Joanna Gillan

Jan 7, 2025 | ancient-origins.net | Joanna Gillan

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 1971, the Rosicrucian Museum in California acquired a sealed ancient Egyptian coffin containing the well-preserved mummy of a high-status Egyptian male. More than two decades later, a team of scientists made a shocking discovery – the mummy displayed evidence of an advanced surgical procedure carried out nearly 2,600 years ago.

Oct 3, 2024 | ancient-origins.net | Joanna Gillan

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Recovery operations on the ancient Greek shipwreck “Gela II,” dating back to the 5th century BC, have officially commenced near the port of Gela, Sicily. The wreck is where in 2015 and 2017, rare orichalcum metal said to be from the legendary Atlantis was recovered. Due to this, details of the shipwreck have been keen sought by both Atlantis enthusiasts and the archaeological world.

Sep 30, 2024 | ancient-origins.net | April Holloway |Joanna Gillan

The Great Pyramid of Giza is undoubtedly one of the most well-known icons of the ancient world. But thousands of other pyramids exist, not just in Egypt, but across the entire globe, including Europe, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. The reason why so many ancient civilizations, many of which had no contact with each other, were constructing pyramids at around the same time remains a bit of a mystery.

Aug 8, 2024 | ancient-origins.net | Joanna Gillan

Now two decades ago, a team of explorers were working on an exploration and survey mission off the western coast of Cuba when their sonar equipment picked up a perplexing series of stone structures lying some 650 meters (2132,55 ft) below the surface. The structures appeared completely analogous against the barren ‘desert’ of the ocean floor and seemed to show symmetrically organized stones reminiscent of an urban development.

Jul 6, 2024 | ancientoriginsunleashed.com | Joanna Gillan

Nestled along the southern coast of Yonaguni, Japan, are enigmatic submerged ruins that have captured the fascination of researchers and ignited fervent debates. Believed to date back approximately 10,000 years, the origin of the Yonaguni monument remains shrouded in mystery. Hotly debated among experts, some asserting that these formations are unmistakably man-made, while others, adopting a more conservative stance, attribute their creation to the forces of natural phenomena.