Archaeology
World’s Oldest Harpoons Show Whaling Much Older than We Thought
Although whaling is an ancient practice, just how ancient...
The Race to Find a Lost Iraqi City Before Looters Strip It Bare
In 2017, the U.S. government filed a lawsuit with...
Found: The World’s Oldest Poisoned Arrows
Scientists have found the oldest known poisoned arrows, dating...
An Update on the Supposed Discovery of Nefertiti’s Tomb
Billed as the "find of the century," Egyptologists announced...
Was Pompeii Really Destroyed in August? If So, Why Were the Victims Wearing Thick Wool?
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the people...
This Stone Age Civilization Burned Down Its Own Houses. We Still Don’t Know Why
A thousand years before the first pharaohs ruled Egypt,...
Archaeologists Find 2,000-Year-Old Pleasure Barge in Egypt
Divers have uncovered an ancient pleasure barge near the...
Fraud or Find? What We Know About Crete’s Mysterious Phaistos Disk
In early July of 1908, Luigi Pernier was heading...
Hiker Discovers Iron-Age Reindeer Fence In Norway
High in the mountains of western Norway, researchers have...
Archaeologists Find Underwater Town Near Where the Black Death Began
At the bottom of a lake in Kyrgyzstan lie...
What’s the Deal With the Human Remains in Antarctica?
Starting in October, online sites of varying levels of...
Valley of Holes: a Pre-Inca Marketplace and Tax ‘Office’
Between the coastal lowlands and arid highlands of Peru...
Newly Discovered Land Bridge Let Ancient Humans Walk From Turkey to Greece
Scientists in Turkey have found a new route that...
The First Person Obsessed with Ancient Egypt Was Himself an Ancient Egyptian
An Egyptian magician-prince who delves into the crumbling sepulchers...
The Giant Stone Statues of Easter Island Really Did ‘Walk’
For centuries, the giant stone statues on Easter Island,...
Ancient Roman Tombstone Found in New Orleans Backyard
Stories of ancient Roman artifacts and ruins being dug...
$1 Million in 18th-Century Spanish Loot Found on Florida’s ‘Treasure Coast’
In 1715, a violent hurricane off the Florida coast...
New Research Finds Oldest Human Mummies were Smoke-Dried
In a new study, an international research team found...
Where Was the Lost Kingdom of Punt? New Clues Point to the Horn of Africa
Ancient Egyptian pharaohs, including the famous Hatshepsut, sent sea...
Cannibal Feast in Ancient Spain Targeted Entire Family Group
Archaeologists have discovered the site of a Neolithic cannibalistic...
Ahnenerbe: The Nazi Obsession with Pseudo-Archaeology
Steven Spielberg's portrayal of the Nazis in the Indiana...
Exploration Mysteries: The Tucson Artifacts Hoax
On a typically balmy mid-September day in southern Arizona...
