Early Humans Used Fire to Make Tools 75,000 Years Ago

This is an interesting story. Archaeologists have discovered that ancient humans first used fire to forge tools in Africa around 75,000 years ago. (article). Prior to to dis discovery it was thought that this occurred 25,000 years ago in Europe.

South African Grooved Spheres

Miners in South Africa have been finding grooved spheres in Precambrian rocks. These rocks are 2.8 billion years old. "The Groove Spheres". Here are a few more references "Klerksdrop Spheres", "The South African Spheres", "Case of the Grooved Spheres".

I happened to stumble upon this at "The 10 Most Puzzing Ancient Artifacts".

Stonehenge Decoded

Modern archaeologists have documented a plausible theory about Stonehenge. For 5,000 years, the purpose of this monument has remained a mystery, but archaeologists have uncovered a theory to explain this architectural riddle. Here is the National Geographic site for Stonehenge Decoded. National Geographic aired a 2-hour documentary in June 2008. See Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge for additional theories.

Atlantis found with Google Ocean?

Check this out. Has proof of Atlantis been found off the Canary Islands using Google Ocean? See this.

Antikythera Mechanism Decoded

The Antikythera mechanism that I mentioned in this blog has been decoded. "Ancient astronomical device thrills scholars" mentions this accomplishment that took over 100 years since it was first discovered in 1901.

Ancient Writings of the Olmec Civilization

I just read in the newspaper today that archaeologists have found a stone slab that contains evidence of written language in ancient Mexico dating back to around 900 B.C. This is a pre-Azetc advanced civilization that built pyramids and now appears to have a written language. The more we find about the ancients the more it appears that they were much more advanced than we have been led to believe.

Here's the article I found on CNN, "Mysterious stone slab bears ancient writing". The Olmec civilization of Meso-America are the predecessors of the Aztecs.

Tropical Stonehenge in the Amazon

It appears that the ancients in South America built a stone structure similar to the Stonehenge in England. This one is recently discovered in the jungles of the Amazon. I saw this in my local newspaper and online in "Did ancient Amazonians build a 'Stonehenge'?". The more archaeological discoveries that are made, it appears that ancient and lost civilizations had a lot in common on different continents.

This recent discovery is of yet another unknown civilization that existed in the Amazon. Carbon dating of the material will be done later this year. This will be interesting to see how old these structures are. There is speculation that they might be more than 2000 years old.

Dropa Stones

In the mountainous areas of Tibet, archaeologists have found these round stones with holes in the middle called Dropa Stones. They look like large modern day phonograph or floppy disks. There are neatly arranged lines on them that have been translated by Chinese scientists but have been banned from publishing their findings.

"The Dropa Stones" origins are unknown and believed to be from extraterrestrials or some unknown ancient civilization. Many of these stones have been found and are believed to be about 12,000 years old.

Until reading about it on the web, I have never even heard of this. The mysteries of the ancients ceases to amaze me. I find more and more information all the time in newspapers and online about lost ancient civilizations or discoveries of mythical cities that turn out to be real.