From Ancient Egypt to Roman Britain, brewers are reviving beers from the past(April, 29) – Beer archaeologists are peering back millennia to recreate brews from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome using ancient methods and ingredients.Complete Story. One of the nation’s first tank bars will open ...
Carved out of a single giant rock, the sacred site has small steps, tunnels and what is thought to be a sacrificial altar hewn out of it. While its former use is still unknown, archaeologists believe sacrifices and mummification took place here....
Archaeologists generally agree that Stonehenge is around 5000 years old (dating back to around 3000 BC) . Standing approximately 4 meters high and weighing 25 tons each, the monument comprises standing stones forming a circle. Many myths and legends are related to Stonehenge, focusing on its huge...
It even has scientists and archaeologists baffled. Why Go? You don’t need to be a hippy or a follower of pagan religion to feel Stonehenge’s unique, magnetic power when you stand between the stones. To be there at summer solstice is to experience what it might have been like for ...
the world’s oldest temple. Observe archaeologists at work as they excavate the enormous site that still offers up more monumental archaeological and historical finds. There’s a small museum at Göbekli Tepe where visitors can peer at intriguing 3D animations of the site and discover more about...
Located in Wiltshire, England, Stonehenge has been on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites since 1986. Archaeologists believe parts of it date back as far as 3000 BC. Each of the standing stones is around 13 feet tall and weighed 25 tons. ...
It is mid-June, and the temperature has reached 40 degrees Celsius on the outskirts of Samarkand, an ancient city in Uzbekistan, where an archaeological team composed of Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists is busy excavating a large tomb of the ancient Yuezhi people. Bangladesh celebrates largest Bud...
Tikal is Guatemala’s most significant Mayan ruin site, and although archaeologists say it once rivalled Rome in size, population and political clout, less than 10% of its buildings have been excavated. 15. British Museum, England Medieval coins of the Fishpool Hoard, one of the exh...
after death to guide them to paradise. She was depicted with a tail and a throne on her head and sometimes breastfeeding infant Horus. She had a massive cult that was extremely powerful that was worshiped in every part of the world from Britain through Europe in Greece and Rome to Asia....
the Acropolis - "In the distant year of 1842, French photographer and draughtsman Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey took the first-ever photograph of the 'Holy Rock.' To be more precise, this photograph is a daguerreotype, and is actually one of the earliest surviving photographs of Greece....