We will now learn the surprising story of Dr. Gabi Barkay's discovery in 1979 of a hidden silver scroll, older than the Dead Sea Scrolls, which turned out to be one of Biblical archaeology's most important discoveries, and find out why the particular scripture inscribed on the scrolls holds deep significance for Dr. Barkay.
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Earlier, archaeologists discovered a shipwreck in Egypt, and it was found that it had ancient Greek treasures. The shipwreck discovered is new for archaeologists, who haven’t seen such a thing before. Yet, surprisingly, the shipwreck is shrouded in mystery; today, we are unveiling that!
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The ancient site of Saqqara, located 20 miles south of Cairo on the Nile's west bank, where crop fields give way to the desert, is marked by massive pyramids that emerged from the sand like dragon's teeth. The Step Pyramid is the most famous, built in the 27th century B.C. by the Old Kingdom Pharaoh, Djoser, who began building pyramids as monumental royal tombs.
More than a dozen other pyramids are scattered along the five-mile stretch of land, dotted with the ruins of temples, tombs, and walkways that span ancient Egypt's entire history. But there is much more beneath the ground—a vast, extraordinary netherworld of treasures.
We’ll now discuss the discovery of a hidden tomb with perfectly preserved paintings dating back to 4400 years ago. How is this possible? Watch the video below!
Throughout the world, there are thousands of caves and crevices. These caves serve different purposes, like shelters for some indigenous people or habitats for threatened and endangered animal species. Some caves are located in conspicuous locations that are accessible to everybody and usually serve as a destination for tourists.
In contrast, some are located in remote places, usually deep in the forest. However, there has been some chilling discovery inside caves that shocked the whole world.
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Most people think about Vodka and bears when Russia is mentioned. But, there is more to Russia than the stereotypes on the internet. As the world’s largest country, it makes up one-tenth of all the land on Earth! It has a rich history and a vibrant culture. This incredible country is also home to numerous creatures of different species. Over the years, a lot of shocking discoveries were uncovered in this massive country.
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Today we analyze the Mysterious Secrets Of The Last Supper & Leonardo Da Vinci. In the video below we will analyze these mysterious secrets!
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Today we will be having a look at the birthplace of the Pyramid Era, going all the way to its core.
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Think you know everything about Egypt? Incredible things can be found there. Egypt is often recognized as the "country of pharaohs" due to the prevalence of pyramids there. The Egyptians are famous for their discoveries of golden riches and their mastery of the mummification process.
The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele bearing three versions of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes' 196 BC proclamation near Memphis, Egypt. The top and center texts are ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and demons, while the bottom is ancient Greek. The Rosetta Stone can decode Egyptian letters since the three decree copies differ only slightly.
Upon his death he asked to be buried in secret. A grieving army carried his body home, killing anyone it met to hide the route. When the emperor was finally laid to rest, his soldiers rode 1,000 horses over his grave to destroy any remaining trace. In the 800 years since Genghis Khan's death, no-one has found his tomb.
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A coffin might not be a great discovery for archaeologists, but it becomes a big deal when it is about something that can redefine history. The recent discovery of a coffin in Spain is speculated to change the entire European history, which is a one-of-a-kind discovery for them. So, let’s find out about the discovery!
Restoration of an extremely rare World War 2 whisky hip flask found in a barn yard in the battlefields of Bulge.
In this video, we’re going to look at the very best discoveries made recently. Let’s get started!
At the far northern most tip of Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa, lies the lost world of Ankarana. French scientist Olivia Behra is one of the few outsiders to venture this far, he is a man with a mission, to find out about the unique animals and people that live in this remote place. Rising 300 metres above the surrounding plains are walls of solid rock that enclose forests that have evolved in isolation, cut off from the outside world. Living in its sunken forests are a greater density of lemurs than found anywhere else in Madagascar. Our story follows the lives of the One Eyed Queen and her troop of Crowned Lemurs as they tip toe on the razor sharp rocks, raise youngsters, fight for their territory and venture into the bowels of the earth to drink. Searching hundreds of kilometres beneath the rocks are caves inhabited by blind fish, bats and most mysterious of all, cave dwelling crocodiles. This is the story of a magical landscape and the close relationship between the crocodiles, lemurs and local Ankarana tribes people that live in the shadows of the massif.
The Sahara Desert is the largest in the world and experiences one of the harshest climates globally. The desert spans 11 countries and has been an area of interest for climate watches and archaeologists. Over the years, many discoveries have been made under the Sahara that has shaped the perception of mankind and our history. Here are some scientists' incredible discoveries under Sahara that changed everything.
Although the water looks unappealing, Kristin Romey prepares herself to plunge into the depths. And right above her head, there’s a big clue as to why she’s putting herself through this ordeal. In this part of the north of Sudan, there’s a pyramid — a monument to a long-lost monarch that hints at a kingdom that once held sway over vast swathes of northern Africa. And when Romey and her colleague reach their destination, what they find is truly astonishing.
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They decry Hancock as a flagrant pseudo-archaeologist.
This week, the Society for American Archaeology published an open letter to Netflix and the television production house ITN requesting that they re-classify its new series Ancient Apocalypse as a work of fiction rather than a docuseries.
The show centers around bestselling author Graham Hancock’s meagerly substantiated claims about the existence of Atlantis, presenting them in a deceptive cloak of veracity.
“We urge both Netflix and ITN Productions to add disclaimers to the series that its content is unfounded,” the society wrote. “We also request that Netflix develop a policy that balances such false narratives with the presentation of scientific documentaries and accurate reporting.”
Netflix has not yet addressed to the letter publicly.
Flint Dibble, an archaeology professor at Cardiff University, is also among the growing chorus of experts disputing Hancock’s claims. Ancient Apocalypse became Netflix’s second-most popular title just one week after it dropped, on November 10.
According to Dibble, archaeologists have been aware of Hancock’s work for years—he’s published 16 commercially successful novels on everything from the Ark of the Covenant to Egypt’s sphinxes since 1985. “I wouldn’t say that most archaeologists have read Graham Hancock,” Dibble said. “He ignores all of our evidence.”
Still, Dibble started watching Ancient Apocalypse with an open mind. “My hopes, in many ways, were dashed with the series,” he said. As part of his own studies into pseudo-archaeology, Dibble recently read some of Hancock’s work.
“He’s much more aggressive against archaeologists [in the series] than he is in his writing,” he said. “I was actually kind of shocked and dismayed.”
“Perhaps there’s been a forgotten episode in human history, but perhaps the extremely defensive, arrogant, and patronizing attitude of mainstream academia is stopping us from considering that possibility,” Hancock says in the first episode. “I’m trying to overthrow the paradigm of history.”
Archaeologists and their friends in the media are spitting nails about my Ancient Apocalypse series on Netflix and want me cancelled… pic.twitter.com/olWw69IabD
— Graham Hancock (@Graham__Hancock) November 25, 2022
Rather than presenting evidence of Atlantis from its existence, Hancock seeks to amend the legacies of existing ancient sites like the columns atop Gunung Padang in Indonesia, attributing them to advanced Atlanteans who survived their society’s purported destruction by comet.
“Why is there no evidence for this Ice Age civilization when we have plentiful evidence for hunter-gatherers all over the world at this time?” Dibble asked. “The truth is in the trash.” Every living being leaves something behind, but no refuse at all has turned up from Atlantis. “You’re going to clean up all your trash and vaporize it?”
Atlantis’s paper trail through written history is equally scant. Plato made the first-ever mention of Atlantis in his allegorical writings about an ideal city at war with an underwater opponent. Greek and Roman authors hardly took note of the anecdote—there’s no written or oral storytelling that solidifies it as a myth. “It was only with the discovery of the Americas that [Atlantis] started to become much more popular among a colonial viewpoint,” Dibble said.
Archaeologists aren’t necessarily decrying Hancock’s claims themselves. The society’s three principle concerns start with Netflix’s incorrect categorization (likely for the sake of ratings), before citing the show’s anti-intellectualism and racist implications of Hancock suggesting that white Atlanteans actually made the monuments archaeologists credit to indigenous culture. (Some have connected his theories back to problematic Atlantis proponents like the fear mongering 19th-century figure Ignatius Donnelly.)
Hancock often rails against the idea of “big archaeology,” though even some of its foremost voices, like Zahi Hawass and Nicholas Reeves, can’t even agree, let alone conspire.
“Look, these ideas are entertaining,” Dibble said of the fabled underwater society, frequently referenced in fiction from the submerged cities of Númenor in Rings of Power to Talokan in Wakanda Forever.
Ancient Apocalypse, however, crosses a line by claiming its hunches as fact. “I also see a problem with the level of promotion for this, given that it really is aggressively attacking archaeologists,” Dibble said.
Instead, he recommends Netflix’s accurate documentary The Secrets of the Saqqara.
“I wish that they would promote that more than this cheap entertainment. But that’s the way of our world, isn’t it?”
99% of the four billion species that have evolved on Earth are now gone. Species go extinct, while new ones are formed. That's life. There's a natural background rate to the timing and frequency of extinctions: 10% of species are lost every million years; 30% every 10 million years; and 65% every 100 million years.
Here’s a gallery of extinct animals we’ve lost.
