Amulet - The bad luck of the ancient people
Throughout its history, mankind has created countless amulets to ward off evil spirits and welcome fortunes.
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Throughout its history, mankind has created countless amulets to ward off evil spirits and welcome fortunes.
Neanderthals may have died out because they did not know how to harness the power of fire at the same level as human relatives.
Researchers deciphered a handbook from ancient Egypt, revealing many spells, magic about love, methods of exorcism and healing.
The silver crown is one of many precious objects found in the excavation site of an ancient tomb, dating from the Bronze Age in Spain.
British experts have discovered that the time to move from scattered land to becoming a nation of rulers in Egypt is faster than expected.
A stone column that seemed to be inanimate was still enough to convey thrilling details about the power struggle through many generations of ancient Maya.
Scientists have found stone carvings near the banks of the Nile after more than a century they have been forgotten.
A small stone seal found in Israel may be the first archaeological evidence of Samson, the strongest man ever described in the Bible.
Archaeologists have discovered one of the largest ever statues of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh at his funeral temple in Luxor, southern Egypt.
Most likely, the influence of extraterrestrial power has reduced the reproductive capacity of dinosaurs and went to extinction.
For the ancient Zapotecs, the ancestor's femur was carried as an expression of power.
Ancient Egyptians believed that colors had sacred power, when many times discovered green stones were wrapped in mummies of children.
Queen Hatshepsut can rule the country like any male pharaoh but as a woman, she has a characteristic hobby: perfume.
The most powerful bite of all time is the possession of the prehistoric giant shark Megalodon. Its biting makes T. T. Rex dreadful.
A large asteroid with 1,500 times the destructive power of US atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan) combined, can hit the Earth directly.