STONES, BONES, AND WRECKS

The Person Who Solves the Mysterious Inscription on This French Rock Will Be Awarded $2200

The village of Plougastel-Daoulas in Brittany, France is home to a stone with a mysterious message that could date back centuries.

A Piece of Stonehenge, Missing for 60 Years, Was Just Returned to the Site

Three 3-foot stone cores were extracted from Stonehenge in the 1950s, and for 60 years, a former diamond-cutter held onto one of them.

Middle School Student Discovers Megalodon Tooth Fossil on Spring Break

Avery Fauth was looking for shark teeth at North Topsail Beach in North Carolina when she found a Megalodon fossil the length of her palm.

Stonehenge Builders Likely Descended From Immigrants, Genetic Analysis Says

There are many mysteries surrounding Stonehenge, but we thought we knew who built it. Now, a study suggests that the 5000-year-old structure was the work of Aegean immigrants and their decedents rather than native Britons.

An Ancient Shipwreck Has Been Turned Into an Underwater Museum Off the Coast of Greece

The wreckage dates back to the 5th century B.C.E. but wasn't discovered until the 1990s. The site is the first underwater museum of its kind in Greece.

New Study Reveals Why Easter Island's Statues Are Positioned Along the Coast

One of the mysteries of Easter Island's moai statues is why islanders dragged them to the coast. Now, scientists think they may be markers for hidden water sources.

Laser Scans Detect Hidden Buildings and Tunnels Beneath Alcatraz Prison

The inmates at Alcatraz Prison had lived above a network of potential escape routes leftover from the island's days as a military fortification.

Scientists Solve an Ancient Stonehenge Mystery: Where the Massive Rocks Came From

Archaeologists aren't sure how ancient people moved the rocks used to make Stonehenge 4000 years ago. But now, part of the mystery has been solved.

© Changkun Park, Electron Probe Micro Analyzer, Korea Polar Research Institute

After 110 Million Years, This Spider Fossil's Eyes Are All Aglow

It might not bite or jump, but this long-dead spider is unsettling for another reason: Its eyes still appear to be illuminated.

Pipe layer Jannick Vestergaard and engineer Henning Nøhr hold up the sword they found.

A (Still-Sharp) Medieval Sword Was Pulled from a Sewer in Denmark

Archaeologists think the sword's owner may have been defeated in battle during the power struggles and strife that marked the medieval era.

A stone circle like this one was recently shown to be a replica.

Historians Studying an ‘Ancient’ Scottish Stone Circle Learn It Was Built in the 1990s

Scientists' suspicions were outweighed by the excitement of finding another recumbent stone circle.

Remains of Late 19th-Century Shipwreck Found on Jersey Shore

The sea delivers a surprise for beach-goers this holiday season.

People Have Been Dining on Caviar Since the Stone Age

The expensive delicacy has ancient origins.

Dozens of Cat Mummies, Plus 100 Cat Statues, Discovered in 4500-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb

Another nearby tomb remains sealed.

A. R. Coster, Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

Wreckage of a World War II Nazi 'Flying Bomb' Found in English Forest

It was shot down by a Polish pilot in 1944.

Courtesy of The Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project

A 2400-Year-Old Ship Seen Only in Ancient Greek Art Was Found at the Bottom of the Black Sea

It's believed to be the world's oldest intact shipwreck.

Scientists Find Fossil of 150-Million-Year-Old Flesh-Eating Fish—Plus a Few of Its Prey

It has razor-sharp teeth like a piranha's.

Advanced CT Scans Reveal Blood Vessels and Skin Layers in a Mummy's Hand

Researchers can look at the inside of a mummy on the cellular level without ever slicing into it.

A 2.63-Carat Diamond Was Unearthed by a Grandmother at an Arkansas State Park

She thought she had dug up a piece of glass.

Dani Nadel, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 3.0

Archaeologists Uncover World's Oldest Known Brewery in Israel

The beer probably didn't taste great.

Ilya Bobrovskiy, the Australian National University

Fossilized Fat Shows 550-Million-Year-Old Sea Creature May Have Been the World's First Animal

Organisms called 'Dickinsonia' defied classification for decades.

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Endeavour, Captain Cook's Lost Ship, Might Have Been Found—Solving a Centuries-Old Mystery

But only a full excavation will prove its identity for sure.

There Could Be Hundreds of Frozen Corpses Buried Beneath Antarctica's Snow and Ice

Mummified penguins occasionally turn up, too.

Ice Age Wolf Pup and Caribou Mummies Discovered in Yukon

Fur and all.

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