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Oldest ever Idol discovered so far is the Lion-Man ivory scultpure, which is estimated to be 40000 years old. It was discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a German cave in 1939. This 29.6 cm (11.7 inches) in height, 5.6 cm wide, …
An Ancient Greek Gravestone made by an unknown artist, which dates to 100 BC shows a device which looks like a laptop with 2 USB ports. The gravestone describes a large woman sitting on a chair, in front of her …
Villa del Casale, near Piazza Armerina is the finest and most extensive display of mosaics in the Roman world. Although many mosaics are being displayed here, the most striking are Fishing Cupids and Hunting Children with Vedic Tilak marks on …
Khazars were descendants of the Turkic tribe, known as the Huns or Hun, that invaded and savaged Europe from Asia around AD 450. Khazars (Turkish: Hazarlar, Tatar: Xäzärlär, Hebrew: כוזרים (Kuzarim),Arabic: خزر (khazar), Russian: Хазары, Persian: خزر, Greek: Χάζαροι, Latin: …
The Cerne Abbas Giant also known as the “Rude Man” or the “Rude Giant” is a figure that stands 180 ft long and 167 ft wide. It is carved in the hillside of Cerne Abbas, just …
Ravanahatha (ravanhatta, rawanhattha, ravanastron, ravana hastha veena) is an ancient bowed violin invented in Lanka (present day Sri Lanka) by its ruler Ravana during Ramayana era. It is made of a cut coconut shell that is covered with …
Kokopelli god of mischief, is a fertility deity, depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with feathers on his head), who has been venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides …
Susrutha performed surgeries on nose, ears, bladder, cataract, fistula, joints, haemorrhage more than 2600 ago with surgical instruments, but first known surgery performed on human body was mentioned in Rig-Veda (composed around 23720 BC), where a Prosthetic leg was attached …
Etruscan civiliaztion existed with a distinct language and culture during the period of earliest European writing, in the Mediterranean Iron Age in the second half of the first millennium BCE. Most of Etruscan religion and mythology became part of classical …
Etruscan civilization of Ancient Italy existed in the area of Tuscany, western Umbria, and northern Latium. Ancient Romans called its creators the Tusci or Etrusci and the Etruscans occupied the region to the north of Rome, between the Arno and …
