A Christian Church Was Built Around a Mysterious Life-Size Figure in Ancient Sudan
On a granite hill overlooking the Nile’s Third Cataract in northern Sudan, archaeologists are reconstructing the history of a remarkable site. At its center stands…
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Tiny Sasanian Bird Carving Discovered Beside a Pahlavi Inscription in Iran
A tiny Sasanian bird carving discovered beside a Pahlavi inscription in southern Iran may offer a rare glimpse into religious ideas during the empire’s final…
Scientists Find Blood in the Ancient Binding Formula Behind 2,000-Year-Old Huashan Rock Art
China’s 2,000-year-old Huashan rock art has survived on limestone cliffs above the rivers of southern China despite intense heat, monsoon rains and tropical storms that…
“My Name Is Aba”: Rare Old Turkic Inscription Found Among 1,200 Petroglyphs in Kazakhstan
More than a thousand years ago, someone named Aba carved his name into a rock in southern Kazakhstan. Archaeologists have now found that short Old…
In Kyrgyzstan’s Talas Mountains, Newly Found Sogdian Inscriptions Reveal the Voice of a Medieval Commander
Nearly 600 petroglyphs, rare clan tamgas, and two previously unknown Sogdian texts emerge from a remote mountain valley The high ridges of western Talas have…
The Oldest Story Painted in the Americas? Rock Art in Texas and Mexico Carried a Single Message for 4,000 Years
Deep inside the limestone canyons that cut across the borderlands of Texas and northern Mexico, ancient murals stretch across cliff walls in sweeping tapestries of…
AI and Hyperspectral Imaging Reveal 5,000-Year-Old Hidden Paintings at Astuvansalmi, Finland
On the shores of Lake Yövesi near Nicaea—wait correction → (near Ristiina, Finland) — ancient red ochre figures stare silently across the water. Known as…
9,000-Year-Old Rock Art Suggests Humans Encountered Dinosaur Footprints
A new study in Brazil provides evidence that humans living approximately 9,000 years ago interacted with dinosaur footprints. Researchers suggest that petroglyphs (rock carvings) etched…