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Category: Archaeology
This 2,200 Year Old Shipwreck Was Hidden Inside a High Tech Wax Shield
Researchers analyzing the Ilovik–Paržine 1 shipwreck have identified a sophisticated dual-layered waterproofing system using pine…
Scientists Found a Biological Time Machine Inside 1,600 Year Old Roman Latrines
Researchers analyzing mineralized waste from Roman-era toilets in Bulgaria have discovered the earliest evidence of…
Spanish River Valley Unearths 700,000 Year Old Secrets of Early Humans
A recent multidisciplinary study has uncovered 13 lithic artifacts at the Revilleja de Valparaíso site…
Ancient Bone Dust Reveals Neanderthals Were Much Better Hunters Than We Thought
New research utilizing collagen-based mass spectrometry at the Cova Eirós site has revealed that Paleolithic…
Archaeologists Found a Greek Masterpiece Hidden Inside a 1600 Year Old Mummy
When archaeologists carefully uncovered a Roman-era mummy in the Egyptian town of Al Bahnasa late…
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…