ARCHAEOLOGY

Prehistoric Women Were Stronger Than Some of Today's Elite Female Athletes

Who needs a gym when you haul grain and till fields all day?

Archaeologists Unearth the Victims of a Mysterious Massacre 400 Years Ago on an Australian Island

"A mutiny, a psychopath, and a brutal mass murder."

Archaeologists Find Traces of What Could Be the Oldest Wine in the World

They estimate it to be 8000 years old.

Rare 2000-Year-Old Sundial Sheds New Light on Ancient Roman Politics

Instead of tweeting, ancient Romans bragged in more permanent ways.

Visit the Temple of a Roman Mystery Cult in a New London Museum

The London Mithraeum recreates what it was like to take part in the rituals of an ancient cult using light, haze, and sound.

Satellite Images Show Mysterious Nan Madol Ruins From a Brand-New Perspective

Experts still don't know how the 100 artificial islands were constructed a millennium ago.

Don't Buy Ancient Artifacts You See Online—Most Are Looted or Fake

While browsing eBay for vintage finds, steer clear of anything that looks like it once graced an ancient tomb, temple, or palace.

Metal Salvagers Are Destroying World War II Shipwrecks in Asia

The ships are considered the graves of thousands of sailors.

Dave Doody, http://historicjamestowne.org

Archaeologists Search for the Graves of Jamestown's Elite

Teams of scientists are excavating the colonial settlement's tiny churches to see if they can locate the bones of notable historic figures like John Rolfe, Pocahontas's husband.

Scientists speak to residents in Aitape.

6000-Year-Old Skull Might Belong to World's Oldest Tsunami Victim

"We have dramatic proof that living by the sea isn't always a life of beautiful golden sunsets," as one researcher put it.

Hurricane Ophelia Unearthed an Ancient Skeleton in Ireland

It may date to the Iron Age, and could be part of a larger burial site.

Unusual 'Coffee Table' Is a Mosaic From One of Caligula's Party Ships

Hopefully its owner used coasters.

9.7-Million-Year-Old Teeth Discovered in Germany Have Scientists Puzzled

The researchers claim they look like the teeth of one of our hominid relatives—but they are millions of years older.

Smithsonian Institution, Wikipedia/Public Domain

6 Pioneering Facts About Mary Leakey

Bones, stone tools, and the footprints of early human ancestors are just a few of the legendary paleoanthropologist's discoveries.

Researchers Unveil an Unusual New Theory For How Easter Island’s Statues Were Made

Sweet potatoes might have played a big role.

Cyrus E. Dallin, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

Archaeologists in Boston May Have Unearthed Paul Revere's Bathroom

Listen, my children, and you shall hear, of the brick-lined privy of Paul Revere …

3D Modeling Lets You Step Inside a 13th-Century Chapel Filled With Human Remains

Take a virtual tour of England's Rothwell charnel chapel. They call it a digital ossuary.

CFEETK-CNRS-MoA: J. Maucor / Antiquity 2017

Egyptian Priests Buried These Sacred Statues of Gods More Than 2000 Years Ago

Archaeologists in Luxor discovered the cache in 2014 while excavating a temple dedicated to Egyptian creator god Ptah.

Rendering of a Roman ship hull by Black Sea MAP researchers.

'Ship Graveyard' Discovered in the Black Sea Provides New Insights into Maritime History

"We couldn't believe our eyes."

SMU Central University Libraries, Flickr/Public Domain

Found: A Sunken German World War I-Era Submarine

Researchers located the UB II-type dive boat—a smaller submarine that typically plagued coastal waters—off the coast of Belgium, around 82 to 98 feet below the North Sea.

Amateur Archaeologists in England Unearth Rare Roman Mosaic

It's being hailed as the most important mosaic of its kind discovered in Great Britain in more than 50 years.

Brigido Lara, the Artist Whose Pre-Columbian Fakes Fooled Museums Around the World

Lara's skills as a master forger got him out of jail—but by then his frauds were all over the world.

Egyptian Archaeologists Discover 3500-Year-Old Tomb of Goldsmith to the Pharaohs

His tomb holds multiple mummies.

Courtesy of the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the University of Sassari

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Sunken City in the Mediterranean

The city of Neapolis, once located in what is now Tunisia, was apparently swallowed by a tsunami on July 21, 365.

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