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Archaeology
Scientist Hopes to Conserve What Could Be World's Oldest Art
By Chad de Guzman
A 3,000-Year-Old Mummy Speaks. Really.
By Jeffrey Kluger
What We Can Learn From Ancient Graffiti
By Laura Aitken-Burt / History Today
Fresco of Narcissus Discovered Among the Ruins of Pompeii
By Casey Quackenbush
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8-Year-Old Girl Discovers Pre-Viking Sword in a Lake
"It's not every day that one steps on a sword in the lake!"
By Ashley Hoffman
October 5, 2018
A Record-Breaking Heatwave Is Revealing the Long-Lost History of the British Isles
Ancient sites are being revealed thanks to a curious agricultural phenomenon
By Billy Perrigo
July 17, 2018
Ancient Civilization Buried in Amazon Has Been Found
Satellite images revealed pre-Colombian settlements dating to 1250‒1500 A.D.
By Laignee Barron
March 28, 2018
Animals Dropped Dead Inside Roman 'Gate to Hell.' Scientists Just Figured Out Why
The ancient cave was used for ritual sacrifices
By Rachel Tepper Paley / Bloomberg
February 22, 2018
Massive Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in Egypt
The 80 million-year-old fossil is the most complete ever found on mainland Africa
By Eli Meixler
January 30, 2018
The Greatest Library Before Alexandria
The bronze-age city of Mari was second only to Babylon, and the library of tablets it held offers rich insight into all aspects of an intricate political world
By Carly Silver/ History Today
July 19, 2017
The British Shipwreck That Still Haunts Hong Kong
Urban land reclamation led to the discovery of a colonial relic on the floor of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, resurrecting a past that some would prefer to forget
By Ryan Kilpatrick / Hong Kong
June 1, 2017
Google Doodle Celebrates Discovery of Ancient Celestial Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism was used to track the stars and predict eclipses
By Kevin Lui
May 17, 2017
Ancient Statue Believed to be of Pharaoh Ramses II Discovered in Cairo Slum
The eight-meter statue was submerged in groundwater
By Kate Samuelson
March 10, 2017
New Dead Sea Scrolls Cave Discovered
But the cave did not contain an actual scroll
By Justin Worland
February 9, 2017
Nazi Time Capsule From 1930s Discovered in Poland
It contains perfectly preserved newspapers, photographs, coins and more
By Suyin Haynes
September 20, 2016
Scientists Solve Mystery of 5,300-Year-Old Ice Man's Clothes
Studies of mitochondrial DNA reveal what 25 years of speculation couldn't
By Jeffrey Kluger
August 18, 2016
Humans First Used Tools to Eat Meat 250,000 Years Ago. Here’s What the Discovery Means
A dig in the desert reveals crude technology dating back a quarter of a million years
By Jeffrey Kluger
August 8, 2016
300-Year-Old-Cheese Discovered in Shipwreck Near Sweden
“I certainly don’t recommend tasting it," says the team leader
By Casey Quackenbush
July 28, 2016
A Massive, Ancient Platform Discovered in Petra Has Been 'Hidden in Plain Sight'
Archaeologists just published the discovery they made in Jordan
By Julia Zorthian
June 9, 2016
King Tut Dagger Made With Iron From Meteorite
It “strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin"
By Nash Jenkins
June 2, 2016
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