Really old and fascinating maps..of the world..at different time.

Archaeologists found a depiction of goldfinch and bunches of purple grapes painted almost 2 000 years ago beneath an Italian restaurant in the City of London. This find can be considered most significant for two decades. When the Romans stayed in Britain back then, this part of London, where the depiction was found, was considered most prestigious. Experts hope that the entire decorative scheme, believed to have been part of a building demolished after a fire, may eventually be reconstructed. The find will be published tomorrow by London

It might seem unbelieveable to create this.. 1. Ushiku Amida Buddha, Japan, 120m, 1995 2. This statue was devoted to 2 emperors- Huangdi and Yandi - 103m

Antique perfume exhibition was opened in Rome. Parfumers managed to recreate 14 original aromas, traces if which were found in small clay capacities, dating from 4,000 years ago. The capacities were found digging at the Pyrgos-Mavroraki site in Cyprus.The perfumes — named for the Greek goddesses Hera, Athena, Aphrodite and Artemis — are displayed behind glass, with a lid that visitors can lift up to smell the fragrances.

Archaeologists unveiled the tombs of a pharaonic butler and scribe that have been buried for more than 3,000 years. Although archaeologists have been exploring Egypt intensively for more than 150 years, some estimate only one-third of what lies underground in Saqqara, site of the country's most ancient pyramid, has been uncovered."The sands of Saqqara reveal lots of secrets," said Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, as he showed reporters a 4,000-year-old mud brick tomb that belonged to a scribe of divine records, Ka-Hay, and his wife. The tomb, along with the butler's 3,350-year-old

The chunk of amber containing the almost 0.4-inch frog was uncovered by a miner in Mexico's southern Chiapas state in 2005 and was bought by a private collector, who lent it to scientists for study. This discovery was announced by the biologist Gerardo Carbot of the Chiapas Natural History and Ecology Institute. He said, that only a few other preserved frogs have been found in chunks of amber. Mostly in the Dominican Republic. Like those, the frog found in Chiapas appears to be of the genus Craugastor, whose descendants still inhabit the region.Carbot figures the frog lived 25 million years

Scientists announce, that today, on the 31 of January, in southwest England evidence of a large settlement full of houses dating back to 2,600 BC has been discovered..near the ancient stone monument of Stonehenge.. Inhabitants of the houses, forming the largest Neolithic village ever found in Britain, are suspected in building the stone circle at Stonehenge..that was thought to be a temple, burial ground or an astronomy site, between 3,000 and 1,6000 BC."We found the remains of eight houses," announced Mike Parker Pearson, a professor of archaeology at Sheffield University."We think we

..while a model was showing this ancient thing to the audience..it slipped from her hands..This shocked the audience, and especially Chen Fengjiu, its owner, a renowned mirror collector. He said that the mirror was the best one out of more than 1000 mirrors, and that was exhibited on China Central Television's Artwork Investment programme, was gold plated, embedded with 11 turquoise stones. Fengjiu has not taken any legal action against the programme.