Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

The allure of groundbreaking discoveries stems from humanity’s desire to fill knowledge gaps, confirm existing beliefs, and achieve recognition for revealing truths about our world and past. The ...

We often read about great civilizations, lost cities, and ancient marvels in history books. But let’s be honest, sometimes words on a page don’t quite capture the magic. What really brings the past ...

Archaeology, the study of human history through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts, often unearths enigmatic discoveries that challenge our understanding of the past. These ...

The discovery of 5,000-year-old linguistic inscriptions predates by 1,400 years the earliest known Chinese writing and matches the age of the oldest known human writing in Mesopotamia. (via ...

1.Today, we all know that an asteroid killed/started the extinction of the dinosaurs. The theory was first proposed in 1980 by Nobel prize laureate physicist Luis Alvarez and his geologist son Walter.

No matter how many books and TV documentaries are made appearing to give a definite account of life in ancient civilizations, the ongoing work of historians and archaeologists means that the story of ...

He admitted to lying about the nature of his discoveries. A metal detectorist has pleaded guilty after admitting that some of his “historic” discoveries were not actually so, per the BBC. Between ...

Italian archaeologists recently made a surprising religious discovery in an unusual location: an Ancient Roman bath complex. The Appian Way Regional Park, an urban park in Rome, announced the ...

The Vatican Museums have finally unveiled the finished restoration of the stately Hall of Constantine, one of its renowned Raphael Rooms. As the monumental 10-year project draws to a close, museum ...

A history buff with a metal detector recently led archaeologists to the site of a medieval monastery – all thanks to a strange symbol spotted on an old map. Arkeologerna, an archaeological ...

A metal detectorist has pleaded guilty after admitting that some of his “historic” discoveries were not actually so, per the BBC. Between September 2019 and August 2023, a series of finds were ...