In 1994, Russian archaeologists unearthed a tiny cemetery with a grave holding a mummified woman wearing a wig. More than 30 years later, researchers revisited the long-dead body—exposing what…
Read more Iron Age Surgeons Fixed a Woman’s Shattered Jaw With Primitive Prosthetic—and She SurvivedNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a young man who lived 6,000 years ago — and survived a brutal encounter…
Read more Ancient man survived brutal lion attack, suffered lifelong damage: ‘Extremely rare’State archaeologists and geologists are working together to solve a more than 10,000-year-old mystery at the Piney Grove archaeological site near Reisterstown, building on discoveries first made in…
Read more Archaeologists uncover 13,000-year-old mystery at dig site – WTOP NewsArchaeologists in France have uncovered a 1,700-year-old ancient Roman funerary area, including burials with libation conduits hilariously akin to today’s watering spikes. The excavation revealed at least 160…
Read more Romans in Ancient Olbia Watered Their Dead With Wine and BeerIn the badlands of eastern Wyoming, the Lance Formation is a trove of prehistoric fossils. And one area in particular — a region less than 10 kilometers (6…
Read more PHOTOS: 66 million-year-old dinosaur ‘mummy’ skin was actually a perfect clay maskEaster Island statues, traditionally known as moai on the remote island of Rapa Nui in the South Pacific, are some of the most impressive artifacts of ancient Polynesian…
Read more Easter Island’s Moai Statues May Have Walked to Where They Now StandThe moai statues of Easter Island have long presented an enigma for researchers wondering how the ancient Rapa Nui people managed to move these enormous monoliths around the…
Read more Scientists Just Solved One of the Most Enduring Mysteries of the Easter Island StatuesBetween 55,000 and 42,000 years ago, the Châtelperronian people lived in what is now modern-day France and northern Spain. Their tool industry is among the earliest known from…
Read more Oldest Shell Jewelry Workshop in Western Europe Dates Back 42,000 YearsFor many of us, when we think of land bridges, we tend to think of the Bering Land Bridge (actually more of a swamp), which ancient humans traversed…
Read more The Land Bridge You’ve Never Heard OfThe period after the Roman Empire abandoned Britain has long been known as the “Dark Ages” for a reason. Scholars believed that after the Romans left, local industries…
Read more New Study Questions a Major Assumption About the Fall of the Roman EmpireYou can learn a lot about people by studying their trash, including populations that lived thousands of years ago. In what the team calls the “largest study of…
Read more Bronze Age Britons Threw Massive Ragers With Food and Friends From Far AwayNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Christian care facility for the elderly – a remarkable find that may be…
Read more World’s oldest known nursing home discovered in ruins of ancient Christian city, dates back 1,600 yearsA new Mayan city, lost in the dense jungle of southern Mexico for centuries, has been discovered from the computer of a PhD student hundreds of miles away.…
Read more How a PhD Student Discovered a Lost Mayan City From Hundreds of Miles AwayTHE world’s oldest shipwreck has been perfectly preserved more than a mile deep beneath the sea for 2,400 years. The Greek trading vessel was discovered in an astonishing…
Read more World’s oldest shipwreck is perfectly preserved vessel from 2,400 years agoAn ancient badge found in Poland was likely worn by a Middle Ages traveler for protection, according to experts from the Lublin Provincial Conservator of Monuments. Screengrab from…
Read more Ancient tin badge — depicting a dragon — found in Poland. It had a special purposeTHIS extraordinary diner is located 210 feet underground – after a poker player thought he’d struck gold but was left empty-handed. To get to this restaurant, you’ll need…
Read more Inside underground diner 200ft down in ancient CAVE bought by poker playerArchaeologists have discovered a giant hand ax that is thought to be more than 200,000 years old. An international team of research researchers uncovered the prehistoric stone artifact…
Read more Giant 200,000-year-old stone hand ax discovered in desert—”Amazing”ANTIGUA, Guatemala — Two Americans, one a photographer and the other a connoisseur of Mayan folk art, are facing charges of smuggling pre-Hispanic artifacts in Guatemala Tuesday in…
Read more Guatemala expat community roiled by relic smuggling chargesArchaeologists in northern Iraq have unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and trees, dating back to the Assyrian Empire BAGHDAD — Archaeologists in northern Iraq last week…
Read more 2,700-year-old rock carvings discovered in Iraq’s MosulArchaeologists in northern Iraq have unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and trees, dating back to the Assyrian Empire BAGHDAD — Archaeologists in northern Iraq last week…
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