The world’s grandest hotels were built on dreams of eternal prosperity — glittering buildings designed to host the elite, celebrate milestones, and create lifelong memories. Yet, scattered across the globe stand the hollow shells of once-magnificent resorts and hotels, their empty corridors and ballrooms telling stories of disasters, tragedies, and changing times. Some of these abandoned hotels were casualties of warfare. Others fell victim to natural disasters, economic collapses, or environmental catastrophes. Many resorts simply became obsolete, as tourism patterns changed and prospective visitors sought new destinations. Today, these abandoned hotels are somewhat like time capsules. Their decay offers a glimpse into places that once thrived with laughter, music, and celebration, now silent except for wind whistling through shattered windows and nature reclaiming what humans built. North Korea’s Ryugyong Hotel: The Abandoned “Hotel Of Doom” Wikimedia CommonsDespite promises that the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang would open someday, it has yet to happen. The Ryugyong Hotel is one of the world’s most infamous architectural failures. It’s a massive, 105-story, pyramid-shaped skyscraper that clearly dominates Pyongyang’s skyline in North Korea. The idea for the hotel first emerged in 1987 during a period of economic competition with South Korea. The North Korean government had envisioned the building as a symbol of their prosperity and as a statement of national pride. The structure was designed to reach 1,083 feet with 3,000 rooms, which would have made it the world’s tallest hotel at the time. Instead, it became a symbol of shame. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 eliminated North Korea’s primary economic supporter, creating a severe financial strain. The country couldn’t afford to continue the expensive project. In addition, structural and engineering problems soon emerged. The concrete framework was reportedly poor quality, and the building lacked adequate elevator shafts. By 1992, construction had completely halted with the hotel still just a concrete shell — windowless and uninhabitable. For years, the Ryugyong Hotel stood as a hollow monument to failed ambition. The North Korean government was so embarrassed by this highly visible failure that the building was sometimes airbrushed out of official photographs and omitted from city maps. Meanwhile, foreign media dubbed it “the worst building in the world” and the “Hotel of Doom.” Wikimedia CommonsYears of economic depression in North Korea and multiple delays on construction have made Ryugyong Hotel one of the tallest unoccupied buildings in the world. In 2008, construction on Ryugyong Hotel surprisingly resumed when an Egyptian telecommunications company, Orascom Group, invested in completing the exterior of the building as part of a broader business deal with North Korea. By 2011, the structure boasted dazzling glass panels, giving it a more finished appearance, at least from the outside. More recently, the LED screens on its sides have been used for propaganda displays. However, the interior remains largely incomplete and the hotel has never opened to guests. Experts question whether the aging concrete structure is even safe for occupancy after so many years of exposure to the elements. Ominously, in November 2025, it was reported that large fires from a factory or warehouse burned down a building in central Pyongyang, located near the Ryugyong Hotel. The unnamed building was left as a massive pile of ashes. While the fires didn’t damage the Ryugyong Hotel itself, its close proximity to the burned building ensured that the hotel would appear in the reporting — once again reminding the world of North Korea’s infamous failure. The post From A ‘Hotel Of Doom’ To A ‘Haunted’ Cliffside Inn, Explore 11 Of The World’s Creepiest Abandoned Hotels appeared first on All That's Interesting.

  When the US officially became an independent country, voting was restricted to property-owning white men. It wasn’t long before other groups began demanding an equal voice in the fledgling democracy. Beginning a decade before the Civil War, the women’s suffrage movement would battle for more than 70 years to secure voting rights for women—as well as grappling with internal issues that at times threatened to derail the movement entirely.   19th Century: The Early Push for Suffrage Report of the Woman’s Rights Convention, held at Seneca Falls, New York, July 19 and 20, 1848. Proceedings and Declaration of Sentiments. Source: Library of Congress   Though there were undoubtedly women calling for voting rights from the outset, the beginning of the formal suffrage movement is generally regarded as the Seneca Falls Convention. Held on July 19, 1848 and often referred to as the first women’s rights convention, the event was organized by a number of women also active in the abolitionist movement.   The key document resulting from the Convention was the Declaration of Sentiments, modeled after the Declaration of Independence and intended to secure for women the same rights and freedoms men had won when the former colonies became a sovereign nation. The signatories adopted a set of 12 resolutions calling for women’s equality with men, including the right to vote. A second national convention was organized the following year, bringing together more than 1,000 participants, including famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Yearly meetings continued through 1860.   Disrupted by the Civil War, the suffrage movement picked up in earnest in 1865 with the formation of the American Equal Rights Association, which sought universal suffrage—voting rights for men and women of all races. Efforts continued to push for women’s suffrage, including suffrage bills petitioned from state governments, lawsuits challenging male-only voting laws, picketing, and hunger strikes. In response, a formal amendment granting women suffrage was introduced to Congress in 1878—where it would languish for four decades.   The Women’s Suffrage Movement: Key Players Seven prominent figures of the suffrage and women’s rights movement, L. Schamer, L. Prang & Co., c. 1870. Source: Library of Congress   Lucretia Mott, a Quaker and prominent abolitionist, has long been considered the founder of the women’s suffrage movement, but she worked alongside numerous other women who would become central players in the decades-long battle for voting rights. Other early key figures included Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention. She was well-educated and outspoken but ultimately considered too radical and became controversial for her apparent racism, even while fighting for abolition.   Stanton formed a bond with fellow suffragette Susan B. Anthony, who provided powerful support for the movement by organizing conventions, petitions, lectures, and other public events. She collaborated with Stanton and Matilda Joslyn Gage to write The History of Woman Suffrage. She was perhaps the best-known figure of the movement, with the Amendment that ultimately passed named for her.   As the movement aged, new players came on the scene, including Lucy Stone, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul, who each brought new perspectives and approaches to the movement. Stone founded the Women’s Journal, a prominent voice for the suffrage movement, while Catt worked to establish international ties and helped found the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. Paul took a prominent leadership role in the movement in the 20th century, adopting more radical public actions aimed directly at Washington and with fellow activist Lucy Burns is often credited with engineering the final push that secured women’s suffrage. Unfortunately, she also, on numerous occasions, segregated or excluded prominent Black activists in order to pander to Southern white women.   1864 portrait of Sojourner Truth. Source: Library of Congress   Paul’s actions embody one of the suffrage movement’s most persistent failings: recognizing Black women’s contributions. The early suffrage movement took many of its organizing and demonstration tactics from the abolition movement, and Black women—notably excluded from The History of Woman Suffrage—worked tirelessly for the cause from its earliest days.   Initially, Black women participated in the same organizations as their white counterparts, working side-by-side on both suffrage and abolition in the 1850s and 60s, taking on leadership roles and organizing events. Prominent activists during this period included Sojourner Truth, who delivered her famous “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech at the 1851 women’s rights convention, saying, “The poor men seem to be all in confusion, and dont know what to do. Why children, if you have woman’s rights, give it to her and you will feel better. You will have your own rights, and they wont be so much trouble.”   As the movement progressed, Black women often formed their own organizations, both local and national, to fight for suffrage—often because white suffragettes were minimizing their roles or discriminating against them in a bid to court Southern whites for the cause. Central figures of the later movement included Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Mary E. Church Terrell, and Ida B. Wells, who, together with other Black suffragettes, formed the National Association of Colored Women to better address the unique needs of Black women—who faced the dual challenges of racism and sexism. While Black and white women continued to fight together for suffrage in many arenas into the 20th century, racism continued to plague the movement, festering since its earliest days.   Controversy: Votes for White Women vs. Black Men Portrait of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, 1855. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   In the mid-19th century, movements seeking equal rights for Black citizens and those working toward women’s equality were often intertwined and mutually supportive, sharing a common goal. Sadly, this informal coalition fell apart during the Reconstruction period with the introduction of the 15th Amendment, granting Black men the right to vote—at least in theory, if not in practice.   Some activists, including Stanton and Anthony, felt it was unfair for Black men to be granted the right to vote before white women. Racism and sexism both seemed to rear their heads in the debate over the proposed Amendment. At one meeting, Frederick Douglass, criticizing Stanton’s earlier claims that Black people were ignorant of the laws and political system, insisted that it was more urgent for Black men to have the vote because their very lives were at stake—a true claim, but one Douglass seemingly failed to recognize could also be made by women, then viewed as the property of their fathers and husbands. Anthony responded, “If intelligence, justice, and morality are to have precedence in the government, let the question of women be brought up first and that of the negro last.”   With a number of suffragettes insisting on an “all or nothing” approach to voting rights, a schism developed in the suffrage movement. In 1869, Stanton and Anthony formed a new activist group, the National Woman Suffrage Association, which opposed a 15th Amendment that did not include women and advocated for a number of measures to ensure women’s equality, including a Constitutional amendment granting them the right to vote.   A separate organization that supported the 15th Amendment, the American Woman Suffrage Association, formed that same year, focused exclusively on suffrage and began to pursue a state-by-state strategy to increase women’s access to the vote without the need for an amendment. With its focused goals and inclusive membership, AWSA became the more popular organization.   Five Decades of Fighting Anti-suffrage propaganda insinuating that if women could vote, men might have to take care of their own children. E.H. Webb, 1914. Source: Lombard History   The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870, legally enfranchising all male US citizens aged 21 and over. Women’s fight continued—not only against the men in power but also against other women. Opposition anti-suffrage organizations were founded by and often included prominent women who argued that getting involved in political issues would distract women from their “natural” roles as mothers and wives.   While the Women’s Suffrage Amendment proposed in Congress in 1878 remained stalled—despite the Select Committee on Woman Suffrage supporting its passage—progress was slowly made in securing voting rights in individual states. Wyoming was the first territory to permit women to vote in 1869 and was joined over the next two decades by the Utah, Washington, and Montana territories—which some suggest was a ploy to encourage women to move into the sparsely populated lands being opened up by pioneers, rather than any meaningful recognition of women’s equality. Other states, while denying full suffrage, opted to allow women to vote in specific elections—for example, school boards—where their concerns were considered relevant.   Woman suffrage in Wyoming Territory; scene at the polls in Cheyenne, from a photo by Kirkland 1888. Source: Library of Congress   Lawsuits continued to be filed arguing that denying women the vote was unconstitutional, including the Minor v. Happersett case, which made it to the Supreme Court. The Court, however, while recognizing the plaintiff as a citizen, declared that voting was not one of the citizenship privileges guaranteed by the Constitution. Some activists simply started registering and trying to vote, forcing polls to turn them away. Susan B. Anthony famously cast a vote in the 1872 presidential election and was later arrested and tried, bringing widespread public attention to the suffrage cause.   By 1890, tensions between the two leading suffrage organizations had abated, and they merged once more, forming the National American Woman Suffrage Association, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The group continued to push individual states to grant suffrage through the end of the century.   20th Century: Winning the Right to Vote Women’s suffrage parade in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1913. Source: National Archives   At the turn of the century, as women increasingly left the domestic sphere and entered the workforce, historians note an increased push for a Constitutional amendment to grant women’s suffrage nationwide. An increase in activism was seen at the seat of government in Washington DC. Members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association took advantage of their annual meeting to appear at the Capitol and lobby lawmakers. Parades and marches with thousands of participants were organized in DC, New York, and other major cities—marchers were often assaulted by bystanders with little police intervention.   With many failures over the previous two decades, an increasing number of states passed laws guaranteeing women’s suffrage. Still, without a nationwide right to vote established, women could only vote in 20 states by the end of the 1910s. While 1912 presidential candidate Teddy Roosevelt came out in support of women’s suffrage, he ultimately lost the election, and the winner, Woodrow Wilson, opposed the initiative.   The Congressional Union, once a committee of the NAWSA, broke with the organization and formed the National Woman’s Party. More activist and controversial, the NWP engaged in acts of civil disobedience to bring attention to the cause, including a two-year protest in front of the White House that resulted in many suffragettes being jailed, assaulted, and tortured. At the same time, World War I was bringing more women into the workforce, as well as relying on them for patriotic wartime services: serving as nurses, knitting for soldiers on the frontlines, managing their households through rationing, and sowing victory gardens.   A suffragette picketing the White House, 1917-1918. Source: National Archives   After more than half a century of activism, the tide began to turn. More Americans, perhaps in recognition of women’s essential contributions to the war effort, favored suffrage while also being repulsed by the treatment of the suffragettes imprisoned for their peaceful demonstrations. President Wilson did an about-face and came out in support of women’s suffrage in 1918, deeming it necessary as “a war measure.” The Amendment, first introduced in 1878, was finally approved by both chambers of Congress in 1919 and ratified by just a single vote in 1920.   The passage of the 19th Amendment was a resounding victory for the equal rights movement—but hardly the end of the battle. Some women remained disenfranchised because they were not recognized as citizens, while those who had won the right to vote, particularly Black women, continued to face discrimination and encountered various forms of voter intimidation and suppression. And the ability to vote did little to dismantle the many other forms of gender-based inequality, some of which remain to this day.   Following the passage of the Amendment, the NAWSA became the League of Women Voters, intended to help women undertake their new role as informed voters. In 1923, the LWV proposed the Equal Rights Amendment, demanding that “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” To date, it has not been adopted.

FacebookThis is one of the six fermentation jars. It weighed around 220 pounds — and would’ve weighed twice as much when filled with beer. In 2008, archaeologist Rodrigo Esparza discovered a plethora of artifacts near the 2,000-year-old Guachimontones circular pyramids in Mexico but was unable to determine what exactly they were — until now. After 12 years of careful restoration, it turns out that one of these artifacts was a 500-year-old jug meant for fermenting corn beer. The jug would’ve weighed 440 pounds, or as much as a blue whale’s heart, when full. According to Mexico News Daily, Esparza and his team accidentally found numerous bowls, figurines, various jewelry, five ovens, six burials, and six large urns when they first began construction on a museum. “We chose that land,” Esparza said, “because we believed there was nothing of archaeological importance there, but we could not have been more mistaken.” One discovery truly confounded them, a mostly intact 500- to 700-year-old jug that was three feet high and just as wide. There were six such jars and Esparza and his team initially figured that they had been funerary urns. Wikimedia CommonsThe Guachimontones circular pyramids were part of the Teuchitlán society, which existed from 300 B.C. to around 900 A.D. Esparza believes that the fermentation jars are evidence that this society didn’t simply die out as previously thought. The pot was found in 350 fragments and according to Archaeology, it took 12 years for ceramics restoration expert Cecilia González and her students at Mexico’s Western School of Conservation and Restoration (ECRO) to piece them back together. But once they did, they made a fantastic discovery. Esparza had almost forgotten about the jug by the time González called him to let him know what it was really for. He was stunned to find out it wasn’t meant for the dead, but rather for a tart kind of ancient beer brewed from corn. Phil Weigand, the man who discovered Guachimontones, originally suggested that the jars were likely used to ferment and store “tejuino,” which is a type of beer made from sprouted corn still popular in various parts of the country today. He noted that the degraded interiors of the six large urns were evidence that they were affected by alcohol. But they couldn’t be sure until they were restored and tested. Mexico News DailyArchaeologists Cyntia Ramírez and Rodrigo Esparza waited 12 years to learn the real history behind the giant jugs they found. Miguel Novillo, a student of Esparza’s at the Colegio de Michoacán, chose to do his thesis on what he now calls the Guachimontones Fermentation Jars. After chemically analyzing them, Novillo confirmed the presence of carbohydrates and starches from maize within the jugs. But he also found starch from sweet potatoes, which he posited were used because of their high sugar content which would have sped up the fermentation process. Further analyses showed that some of the jars had been used over a fire while others were used strictly for fermentation or storage for the final product. “It may seem surprising, but it appears that jars of this size were commonly used in those days and every home may have had not just one, but two or three jars this size,” said Esparza. “In our excavations, we have normally found these pots all in pieces, not well preserved like our big jar, which we found 85 percent intact.” But perhaps the most amazing discovery at the 10-meter site was that the pieces they found were from every archaeological period from the pre-classic to the post-classic. “This was highly important,” Esparza said, “as it seemed to indicate that — contrary to our previous beliefs — the Teuchitlán civilization did not suddenly die out. It’s obvious that this site had been continuously inhabited for over 2,000 years.” FacebookThough the Guachimontones Interpretive Center is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Esparza hopes to display the fermentation jars there once things return to normal. In a frustrating turn of events, the jar was in the middle of being readied for transportation to the Guachimontones Interpretive Center when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. “When things go back to normal,” said Esparza, “the jars will be delivered to the museum and we hope to create an exhibition on tejuino and the other fermented drinks used in pre-Hispanic times and during the first years of the colonial period.” Further studies might determine whether tejuino was a staple in every household or merely reserved for festive gatherings Weigand called “mitotes.” Until then, the drink is still widely available across Jalisco, Chihuahua, Guadalajara, and other Mexican cities. Tejuino brewer Osmar Carmona makes a non-alcoholic version but explained that other sellers ferment it until it reaches an alcohol content of up to five percent. Carmona believes that the drink is not only a delicious beverage but also a healthy alternative to supplements or Kombucha-like products. “If you drink it regularly, it will replace the pathogenic bacteria in your colon with probiotics: live bacteria and yeasts that are good for you and will keep your tripas healthy,” he recommends. Next, read about this ancient Canadian settlement that’s older than the pyramids. Then, learn about the brewers who used yeast found in a 220-year-old shipwreck to create the “world’s oldest beer.” The post Gargantuan 500-Year-Old Jug Uncovered In Mexico Is A Fermentation Jar For Corn Beer appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Summit Sotheby’s International RealtyThe impressive house includes six bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. A home inspired by The Lord of the Rings is up for sale in Utah. The 23,000-square-foot mansion boasts design elements intentionally picked out to make the space feel reminiscent of Middle-earth, including a “hobbit” door and breathtaking towers. The house also includes luxurious amenities like a whimsical library, a climbing wall, a golf simulator, and a sauna. The property is located in the South Fork area of Provo Canyon, with a stunning view of the nearby Mount Timpanogos. With all of those features, plus six bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, it’s no surprise that the home is selling for a pretty penny. The mansion has been listed for $43 million. A $43 Million Tolkien-Inspired Home In Utah Summit Sotheby’s International RealtyA whimsical nook sitting above the mansion’s library. The home was built in 2014, initially designed for a young couple. That couple has since moved to Hawaii, and the current owners purchased the house in 2017. Since they’re looking to downsize, the mansion is back on the market. According to Summit Sotheby’s International Realty, the six-bedroom, 10-bathroom house was designed by Michael Upwall. Upwall described the landscape of the property as “a really magical place.” “That otherworldliness took me to Middle-earth a little bit,” he told Homes.com of visiting the area for the first time. This sense of wonder helped inform the home’s hobbit dwelling-inspired features. One of the most obvious sources of inspiration is Bilbo Baggins’ circular front door, which was adopted as the main entrance of the Utah home. Summit Sotheby’s International RealtyThe entryway of the Middle-earth-inspired home. But that’s not where The Lord of the Rings inspiration ends. The home also has tower elements — though it does not draw from the Barad-dûr or the Dark Tower. Instead, the tower designs are supposed to invoke the magical lands of hobbits, elves, and giants from across J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world. “There are definitely vertical elements that kind of hopefully pepper your experience,” Upwall said. “All of this should be happening subconsciously. You don’t want any of these to jump out and say, ‘I am a tower from The Lord of the Rings,’ or ‘I am Bilbo Baggins’ door.'” The designs are all meant to make the owners and visitors feel comfortable. And while the space has plenty of rustic, fantasy-inspired details, the home still offers numerous modern perks, like a climbing wall, golf simulator, racquetball courts, a game lounge, and an outdoor pool with a pool house. The Lord Of The Rings House Is Among The Most Impressive Homes In Utah Summit Sotheby’s International RealtyThe house sits on about 30 acres of secluded and serene property. After the house was completed in 2014, the first couple who owned the property sold it only three years later, opting for a home in Hawaii instead. The 2017 sale reportedly broke records at the time when it sold for $13.5 million, making it the most expensive home in Utah outside of Park City. Julie and Greg Cook are the current owners of the property. The couple reportedly use the property as a second home, and they decided to sell it in an effort to downsize. (Greg Cook is the co-founder of doTERRA, a multi-level marketing aromatherapy company based in Pleasant Grove, Utah.) While purchasing this now $43 million home may require all of Erebor’s gold, it’s actually not the most expensive house on the market in Utah. Currently, that title belongs to a home in the mountains of Morgan County, which went up for sale back in June for a whopping $72.5 million. In addition, a large home near Utah’s Deer Valley that was used as the backdrop in the HBO film Mountainhead recently sold for $60 million in 2024. That property was originally listed for $65 million. Next, see some of J.R.R. Tolkien’s drawings of his famous fantasy worlds, which were recently released by his estate. Then, learn about the first-edition copy of “The Hobbit” that recently sold for $57,000. The post An ‘Otherworldly’ <em>Lord Of The Rings</em>-Inspired Mansion Is Up For Sale In Utah For $43 Million appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Yinika PerstonArchaeologists found dozens of these Aboriginal tulas, which were usually attached to a handle and used for woodworking. In 1988, a cache of stone tools made by Aboriginal people was discovered in Queensland, Australia. Now, researchers have found a second, much larger, cache of Aboriginal stone tools just a few miles from the first one. These stone tools, known as tulas, were customarily attached to a wooden handle and used for woodworking. But they were also an important item for trade between Aboriginal groups. It’s unknown why the more recent cache of tulas was buried, and not traded, but researchers suspect that it might have something to do with the arrival of Europeans to the area in the 19th century. The Cache Of Aboriginal Stone Tools Found In Queensland According to a statement from Griffith University, the tulas were first discovered in 2023, when a group of researchers spotted them sticking out of the soil north of Boulia in Central West Queensland, Australia. Upon excavation, the researchers uncovered 60 tulas, flaked stone tools made by Aboriginal groups. Tulas were important tools, used across Australia to make boomerangs, wooden coolamon dishes, shields, and clapsticks. Because the Pitta Pitta Aboriginal group holds the Native Title for the land where the tulas were found, researchers suspect that the tools were originally constructed and buried by Pitta Pitta ancestors. Griffith UniversityAboriginal groups would affix tulas to wooden handles, as seen here. This is the second cache of tulas found on Pitta Pitta land. As the researchers explained in their study concerning the 2023 discovery, published in the journal Archaeology in Oceania, another cache was discovered nearby in 1988. That cache contained 34 tulas, whereas this second cache contains 60. So why were the tulas buried? “We think the Pitta Pitta ancestors were likely planning to trade the tools in these caches when the time came,” the study’s lead author Yinika Perston remarked, “but for some reason never retrieved them.” The Mystery Of The Buried Tula Cache Unearthed Near Boulia Indeed, Perston explained that while the tulas were important tools for woodworking, they were also valuable objects for trade — especially for the Pitta Pitta, who lived in a harsh environment. “This region’s climate is harsh,” Perston explained in the statement, noting that the excavation of the tulas was challenging because of the threat of bushfires and floods. “Innovation and connection helped the Pitta Pitta people survive the region’s harsh climates. If they could not find resources locally, they bartered along vast trade routes. It’s possible this cache was a bundle of specially-made artifacts that were intended for trading.” Griffith UniversityThe excavation of the tulas was threatened by both floods and bushfires. So if the tulas were intended for trading, why weren’t they traded? To make an educated guess, the researchers set out to determine the age of the tools, which they did by studying quartz grains in the soil. After collecting samples, they determined, with a 95 percent probability, that the tulas were buried between 1793 and 1913. This is a long period of time, to be sure, and one that includes an important shift for the region: the arrival of Europeans. The nearby town of Boulia was established around 1879, for instance, which may have disrupted the Pitta Pitta’s trade. “One possible reason for this may be due to disruption caused by European arrival,” Perston said, “but the dates aren’t precise enough to be sure.” Though while the exact story behind the newly-uncovered cache of 60 tulas is unknown, it remains an exciting discovery nevertheless. These types of tools, which first appear in the historical record around 3,700 years ago, played an important role in Aboriginal life as both woodworking instruments and objects for trade. And the cache of tulas found on Pitta Pitta land also offers insights into how this Aboriginal group navigated their largely inhospitable environment in modern-day Queensland. “What we can say,” Perston remarked, “is that this cache reveals how planning, resource management and collective cooperation allowed Aboriginal people to not only survive, but thrive, in this harsh environment.” After reading about the Aboriginal stone tools found in Australia, discover the story of the Yowie, the Bigfoot-like cryptid that’s said to roam the wilds of Australia. Then, go inside the strange saga of the Great Emu War, when Australians fought against the local emu population — and lost. The post Archaeologists In The Australian Outback Just Unearthed A Trove Of Stone Tools Buried By Aboriginal Peoples 170 Years Ago appeared first on All That's Interesting.