Mind-Blowing Ancient Civilization Facts

Ancient Egyptians performed brain surgery with a ninety percent survival rate three thousand years ago.

The Incas built structures so precise that a single sheet of paper cannot fit between

their stones. They had no written language or iron tools to achieve this engineering

marvel. Vikings actually reached North America five hundred years before Columbus,

establishing settlements and trading with indigenous peoples. The natives called them the pale

strangers from across the great water. Ancient Greeks used the Antikythera mechanism computer to predict

eclipses and track planetary movements. This level of accuracy was only matched in the

fourteen hundreds. Mayans had a goddess of suicide who guided people to paradise,