Researchers at the University of Waterloo have identified four additional sailors from Sir John Franklin’s…
Category: Archaeology
Ancient Scottish Crannog Revealed as 5,000-Year-Old Engineered Island Older Than Stonehenge
Archaeologists from the University of Southampton have uncovered a massive timber structure buried beneath what…
Scotland’s Oldest Dental Bridge Found on Medieval Man’s Jaw Was Made of 20-Carat Gold
Archaeologists studying a medieval burial in Aberdeen have identified what may be the earliest known…
Scientists Discover 10,000 Year Old Remains of the First Atlantic Coastal Settlers
Archaeologists have identified the oldest human burials ever discovered in Patagonia, dating back more than…
Archaeologists Discover the Early Origins of Hackbronze in a Late Roman Grave
Archaeologists analyzing a 1,600-year-old burial in Oudenburg, Belgium, have uncovered evidence of a transition from…
Archaeologists Discover the Face of an Ancient Roman Fugitive Fleeing the AD 79 Eruption
Researchers at the Pompeii Archaeological Park have successfully used artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the…
Archaeologists Discover 13000 Year Old Crystal Spears Engineered with Mathematical Precision
New archaeological analysis reveals that the Clovis people successfully engineered functional projectile points from quartz…
Ancient DNA Reveals the Southern Cone Was a Dynamic Crossroads of Migrating Human Lineages for 6,000 Years
A new genetic study of 52 Indigenous individuals reveals that the Southern Cone of South…
Scientists Used Light To Summon Ghost Text From 1,500 Year Old Parchment
An international research team has recovered 42 lost pages of the 6th-century Codex H, a…
Scientists Discovered the Ancient Networking Secret That Saved Humans but Failed Neanderthals
A new modeling study reveals that superior geographic connectivity and more robust social networks likely…
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…