When archaeologists carefully uncovered a Roman-era mummy in the Egyptian town of Al Bahnasa late…
Category: Archaeology
Scientists Found a Massive Ancient Fortress and a Hill of Ashes in This Harsh Highland Frontier
For years, the windswept Javakheti Plateau in the South Caucasus was largely a blank spot…
Ancient Teeth Reveal a Hidden Neanderthal Family Who Lived Together 100,000 Years Ago
Deep within the limestone walls of Stajnia Cave in southern Poland, a collection of prehistoric…
This 200 Year Old Skull Reveals a Secret History of Ancient Compassion
In the late imperial era of northern China, a young man was laid to rest…
Scientists Found a Legendary King’s Ship Burial That Predates the Vikings
For generations, the residents of the remote Norwegian island of Leka have looked upon the…
Archaeologists Uncovered a Massive 6,000 Year Old Mystery Building in Romania
Deep in the rolling landscape of northeastern Romania, at an ancient settlement known as Stăuceni-“Holm”,…
Scientists Discover Human Foot Hidden Inside 2,300-Year-Old Bird Mummy Bundle
Beneath the sterile, cool glow of a modern medical facility, a series of ancient travelers…
Scientists Are Fighting Over Whether the Most Famous Site in South America Is a 6,000-Year-Old Mistake
For nearly half a century, a boggy creek bed in southern Chile has served as…
Scientists Found an 800 Year Silence in the French Countryside Where a Civilization Simply Vanished
For thousands of years, the rolling hills and fertile plains of the Paris Basin have…
Ancient Humans Swapped Heavy Sledgehammers for Surgical Blades as the Giants Died Out
The sun rose over the Levant for more than a million years on a world…
Neanderthals Used 125,000 Year Old Turtles to Build the World’s First Plastic Free Toolkits
Imagine a landscape far removed from the modern industrial silhouette of Saxony-Anhalt. Picture a sprawling,…
Ancient Humans Were Running a Massive Stone Factory 220,000 Years Ago
Imagine standing in the vast, windswept grasslands of eastern South Africa, about 140 kilometers inland…
Ancient Bone Dice Prove Native Americans Beat the Old World to Statistics by 6000 Years
The biting winds of the Late Pleistocene swept across the western Great Plains more than…
This Tropical Island Is Made of 1,200 Years of Seafood Leftovers
Off the sun-drenched coast of Culasawani in the Fiji archipelago, a tiny speck of land…
Scientists Found 30 New Verses From a Greek Philosopher Who Vanished 2000 Years Ago
Deep within the quiet archives of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, a…
Archaeologists Uncover a Mysterious Metal Forge That Ran for Eight Centuries Straight
Across the sun-drenched landscapes of eastern Senegal, near the winding Falémé River, a team of…
This 3rd Century Discovery Proves Women Fought Deadly Predators in the Arena
The dust of the arena floor has long since settled, but for centuries, our vision…
Scandinavia’s Largest Prehistoric Mound Isn’t Actually a Tomb
For centuries, the massive silhouette of Raknehaugen has loomed over the Norwegian landscape, roughly 40…
Ancient Ash Reveals the Secret Scents Pompeians Used to Talk to the Gods
The year was 79 AD, and the air in the bustling streets of Pompeii was…
Scientists Uncover the 16,000 Year Old Secret of the World’s First Best Friends
The winds that swept across the rugged plains of central Anatolia 16,000 years ago carried…
Space Satellites Found a Massive 2,600-Year-Old Structure Hidden Under Egyptian Mud
Deep within the marshy embrace of Egypt’s Nile Delta, a silent city has spent millennia…
Satellite Eyes Found 28 Hidden Siblings of Israel’s Stonehenge
For decades, a massive, silent arrangement of basalt fieldstones sat on the high plateaus of…