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Category: Archaeology
Archaeologists Uncover 1,500-Year-Old Mosaic Board in Guatemala
At first, it was just part of a floor. During the 2023 excavation season at Naachtun, an ancient Maya city…
The Master Navigators Who Conquered the Pacific 60,000 Years Ago
Long before maps, compasses, or recorded history, the world looked very different. During the last Ice Age, when sea levels…
Scientists Discover the World’s Oldest Mummies Weren’t Built for Religion—They Were Born from Grief
Along the dry coast of what is now northern Chile, thousands of years ago, a small community lived between the…
Scientists Uncover the 1,000-Year-Old Secrets of Argentina’s Forgotten Arsenal
For a long time, the bone tools of the Sierras de Córdoba sat in silence. They rested in museum drawers,…
The 1,000-Year-Old Mystery of the Ancient Canyon’s Secret Macaw Sanctuary
In the quiet ruins of Chaco Canyon, where sandstone walls still hold the memory of voices long gone, a different…
Evidence of Africa’s Oldest Ritual Cremation Discovered—And It’s Missing the Skull
About 9,500 years ago, at the base of Mount Hora in what is now northern Malawi, a fire burned unlike…
Ancient Irish Hilltop Hides a Prehistoric City of 600 Homes
For centuries, Brusselstown Hill rose quietly over County Wicklow, its grassy slopes giving little hint of the human intensity that…
50,000 Years Ago, Two Human Species Walked the Same Land—But Did They Ever Meet?
For decades, the Iberian Peninsula has felt like a quiet threshold in human history. A place where continents narrow, climates…
Ancient Tattoos on Babies? New Imaging Reveals Nubian Infants Were Marked Nearly 1,300 Years Ago
The story begins quietly, with bones laid to rest along the Nile River Valley, in a landscape that once belonged…
Roman Soldiers Didn’t Just Fight Enemies—Their Own Guts Were Under Siege, New Study Reveals
For centuries, Vindolanda has whispered its secrets slowly. Buried beneath damp soil near Hadrian’s Wall, the Roman fort has yielded…
Before Murano’s Fame, Medieval Venice Was Already a Glassmaking Powerhouse
For generations, the story of Venetian glass has begun with fire. It has opened in the furnaces of Murano, glowing…
She Was a Mystery for Decades—DNA Finally Reveals Who the Beachy Head Woman Really Was
For decades, she existed as a question wrapped in bone and silence. A young woman from the Roman era, discovered…
Ancient Ice Age Genes May Still Be Helping Humans Live Longer Today
Long before written history, before cities and borders and names for nations, human lives unfolded in a fragile balance with…
Scientists Decode 3,500-Year-Old DNA—and Discover a Bronze Age Community Unlike Any Other
High in the Pollino massif of southern Italy, a cave has been quietly holding its breath for thousands of years.…
This African Cave Preserved a Stone Age Secret the Soil Outside Erased
Deep in Gabon, tucked away from the harsh chemistry of the surrounding landscape, Pahon Cave has quietly held onto a…
An 8,200-Year-Old Climate Shock Wiped Out Neighbors — But One Ancient Chinese Community Adapted and Survived
More than eight thousand years ago, the climate of the Northern Hemisphere shifted abruptly. Temperatures dropped. Rainfall patterns changed. Landscapes…
Early Humans Didn’t Just Survive Here, They Planned, Returned, and Innovated
Along a coast shaped by water and time, at a place known today as Terra Amata in Niza, Francia, the…
Historians May Have Finally Solved Where the Bayeux Tapestry Was Meant to Hang
For nearly a millennium, the Bayeux Tapestry has told its story in thread and color without ever fully explaining itself.…
The Sea Kept This Secret for 7,000 Years. Now a Lost Wall Has Been Found
For thousands of years, the sea off western France has moved back and forth over a hidden line of stone,…
Mother and Child Bones Tell a Dark Story of Roman Urban Life
When the Roman Empire swept into Britain in AD 43, it promised transformation. Roads, baths, cities, governance, commerce, culture. The…
Ancient Roman Elites Buried Their Pet Monkeys With Luxury Goods
At the edge of the Egyptian desert, where the Red Sea wind brushes ancient stone and the sun bleaches every…