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World’s oldest intact shipwreck - 2,400 years old!
At the bottom of the Black Sea lie the world’s oldest shipwrecks. Discovered by the team of the Black Sea MAP (Maritime Archaeology Project), peer into the dark depths of maritime archaeology which is at the forefront of new discoveries.
Travel times in Ancient Rome
The map pictured is an Isochrone map which shows how long it would have taken someone to travel from Rome to the farthest reaches of the Roman Empire at its peak (roughly 200 CE/AD) …
The Histomap - a world history timeline
Created in 1931 by a man named John B. Sparks, the Histomap shows the ebb and flow of global power going all the way back to 2,000 B.C. on one coherent timeline…
Perfectly preserved Baltic Sea shipwreck discovered
Lying on the muddy floor of the frigid inland Baltic Sea, scientists have found an almost perfectly preserved and intact shipwreck, undisturbed for hundreds of years …
25 Most Mysterious Archaeological Finds
This article provides a great overview of some of the world’s most puzzling mysteries which still confuse modern historians and archaeologists.
New discoveries in underwater Egyptian city
At the site of Heracleion, built in around the eighth century B.C., divers have discovered the remains of an ancient temple along with other gold and jewellery.
9,000 year old settlement outside Jerusalem
A huge 9,000-year-old Neolithic settlement — the largest ever discovered in Israel, say archaeologists — is currently being excavated outside Jerusalem, researchers said …
Ancient Egyptian ramp from 4,500 years ago discovered.
Archaeologists have long wondered exactly how the ancient Egyptians constructed the world's biggest pyramid, the Great Pyramid. Now, they may have discovered the system used to haul massive stone blocks into place some 4,500 years ago …
Visualising the History of the World
This video attempts to show the worlds history in its entirety. See the rise, spread, and decline of empires across time.
Ancient Scottish stone circle isn’t so ancient…?
A stone circle in northeast Scotland that archaeologists thought was built thousands of years ago has turned out to be just a few decades old …