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STONES, BONES, AND WRECKS
Archaeologists Finally Identify a 4000-Year-Old Lost City in Iraq
A team had been excavating the site for years before figuring out what it was.
King Tut's Tomb Doesn't Contain Hidden Rooms After All
It was once believed that his stepmother Queen Nefertiti may be hidden away at the same site.
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Fossilized Footprints Show Ice Age Hunters Ganged Up on Giant Sloths
Sloths—those symbols of loafers and loungers everywhere—weren't always so cute and cuddly.
Ice Age Artists Used Charcoal Over 10,000 Years to Create Europe's Oldest Cave Paintings
Researchers now have a better understanding of how these paintings were created some 35,000 years ago.
Researchers Uncover What's Believed to Be the Oldest Shipwreck in Lake Erie
The <em>Lake Serpent</em> set sail in 1829 and was never seen again. Now researchers believe they've finally found it.
Humans Might Have Practiced Brain Surgery on Cows 5000 Years Ago
The practice of drilling holes into skulls goes back millennia.
13-Year-Old Amateur Archaeologist Discovers the Buried Treasure of a Danish King
The oldest coin dates back to 714 CE.
This May Be the Oldest Tattoo Kit in the World
It was unearthed more than 30 years ago, but archaeologists have only just realized what it is.
An 88,000-Year-Old Middle Finger May Change What We Know About Human Migration
Humans may have left Africa sooner than we thought.
Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why We Have Eyebrows
A new study suggests their evolution helped us develop our social skills.
Why the Sri Lankan Navy Raised a World War II Shipwreck—And Then Sank It Again
The British passenger ship SS Sagaing was attacked by Japanese bombers in 1942.
Stormy Waters Carry a 19th-Century Shipwreck to Florida Beach
The hull is remarkably well-preserved.
Ice Age Human Footprints in Canada Reveal a Walk on the Beach Taken 13,000 Years Ago
New evidence that early North Americans cruised the Pacific coast.
Part of the Amazon Thought to Be Uninhabited May Have Been Home to 1 Million People
Life in the Amazon before colonization was more bustling than previously thought.
Museum Finds 2500-Year-Old Mummy in a Sarcophagus Marked 'Empty'
After receiving the coffin in 1860, the museum finally decided to open it up last year.
The 'Alien' Mummy Is of Course Human—And Yet, Still Unusual
Ata has never been an alien, but she's always been an enigma.
8 Cemeteries Unearthed at Construction Sites
People that came before us are sometimes underfoot.
Microsoft's Co-Founder Finds WWII Ship Lost for 76 Years
The USS 'Juneau' had five brothers stationed there at one time. Then tragedy struck.
UK Archaeologists Have Found One of the World’s Oldest 'Crayons'
The red ochre pigment might have been used for art or to color animal skins.
Forensic Analysis Suggests Bones Discovered on a Pacific Island May Belong to Amelia Earhart
The analysis supports the theory that Earhart died a castaway.