Archeology – The Watchers

Hidden structures found under the Khafre Pyramid, new study claims

Rishav Kothari — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 15:03:00 +0000

Researchers from the University of Pisa report the discovery of a large, multi-level subterranean structure beneath the Khafre Pyramid near Cairo, Egypt, using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Doppler Tomography. The findings have not yet been peer-reviewed but have drawn significant online attention due to the scale of the claims and their potential implications for our understanding of ancient history.

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AI deciphers ancient scroll from Mount Vesuvius eruption

Teo Blašković — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:46:00 +0000

On Monday, February 5, 2024, three researchers were awarded a $700,000 prize for employing artificial intelligence to decipher a 2 000-year-old scroll that was charred in the Mount Vesuvius eruption, marking a significant advancement in the field of historical document restoration.

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A 3 400-year-old city, possibly ancient Zakhiku, emerges from the Tigris River, Iraq

Teo Blašković — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 10:36:27 +0000

A team of German and Kurdish archaeologists has uncovered a 3 400-year-old Mittani Empire-era city once located on the Tigris River. The settlement emerged from the waters of the Mosul reservoir early this year as water levels fell rapidly due to extreme drought in Iraq.

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“Yellow brick road” – Unique formation found on Nootka Seamount

Teo Blašković — Tue, 10 May 2022 14:05:00 +0000

While diving on the Liliʻuokalani Ridge within Papahānaumokuakea Marine National Monument, the Ocean Exploration Trust expedition aboard the E/V Nautilus found what they described as an 'incredibly unique and fascinating' feature resembling a 'yellow brick road' to the city of Atlantis.

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9 million-year-old teeth suggests earliest human relatives lived in Europe

Steven Young — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:15:00 +0000

Researchers in Germany have recovered an unusual set of teeth estimated to be 9.7 million years old. The teeth are unlike any found in Europe or Asia, but closely resemble the teeth of Lucy, the famed female specimen of the hominin species Australopithecus...

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Prehistoric jungle tribes may have practiced land management of tropical forests in SE Asia 70 000 years ago

Bruce Fenton — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:55:00 +0000

With the rise of permaculture farming practices based on ancient tribal wisdom, we have come to understand that jungles and rain forests can be extremely productive when managed effectively. Recent studies have indicated that our distant ancestors in Southeast Asia...

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New dating of Lida Ajer cave fossils places modern humans in SE Asia perhaps 73 000 years ago

Bruce Fenton — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 14:11:00 +0000

Ancient teeth from a Sumatran archaeological site have pushed back the colonization of Southeast Asia by up to 20 000 years. The location of the cave site strongly suggests that the local human population was already well adapted to living in dense jungle...

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England’s ancient megaliths covered in secret star marker code visible by moonlight

Bruce Fenton — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:21:00 +0000

A recent investigation of stone-age rock art at a megalithic construction known as Hendraburnick Quoit, in Cornwall, has revealed that ten times the number of artistic markings are visible when viewed in moonlight or feeble sunlight from the south east. These...

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Peter Mungo Jupp: Electric fossilization

TW — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:29:00 +0000

Standard geology tells us that the Earth and the life that inhabits it has changed incrementally over eons of time for many millions of years. The processes thought to have shaped our planet’s landscape are wind and water erosion, volcanism, earthquakes, and...

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Ancient DNA evidence shows hunter-gatherers and farmers were intimately linked

TW — Fri, 26 May 2017 15:33:00 +0000

In human history, the transition from hunting and gathering to farming is a significant one. As such, hunter-gatherers and farmers are usually thought about as two entirely different sets of people. But researchers reporting new ancient DNA evidence in Current...

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