Forum: Archeology

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This fossilized lower jaw was recovered from the seafloor near Taiwain. Researchers say the fossil, dubbed Penghu 1, may be a primitive type of...

Nearly two decades after the ancient skeleton called Kennewick Man was discovered on the banks of the Columbia River, the mystery of his origins ...

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—Soldiers have been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder for at least 3,000 years, according to a paper written by Jamie...

This mummy mask was one of the masks that the researchers took apart to reveal ancient papyri. This mummy mask is similar to the one that contained...

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Buried by a volcano, the scorched papyri may yet yield their secrets. This papyrus scroll, which survived the volcanic destruction of the Roman...

CAIRO, EGYPT—The BBC reports that archaeologists led by the Czech Institute of Egyptology's Miroslav Bárta have uncovered the tomb of a previously...

LONDON, ENGLAND—The oldest stone tool ever found in Turkey has been dated to approximately 1.2 million years ago. Danielle Schreve of Royal...

The Moche were the first empire-builders of the American continent, more than eight centuries before the Incas, and just as deserving of fame as...

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The Iron Age fortified hilltop site of Hasanlu Tepe in northwest Iran was sacked around 800 B.C. Much of the chaos and destruction from that event...

A new study of grave goods in early Viking-era burials in central Norway revealed many Anglo-Saxon artifacts, such as brooches and swords, suggesting...

You might not be able to physically step inside the monumental tomb discovered this past summer in Amphipolis, Greece, but there are plenty of...

For the last three years, Italian archaeologists have been excavating a large Etruscan necropolis at the site of Vulci, 75 miles from Rome. Called...

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Archaeologists in Ukraine have unearthed a 6,000-year-old temple site near the ancient settlement of Nebelivka, roughly 160 miles south of Kiev, by...

An aerial view of the coral reef and deep cave that make up the famous diving spot of the Blue Hole in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Belize....

An archaeological site unearthed in 1986 in China revealed giant bronze statues from a lost Chinese civilization called Sanxingdui. Here, one of...

Bronze disc has a gold inlay clearly representing the moon, sun and stars When star cluster stood next to a full moon, it was a sign that fall had...

This glass fragment, embossed with two menorahs, was discovered by archaeologists in Israel on the second night of Hanukkah. Archaeologists...

This rock from Russia's Udachnaya mine contains 30,000 diamonds. SAN FRANCISCO — Here's the perfect Christmas gift for the person who has...

Skynet: The Fact Versus The Fiction Of An AI Controlled World - Ex-MOD explores the reality of... ...

The 1996 discovery of the 9,000-year-old remains of a hunter—known as Kennewick Man—near the Washington-Oregon border presented an intriguing puzzle...

LONDON, ENGLAND—Raman spectroscopy, a non-destructive laser technology, has been used to analyze leg bones of sailors who died on King Henry VIII’s...