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.
Experts still don't know how the 100 artificial islands were constructed a millennium ago.
While browsing eBay for vintage finds, steer clear of anything that looks like it once graced an ancient tomb, temple, or palace.
The ships are considered the graves of thousands of sailors.
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.
"We have dramatic proof that living by the sea isn't always a life of beautiful golden sunsets," as one researcher put it.
It may date to the Iron Age, and could be part of a larger burial site.
Hopefully its owner used coasters.
The researchers claim they look like the teeth of one of our hominid relatives—but they are millions of years older.
On September 21, 1924, the cargo steamship SS Clifton sank in Lake Huron—and for nearly a century, its watery grave remained a mystery.
Sweet potatoes might have played a big role.
Listen, my children, and you shall hear, of the brick-lined privy of Paul Revere …
Take a virtual tour of England's Rothwell charnel chapel. They call it a digital ossuary.
Archaeologists in Luxor discovered the cache in 2014 while excavating a temple dedicated to Egyptian creator god Ptah.
"We couldn't believe our eyes."
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.
It's being hailed as the most important mosaic of its kind discovered in Great Britain in more than 50 years.
The 128 silver coins date from the 15th and 16th centuries, and are together worth nearly $15,000.
His tomb holds multiple mummies.
The city of Neapolis, once located in what is now Tunisia, was apparently swallowed by a tsunami on July 21, 365.
Just like the English Bard, Tang died in 1616, and he also penned dramatic works and romances.
File drinking Italian wine under "ancient tradition." Really, really ancient.
The currency, which dates from 253 CE to 274 CE, consists of bronze and a small amount of silver.
They want to learn what happens to salted beef and beer at sea—and more about the grub's nutritional value.
A team recently excavated three graves located at the edge of a medieval cemetery.