Archaeology

A disk with symbols carved into it

Fraud or Find? What We Know About Crete’s Mysterious Phaistos Disk

In early July of 1908, Luigi Pernier was heading...
A number of reindeer antlers that have been found at the site

Hiker Discovers Iron-Age Reindeer Fence In Norway

High in the mountains of western Norway, researchers have...
A diver underwater holding a ceramic fragment.

Archaeologists Find Underwater Town Near Where the Black Death Began

At the bottom of a lake in Kyrgyzstan lie...
Antarctica

What’s the Deal With the Human Remains in Antarctica?

Starting in October, online sites of varying levels of...
A close-up image of holes dug in dirt atop a mountain.

Valley of Holes: a Pre-Inca Marketplace and Tax ‘Office’

Between the coastal lowlands and arid highlands of Peru...
A Paleolithic handaxe discovered during the Ayvalık survey

Newly Discovered Land Bridge Let Ancient Humans Walk From Turkey to Greece

Scientists in Turkey have found a new route that...
A statue of a young man

The First Person Obsessed with Ancient Egypt Was Himself an Ancient Egyptian

An Egyptian magician-prince who delves into the crumbling sepulchers...
A group of 18 people use ropes to rock the moai statue from side to side.

The Giant Stone Statues of Easter Island Really Did ‘Walk’

For centuries, the giant stone statues on Easter Island,...
A roman tombstone laying on the ground

Ancient Roman Tombstone Found in New Orleans Backyard

Stories of ancient Roman artifacts and ruins being dug...
A wooden chest with pieces of eight in it.

$1 Million in 18th-Century Spanish Loot Found on Florida’s ‘Treasure Coast’

In 1715, a violent hurricane off the Florida coast...
The mummified remains of a woman

New Research Finds Oldest Human Mummies were Smoke-Dried

In a new study, an international research team found...
A scene showing a boat, men and trees

Where Was the Lost Kingdom of Punt? New Clues Point to the Horn of Africa

Ancient Egyptian pharaohs, including the famous Hatshepsut, sent sea...
bones of ancient child

Cannibal Feast in Ancient Spain Targeted Entire Family Group

Archaeologists have discovered the site of a Neolithic cannibalistic...
Nazis excavating a site.

Ahnenerbe: The Nazi Obsession with Pseudo-Archaeology

Steven Spielberg's portrayal of the Nazis in the Indiana...
Two crosses and a spear head

Exploration Mysteries: The Tucson Artifacts Hoax

On a typically balmy mid-September day in southern Arizona...
A broken skull on a windowsill

Why Do These Cozy British Farmhouses Display Ancient Skulls?

The average home -- manor, farm, or otherwise --...
old jars of mummy powder

Why Rich Europeans Ate Up All The Egyptian Mummies

While Egyptian kings and queens are the most famous...
cuneiform tablet fragment

AI Deciphers 1,000-Year-Old Babylonian Hymn

"Herds and flocks lie on verdant pastures Wealth and splendor..." More...
A dugout canoe on a beach.

Reenactment of Ancient Canoe Voyage Shows How First Settlers Reached Japan

About 30,000 years ago, humans arrived in Japan's southern...
runes carved into a rock

Mysterious 200-Year-Old Runes Found in Canadian Wilderness 

Deep in the northern Ontario bush, there is a...

France’s Deepest Shipwreck Found, 2.5Km Below the Surface

The deepest shipwreck ever found in French waters has...
marble sarcophagus

Ancient Carving Shows Greek God Besting Roman Hero in — a Drinking Contest

It seems that people 1,700 years ago enjoyed the...
old painting of naval battle

The Battle Over the World’s Richest Shipwreck and its $16 Billion Treasure

Researchers have finally confirmed that a long-sunken hulk off...

Anglo-Saxon Gold Raven Discovered in Southwest England

Earlier this year, two amateur metal detectorists unearthed a...

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