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Category: Archaeology
These Donkeys Traveled From Egypt to Die in a Sacred Ceremony
Beneath the dust and sun-baked stones of southern Israel, archaeologists have uncovered a secret older than the pyramids—a story of…
Ancient Horse Bones Shatter Myths About Medieval Christian Diets
Deep beneath Hungary’s medieval soil, scattered fragments of bone tell a story that words alone have long obscured—a story of…
Ancient Art Transforms Elk into Mythical Creatures of the Mongolian Altai
In the cold, windswept mountains of Mongolia, where snow-capped peaks meet endless steppes, the ancient art etched into stone tells…
Ancient African Travelers Sought Brilliant Stones Across Vast Distances
In the warm valleys and rugged ridges of what is now Eswatini, long before cities rose or iron sang beneath…
The Ancient Child Who Blurs the Lines Between Humans and Neanderthals
Long before kings carved palaces into desert stone, before traders ferried spices over Silk Roads, and even before our ancestors…
Ancient King Unearthed in Maya City After 1,700 Years of Silence
For centuries, the ruins of Caracol lay quiet beneath the dense green canopy of Belize’s Maya Mountains. Trees burst through…
Ancient DNA Reveals 6,500-Year-Old Secrets of Zoonotic Diseases and Their Impact on Humanity
In the dusty bones of our distant ancestors lies a story that’s both haunting and enlightening—a story that stretches back…
Caligula’s Cruelty Wasn’t His Only Legacy He Was Also a Medicinal Plant Expert
In the annals of history, few figures have been as reviled as the Roman Emperor Caligula. Infamous for his erratic…
Neanderthals Turned Cave Lion Bones Into Tools More Than 130,000 Years Ago
In the dim, chilly depths of a Belgian cave, where the flickering light of fire would have barely penetrated the…
Mysteries of the Moai: New Evidence Shows Easter Island Was Never Truly Alone
Across the endless blue of the Pacific, in a realm where ocean horizons blur into sky, lie the scattered islands…
Neanderthals Had a Secret Fat Factory That Helped Them Survive the Ice Age
Some 125,000 years ago, on the windswept plains of what is now Germany, a group of Neanderthals gathered by a…
He Lived When the Pyramids Rose Now His DNA Tells a Forgotten Story
Buried in a ceramic pot carved into the warm hillside of ancient Egypt, one man’s bones lay undisturbed for nearly…
Ancient Humans Butchered Elephants with Stone Tools in Greece 430,000 Years Ago
Long before the rise of cities or civilization—before agriculture, before myth, before even language as we know it—humans walked the…
Hunter Gatherers Built Sacred Structures Thousands of Years Before Power Systems Emerged
High in the windswept grasslands of the Peruvian Andes, where clouds skim the peaks and the air carries whispers of…
Ancient DNA from Roman Fish Sauce Reveals Secrets Hidden for Centuries
Beneath the coastal soil of northwest Spain, tucked away in the ruins of an ancient Roman fish-salting plant, scientists have…
Ancient Limescale Reveals Secrets of a Lost Roman Water Network
In the heart of Provence, beneath centuries of history, a silent archive has been patiently waiting to tell its story—layer…
Babylon Speaks Again After a Thousand Years Through a Lost Hymn and AI
For over a thousand years, it lay silent—etched into clay, hidden in dust, its words unread, its meaning forgotten. But…
Early Humans Used Ochre as Precision Tools 70,000 Years Ago
Beneath the coastal cliffs of South Africa, inside the dark, humid corridors of Blombos Cave, a 70,000-year-old secret was hiding…
Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Burials Beneath Trelai Park
Every day, laughter echoes across Trelai Park in Cardiff. Children kick footballs across green grass, dogs sprint after frisbees, and…