YouSayToo: posts tagged ancient

Strange Maps

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:43:49 GMT

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

Ancient bicycle

Fri, 25 May 2007 15:48:12 GMT

Grapes under City of London

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:22:36 GMT

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 [more]

8 World's tallest statues

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:28:22 GMT

It might seem unbelieveable to create this.. 1. Ushiku Amida Buddha, Japan, 120m, 1995 [more] [images]

Antique perfume exhibition in Rome

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:46:40 GMT

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 [more]

Egypt's sands still have secrets to reveal

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:31:56 GMT

Archaeologists unveiled the tombs of a pharaonic butler and scribe that have been buried for more than 3,000 years. Although archaeologists [more] [images]

frog preserved in amber for 25 million years

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:43:33 GMT

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. [more] [images]

the village of the builders of Stonehenge is found

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:52:38 GMT

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 [more] [images]

£500,000 mirror shattered into pieces on a TV show

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:36:46 GMT

..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 [more] [images]