Archaeology
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Have you ever heard about Arikamedu? This ancient Indo-Roman trading port was once a thriving center of global commerce, connecting India to the Mediterranean. Today, it’s a ruin...
A startling number of new archaeological finds support the Bible story. Here's a thread of discoveries that rewrote history. Starting with something astonishing found in this sma...
These Ancient writings were buried for 2000 years in desert caves: The Dead Sea Scrolls. When scholars finally translated them in 1947... They realized why these texts were hidd...
Tamil Nadu is offering a jaw-dropping $1 million prize for anyone who can decipher the mysterious Indus Valley script – a puzzle that has baffled experts for over a century! #Indu...
In 410 AD, the Goths sacked Rome History remembers them as barbarians who destroyed the greatest empire on earth But they weren't barbarians — they were Rome's own soldiers, betr...
Our knowledge of the Bronze Age tombs of #AlUla & #Khaybar has changed over 2024! We excavated dozens of tombs as we seek to define how they developed in the 3rd millennium BCE. Th...
2024 has been a huge year for @PAKEP_KSA! So over the next few days we will share summaries of what we have done/published. First up- STANDING STONE CIRCLES (SSC). What are they? W...
Samudragupta I javelin type coins the most minted type coins with many diverse design varieties. The obverse is always King making an offering in an agni-kund (fire-pit) but rarely...
LIDAR technology exposed the impossible: A massive civilization hidden under the Amazon. • Cities as wide as Central London • Advanced farming techniques • Sustainable living 2,5...
Ashwamedha "अश्व मेध" to Ashwavadha "अश्व वध:" : a concocted Mughal journey. Ashwamedha as Horse sacrifice was propagated by Moghuls as against popular belief that Britishers temp...
Countries that had no awareness, understanding, or appreciation of entire eras of their ancient history have no greater of a moral claim on artifacts from those eras than the Europ...
Chasing a chariot In this🧶, we look at an incident from the IVC archaeological corpus from 80 years ago. These events and artifacts have receded from public memory. So its worthwh...
Pompeii woke up to life as usual. By nightfall, it was buried alive. For 2,000 years, its secrets lay buried in ash. Now, scientists are racing against time and nature to uncove...
Study found that the burnt incense at the Temple of Yahweh in the ancient Kingdom of Judah contained cannabis. "This is the first time that cannabis has been identified in the Anci...
Written shortly before the Babylonian conquest of Judah, this ancient Hebrew letter from the city of Lacish states that the soldiers are watching for fire signals from the nearby t...
Rise and fall of the Indus Valley civilization. Sites spread from West to East. Sites declined from West to East; by 1300-700 BC almost all sites in the Indus valley disappeared. h...
Largest Roman anchor ever found weighing 5,500 lbs and is 13.5 ft long. Due to the size of the anchor, it must have belonged to a massive ship, the largest Roman shipwreck found ha...
In 925 BC Pharaoh Shoshenq raided Israel, his victory stele was found all the way at Megiddo. This fragment of a large commemorative royal stele that bears cartouches of Sheshonq,...
What are Zierscheibe? 🧵 On the internet, the word has been used to describe the specific Germanic sun wheel which was used by Himmler to decorate the floor of Wewelsberg castle (us...
Neanderthalensis manipulated their niche spectrum in space by the telling of time: the cave bear, red ochre burials, scattered fertility figures, and everything else within the und...
Göbekli Tepe is astonishing but, what’s more incredible is that, it’s not a stand alone. “T-Pillar” Sites scatter across the region. It’s a “Mini Megalithic Civilization” One that...
A thread on the epigraphic records and literary evidences affirming the Suryavanshi Kshatriya lineage of the Guhilot/Sisodia Rajput & dispelling the erroneous narrative of their pu...
Thread on Astonishing Historical Things People Have Stumbled Upon 1. A 3000 Year old perfectly preserved sword dug up in Germany https://t.co/PBOslF9bU5
"Connections Between Vedic and Sumerian Civilizations" Meru and Sumeru might not be just mythological concepts; they could have coexisted with striking similarities. Both culture...