The Minoan goddess Astarte would be one of the key figures of the mysterious disc of Phaistos, discovered in 1908 in Crete. Phaistos disc discovered in Crete (1700 BC). GODDESS. The enigmatic Phaistos disc, this strange clay disc 16.5 cm in diameter and 1 cm thick dated to 1700 BCE and preserved i
When we talked in a previous article about the plain of the megalithic jars of Laos, we said that neither their origin nor their exact function was known, although it was estimated that the oldest jars could date from the Iron Age. Now new research has determined that the stone jars were probably p
The general curator of monuments in Poland, Piotr Zuchowski, said on Friday that he was 99% convinced of the existence of a Nazi train, the recent announcement of the discovery of which had stirred public opinion and Polish treasure hunters. The Ksiaz castle whose basements could house the Nazi gol
Analysis of material from two Iron Age altars discovered at a sanctuary in Tel Arad, in the Beer-sheba valley, Israel, revealed that they contained cannabis and frankincense, according to an article in the journal of the Universitys Institute of Archeology. from Tel Aviv. Previous excavations had r