Did you know there is/was a cemetery under the Galveston airport?1mo ⋅ 12TribesQuest ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The 1950s brick facade being removed from a historic 1800s building3yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
ArborealLayer - buried tree, single organism, possibly thousands of years old3yr ⋅ vladimirgazelle ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
A blast from the past.. Found in Baltimore, Maryland. Prohibition in the US was in effect from 1920-1933.3yr ⋅ Melaroni90 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Seen fully for the first time in July 2019 when a NASA satellite snapped a photo of it during a drought: the Dolmen of Guadalperal, aka “Spanish Stonehenge”, allegedly built between 2000 and 3000 BC. Located in Extremadura, Spain on the Tagus River, it is only visible when the water levels are low.3yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Before and after excavation: the amphitheater at Magnesia on the Maeander2yr ⋅ Urbinaut ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Mosaics of a Roman villa were found under a vineyard in Negrar, Italy4yr ⋅ DJ-Salinger ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The Prague Astronomical Clock, installed in 1410, is the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest clock still operating3yr ⋅ canadian-weed ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
A puzzle for scientists was found in Shelbyville, Illinois, USA. The town was founded in 1827, which is very recent by historical standards. How the city ended up 4-5 meters in the ground is a mystery.8mo ⋅ MD_2020 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
2000 year-old glass mosaic found in the ancient city of Zeugma in modern Turkey3yr ⋅ b47ance2 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
These stones found beneath lake michigan. Said to be 10000 years old4yr ⋅ mightofmany ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Ancient photographs have been found that put an end to the debate about how the Egyptian pyramids were built4mo ⋅ zlaxy ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
For the first time, a team of researchers successfully extracted DNA from a 2,900-year-old Akkadian cuneiform–inscribed brick excavated in 1949 from a palace in the ancient city of Nimrud in present-day Iraq.6mo ⋅ tanjukirangiren ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
In a bombed out shed south of St Petersburg lies the Tsar bath, weighing nearly 100,000 lbs and standing 6 foot tall it is perhaps the largest single granite work outside of ancient Egypt.2yr ⋅ AhuraApollyon ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Archaeologists in northern Spain just accidentally uncovered a 2,000-year-old Roman city that had been completely lost to history. The researchers were shocked by their discovery of this monumental city with no known name and no mention in any historical record.1yr ⋅ guyswede ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
In the spring of 2020, Serbian coal miners discovered 3 Roman-era boats in their coal mines, buried under 2 stories of clay and silt.2yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The marble head, which depicts Augustus, who ruled as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC to until his death in 14 AD, discovered in 2021 in Isernia, a town in south-central Italy.1yr ⋅ ilhamperisi ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Machu Picchu was one of those real lost or hidden ancient cities, the type you would read about being found in the Amazon rainforest or the jungles of Mexico1yr ⋅ YardAccomplished5952 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The past unravelled when removing more of the past (1960s over cladding removed from 1920s building )1yr ⋅ LewiRock ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Egypt monuments fished from where river delta meet the Mediterranean sea1yr ⋅ YardAccomplished5952 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
[Crosspost] LIDAR scans reveal more than 60,000 Mayan houses, palaces, elevated highways, irrigation systems and fortresses deep in the Guatemalan jungle. Current estimates put the population at around 5 million.3yr ⋅ Sahil_From_The_Bay ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Buried easter island maoi statue devoid of weathering shows detailed carvings3yr ⋅ JMAN_JUSTICE ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Statue in the 2000 year old sunken Roman palace, Baia, Naples, Italy.3yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Removed an old nasty drop ceiling from a home built in 1840 and found this hiding above.3yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
They found even more! I feel these are going to keep turning up all over the world.4yr ⋅ Ascarpino96 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
A Viking era ring inscribed with the words 'for Allah', found in the grave of a woman who was buried 1200 years ago in Birka, 25 km west of modern-day Stockholm. The ring constitutes a unique material evidence of direct contact between the Vikings and the Abbasid Caliphate.3yr ⋅ FidelHimself ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The 2,300-year-old Grand Theatre of Ephesus, in Turkey, before and after excavation [1200x1500]2yr ⋅ allenbyNY ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
After a construction company caused a local reservoir level to sink 10 feet, a 600-Year-Old Buddha carving was found4yr ⋅ tries_to_tri ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
An old book store was demolished in my city, you can see a tunnel was found connecting to the old college building across the street3yr ⋅ DJ-Salinger ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Rare Mayan murals found behind plaster walls in private homes in Chaju, Guatemala - Wall paintings featuring musicians in European clothing along side dancers in a traditional feathered costume.4yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Oddly Specific Map of California as an Island. Cascadia Earthquake of 1700?1yr ⋅ OurJesuitPaymasters ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
I hate what the 70’s did to Architecture - this is Oak Tower in Kansas City Missouri, which was “modernized” in the 70’s.2yr ⋅ allenbyNY ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Some more pictures of the stunning steam powered evevator, Muyaki apartments, Vosstanya 18, St. Petersburg, Russia. architect: Alexander Khrenov, built: 1902-1903.3yr ⋅ canadian-weed ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
XPost /r/Damnthatsinteresting: A Peruvian elongated skull with metal surgically implanted after returning from battle, estimated to be from about 2000 years ago. The broken bone surrounding the repair is tightly fused together indicating it was a successful surgery.3yr ⋅ Aether-Ore ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Electric lights in Moscow during the 1802 coronation of Alexander I? Painting by Fyodor Alekseyev3yr ⋅ vladimirgazelle ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The ghost town of Kolmanskop in Namibia was once a German diamond-mining settlement. In the early 1900s, it was one of the wealthiest cities in the world. It had a hospital with the first X-Ray unit in the southern hemisphere. Now this ghost town is buried in the desert.2yr ⋅ LewiRock ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
An Antarctica ice core that shows years like rings of a tree, with a dark layer of volcanic ash that settled on the ice sheet approximately 21,000 years ago4yr ⋅ Enterxeno ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Print shows illuminated obelisks on the Champs Elysees in Paris during a celebration (1790)3yr ⋅ 5jsj ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The Veiled Christ, a 1753 marble sculpture by Giuseppe Sanmartino exhibited in the Cappella Sansevero in Naples. Due to its incredible detail, there was a legend that said that the statue was covered by real veil and slowly transformed over time into marble via chemical processes [1920x2268]2yr ⋅ vladimirgazelle ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Aztec Pantheon V3 - Illustrator: Gwendal Uguen. The gods of the Aztecs (1345-1521 AD) were many and varied and, as with many other ancient cultures, deities were closely associated with things and events important to the culture and the general welfare of the community.1yr ⋅ hagiasophiatr ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The Great Pyramid's Original Entrance, pictured by the Zankagi Brothers 1870-18904yr ⋅ 5jsj ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
These ceramic figurines were part of a cache of objects found at an Iron Age temple outside Jerusalem.1yr ⋅ patatesogan ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Megalithic Egypt Machine these with such precision in one of the hardest natural stones, that the vein are visible on their legs and the cuticle is visible on their fingers tips. Simply Amazing1yr ⋅ YardAccomplished5952 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Starfort exposed after flooding in Cambridgeshire, England. Allegedly built in 1643 for the Civil War (1642-51). It's been used over the centuries for various military purposes.3yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Found an odd square while looking at jungles of Mexico on google maps. Pure coincidence or is this actually something there? I’ve ruled out visual glitches1yr ⋅ PciHerm ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Roman villa mosaic found beneath vineyard in Negrar, Italy. Thousands of years old.3yr ⋅ CurvySexretLady ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
A model of Etowah in present-day Georgia, USA, the town was adorned with marble statues, courtyards, pyramids, and was surrounded by a wall equipped with bastion towers.2yr ⋅ vladimirgazelle ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
This concave hill isn’t a natural hill but was an ancient Greek stadium. It was veiled by inches of dirt and grass for many years. See how easy it is to hide something so ancient and large. How many other ancient structures could lie buried just inches below our feet?2yr ⋅ Keyboard-King ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Genghis Khan and Offspring Were Considered Israelite Descended, Scythian1yr ⋅ OurJesuitPaymasters ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Mystery as century-old Swiss watch discovered in ancient tomb sealed for 400 years2yr ⋅ AhuraApollyon ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
A rare chinese gold commemorative bracelet. Qing dynasty, 1839-1841, sold at Bonhams in 2019 [960x883]3yr ⋅ PythiaPhemonoe ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Image of a Hunnic(Khan) King Khingila I of modern India compared to an elongated skull excavated in Samarkand (Tartary)3yr ⋅ vladimirgazelle ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Ancient temple thought to be dedicated to Apollo found hidden under the waters of Lake Iznik, Turkey.4yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Deliberate Destruction of Food Resources in North America since 20191yr ⋅ ChangeToday222 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Perhaps this was the origin of the melted stone cliff dwellings seen worldwide2yr ⋅ vladimirgazelle ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
House to be town down, but during the process they found out it was a log cabin from the 1700s.4yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Donbas Region of Ukraine was a Part of Tartary, Where There is Heavy Fighting Today1yr ⋅ OurJesuitPaymasters ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The original Bank of England building and the surrounding ruins - Once the site of a temple of Mithras, supposedly a deity associated with contracts(!)3yr ⋅ vladimirgazelle ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
8 meters underground. These faces look similar to how Tartars are portrayed in old maps3yr ⋅ Muelberry ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Could this have been what an ancient mud flood might have looked like?4yr ⋅ MD_2020 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
During extension works of the Via Tiburtina street in Rome, a stretch of 13 meters of the ancient Via Tiburtina was revealed, in good condition and well preservation - (link in comments)3yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Bust of queen Merit-Amun. She was one of pharaoh Ramses II daughters. She s wearing a three-part wig on which a diadem is decorated by two cobras, one wearing the crown of Upper Egypt and the other, the crown of Lower Egypt. Another diadem consists of cobras carrying solar discs.1yr ⋅ patatesogan ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The chapel provides evidence of Myra’s swift entombment. If the sediment had built up gradually, the upper portions should show more damage.2yr ⋅ AhuraApollyon ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
During the construction of an underground garage, a Roman bridge was discovered in Parma over the former Parma river bed (the city took its name from the river that flowed nearby). [1400x1050]3yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
An 8-mile long canvas filled with ice age drawings of extinct animals has been discovered...... in the Amazon rainforest.3yr ⋅ Sahil_From_The_Bay ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Mercator North Pole map from around 1600, and his description in a letter to John Dee. (In the comments)1yr ⋅ fae8edsaga ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
What melted these staircases in Dendera Temple of Hathor?10mo ⋅ YardAccomplished5952 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
A title that suggests this is important but otherwise contains no useful information4yr ⋅ GoingForwardIn2018 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The so-called Temple of Kukulcan- How it looked when it was found and current excavations of it's base. Nice layers of evenly distributed dirt, or soil horizons, burying more ruins. How much more is buried?4yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
Sardinia, Italy. So-called Roman ruins are found all over Europe and the Middle East (and arguably the whole world). Allegedly ruling over 5 million sqkm, it now lay in total ruin due to centuries of war, erosion and progress, we are told. Sometimes whole cities are simply forgotten with time.3yr ⋅ TarTarianPrincess ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
The Imperial Hotel of Indianapolis in 1904, a true architectural marvel a la 'Romanesque Rococo Curlicue Baroque'. Demolished for a parking lot.2yr ⋅ IllAcanthopterygii19 ⋅ r/CulturalLayer
