Stones, Bones, and Wrecks

Sweet potatoes might have played a big role.

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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.

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

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.

"We couldn't believe our eyes."

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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.

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The 128 silver coins date from the 15th and 16th centuries, and are together worth nearly $15,000.

His tomb holds multiple mummies.

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

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.

Royal Institution of Cornwall. Photo taken by Anna Tyacke, Cornwall Finds Liaison Officer, Portable Antiquities Scheme, British Museum

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.

Oblique cuts in the bottom third of the legs of a medieval skeleton found in Portugal.

A team recently excavated three graves located at the edge of a medieval cemetery.

A whole neighborhood has been preserved in a pristine state for nearly 2000 years.

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The ship sank off the Irish coast 102 years ago.

Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern

The find could help experts learn more about how farming developed in Europe during the Bronze Age.

The National Museum of Chinese Writing will pay about $15,000 for each unknown character translated, and $7500 for a disputed character’s definitive meaning.

"I just knew it was not something that you usually find."

They were perfectly preserved down to their 1940s attire.

There are now 53 known shipwrecks off the coast of Fourni, Greece.

Experts spent three years dismantling the pile of 70,000 coins piece by piece.

Experts were surprised to find that the structure contained the bones of women and children.

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

Archaeologists in Boston May Have Unearthed Paul Revere's Bathroom

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

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

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

Found: A Sunken German World War I-Era Submarine

Amateur Archaeologists in England Unearth Rare Roman Mosaic

English School Caretaker Discovers Medieval Coin Hoard Buried in Playground

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

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Sunken City in the Mediterranean

Archaeologists Discover Tomb of 'Chinese Shakespeare' Tang Xianzu

Archaeologists Find Italy's Earliest Wine—And It's Thousands of Years Older Than We Thought

English Hobbyists with Metal Detectors Discover Roman Coin Hoard in Farmer's Field

Archaeologists Are Recreating Recipes from 17th-Century Ships

Archaeologists Make Rare, Gruesome Find in Portugal

Archaeologists Uncover 'Little Pompeii' Buried Beneath Ash in France

Telegraph From the 'Lusitania' Has Been Recovered From the Ocean Floor

A 3500-Year-Old ‘Lunch Box’ Discovered in Switzerland Once Contained Bronze Age Cereal

A Chinese Museum Is Offering Cash to Whoever Can Decipher These 3000-Year-Old Inscriptions

9-Year-Old Boy Trips Over the Bones of a Long-Extinct Elephant Relative

Melting Glacier Reveals Bodies of Swiss Couple Missing Since 1942

8 New Ancient Ships Found at the 'Shipwreck Capital of the World'

Watch Conservationists Disassemble World's Largest Known Celtic Coin Hoard

The Discovery of a Skull Tower Has Archaeologists Rethinking Aztec Human Sacrifice