TEHRAN – The bronze trumpets that once signaled the arrival of important foreign delegations to Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the mighty Achaemenid Empire,  may now be silent, but it is still possible to capture the sense of awe while visiting …

Without realizing it, ancient torture devices looked far from humane. The tools for torture are designed in such a way as to deter criminals. Apart from that, the instrument of torture was shown to the general public in order to teach someone never to …

Th𝚎 𝚍isc𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚢, 𝚊 t𝚛𝚞𝚎 t𝚎st𝚊m𝚎nt t𝚘 th𝚎 skill 𝚊n𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚍ic𝚊ti𝚘n 𝚘𝚏 m𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛n 𝚊𝚛ch𝚊𝚎𝚘l𝚘𝚐ists, 𝚋𝚛in𝚐s t𝚘 li𝚐ht 𝚊 t𝚛𝚘v𝚎 𝚘𝚏 insi𝚐hts 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞t th𝚎 𝚙𝚊st. As w𝚎 𝚎x𝚙l𝚘𝚛𝚎 th𝚎 c𝚘nt𝚎nts 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎s𝚎 w𝚎ll-𝚙𝚛𝚎s𝚎𝚛v𝚎𝚍 c𝚘𝚏𝚏ins, w𝚎 𝚐𝚊in 𝚊 win𝚍𝚘w int𝚘 th𝚎 𝚊𝚛tist𝚛𝚢 𝚊n𝚍 c𝚛𝚊𝚏tsm𝚊nshi𝚙 …

X-ray images showed a little foot in the belly of the world’s first pregnant Egyptian mummy Aleksander LEYDO Warsaw Mummy Project. PHOTO: AFP Polish scientists said Thursday they have discovered the world’s first pregnant Egyptian mummy while carrying …

This top 8 list of mysterious and unexplained skull discoveries has some of the weirdest and strangest skeletons ever found around the world! 8. Ancient Dinosaur Fossil A 100-million-year-old haul of dinosaur eggs and fossils from China and smuggled illegally …

A sample of the Heslington brain. The brain, that came from a UK man who died more than 2,000 years ago, survived all those years without decomposition, has been found by a team of international researchers. This research, which was published in the Royal …

All th𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚢𝚊l м𝚞ммi𝚎s 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 in th𝚎 19th 𝚊n𝚍 20th c𝚎nt𝚞𝚛i𝚎s h𝚊ʋ𝚎 l𝚘n𝚐 sinc𝚎 Ƅ𝚎𝚎n 𝚘𝚙𝚎n𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 st𝚞𝚍𝚢. With 𝚘n𝚎 𝚎xc𝚎𝚙ti𝚘n: 𝚎𝚐𝚢𝚙t𝚘l𝚘𝚐ists h𝚊ʋ𝚎 n𝚎ʋ𝚎𝚛 Ƅ𝚎𝚎n Ƅ𝚘l𝚍 𝚎n𝚘𝚞𝚐h t𝚘 𝚘𝚙𝚎n th𝚎 м𝚞мм𝚢 𝚘𝚏 Ph𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚘h Aм𝚎nH๏τ𝚎𝚙 I. N𝚘t Ƅ𝚎c𝚊𝚞s𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊n𝚢 м𝚢thic𝚊l c𝚞𝚛s𝚎, Ƅ𝚞t Ƅ𝚎c𝚊𝚞s𝚎 it …

Think some of the deaths in ‘Game of Thrones’ are bad? Turns out there’s no need for a fictional land of dragons and red witches for things to get gnarly — our own history has plenty of gruesome torture to go round. Take the tub, for example. (Disclaimer: …

The inscription on the seal identifies the King of Na as a vassal of the Han Emperor For a long time, the Chinese nation, with its long history and splendid culture, has profoundly influenced neighboring countries and regions, whether it is South Korea …