The largest known species of snake to ever exist is Titanoboa (pictured above). Or, well, it was. Now, a new species of prehistoric snake named Vasuki indicus may have taken over the top spot. That’s because scientists in India recently discovered the fossilized remains of an ancient snake that

Stunned archaeologists in Turkey recently discovered an approximately 3000-year-old tablet with writing on it in a never before seen language. Text on the upper side of the tablet was found have to be written in Hittite. However, at the end of the Hittite text it states, “From now on, read in the

Getty Image The tomb of St. Nicholas of Myra – the man who is said to be the inspiration for Santa Claus – was recently discovered by archaeologists in an ancient church in Turkey. The discovery was made in a fourth century church in Demre, a town in the southern Turkey district of Antalya. The

Via YANG Dinghua Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a giant prehistoric “sea scorpion” that lived approximately 435 million years ago. Discovered in China’s Xiushan Formation, these sea scorpions are estimated to have been nearly a meter (3.3 feet) in length. Read about more

Уникальный памятник культуры найдет неподалеку от древней столицы ирландского королевства. Ирландские археологи извлекли из болота в Гортнакраннах, в нескольких километрах к северо-востоку от доисторического королевского поселения Раткроган, деревянного языческого идола, которому 1600 лет.