye," meaning "collection." The collection compris...

The Impossible Maps of Antarctica

The very strange maps that showed the South American continent in the 16th century also bore precise depictions of Antarctica not covered by ice. What was the source?

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The incredible 1506 world map by Florentine cartographer Francesco Rosselli showing the post-Columbi

Charles Hapgood is one of the most important scientific figures of recent times. Unfortunately, he was not strictly a scientist: he was a university professor who graduated in medieval and modern history from Harvard University in 1932. He became famous at the end of the 20 th century because he was considered the promoter of the Theory of Earth's Magnetic Pole Shift: a simple yet revolutionary theory capable of explaining, like no other before it, the Myth of Myths. It all began when Hapgood, prompted by a student's question about the mystery of the disappearance of the mythical continents of Mu and Atlantis, decided to investiga...

Bayan-Kara-Ula Discs

In 1938, an archaeological expedition in Tibet found in a cave tombs of one-meter-tall hominids and 716 cobalt discs: extraterrestrial hypothesis or modern mythology?

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Bayan-Kara-Ula Discs

The Bayan-Kara-Ula discs are very peculiar Ooparts (out-of-place artifacts) because they are accompanied by a story that is both incredible and highly engaging. This ancient story took place in the mountains of Tibet and was brought to light more than sixty years ago. It was 1938, in the Bayan-Kara-Ula area, between China and Tibet, a region still largely unexplored today. During a Chinese archaeological expedition led by archaeologist Chi Pu-Tei, an astonishing cave was discovered, previously unexplored. Upon entering, the researchers realized that it was more than just a cave; it was a system of artificial, interconnected tunnels. The w...

Mysterious Giant Wooden Coffins Found On Stilts Dating Back 2,300 Years

The discovery in some caves of Thailand

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Mysterious Giant Wooden Coffins Found On Stilts Dating Back 2,300 Years

The highlands of northwestern Thailand are dotted with dozens of caves that house some extremely curious human burials from the ancient past. These consist of large wooden coffins—often several meters long and carved from a single tree trunk—mounted above the ground on wooden stilts. The approximately 40 burial sites are the work of a mysterious Iron Age culture that inhabited Mae Hong Son province in northern Thailand between 2,300 and 1,000 years ago. In a recent study, archaeologists have genetically profiled 33 ancient people buried at five sites of the Log Coffin culture and traced their ancestry, shedding light on the complex geneti...

3,500-Year-Old Tablet with a furniture list

Unearthed ancient tablet dating back some 3,500 years with a primitive cuneiform writing that preserves a furniture list.

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3,500-Year-Old Tablet with a furniture list

The tablet was discovered during excavations at the archaeological site of Alalakh, in what is now the Turkish province of Hatay, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism stated in a note. This ancient city flourished in the 2 nd millennium BC as an urban settlement of the Amorites, a Bronze Age people from the Levant, an eastern Mediterranean region, who spoke a Semitic language. The remains of the city have formed a large mound that now covers an area of about 22 hectares (approximately 55 acres). The clay tablet found at Alalakh is relatively small, measuring about 1.6 by 1.4 inches, with a thickness of 0.6 inches and a weight of about 1 ou...

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