(Natural News) A recent study published in the Journal of Art History reported that archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed “rare and unique” swords in a heavily fortified city of the Byzantine Empire. The iron weapons are ring-pommeled swords, meaning the pommel or rounded knob at the end of the handle is shaped like a ring. Ring-pommeled swords were […]

(Natural News) French researchers have discovered a network of land drawings in India’s Thar Desert that they claim is the largest artifact of its kind worldwide. The network contains drawings that include four spiral patterns etched into a 20-hectare area of land near the village of Boha. Carlo and Yohann Oetheimer, a father-and-son independent research duo from France, discovered the artifacts […]

(Natural News) The Mayan civilization dominated Mesoamerica before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. A recent excavation in Guatemala uncovered the remains of a Mayan royal in a pyramid deep in the jungle. One of the three pyramids archaeologists found hosted the complete skeleton of a woman believed to be a Mayan queen. Researchers say her mortal remains are 1,500 years […]

(Natural News) The still-raging Syrian Civil War wrecked much of the ancient city of Aleppo. However, it lives on in declassified photographs taken by American spy planes during the early decades of the Cold War. The CIA recently released black-and-white images taken by a U-2 recon aircraft that flew over Middle Eastern countries during the 1950s and […]