Fishermen find ancient Roman shipwreck off coast of Sicily
Italian spear fisherman and diver Giacomo De Mola couldn’t believe his eyes when what he thought was an underwater rock…
Archaeology
admin ‘A moment in time’: Fossil footprints shed new light on the extinct ‘Nutcracker Man’
New evidence suggests the extinct hominin Nutcracker Man was nearly 2 feet taller and dozens of pounds heavier than once…
An object in a satellite image defies explanation. Could it solve one of aviation’s greatest mysteries?
Two teams are set to explore dramatically different theories about what happened to Amelia Earhart. Each believes it’s closing in…
Glimpse what life was like for survivors of the Pompeii disaster
A new docuseries and ongoing research are revealing that survivors charted a fresh start after an eruption devastated the ancient…
Prehistoric cave discoveries hint at shared culture between Neanderthals and humans
Discoveries at a Üçağızlı II cave in southern Turkey suggest that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens made similar tools, hunted the…
Ancient DNA reveals clues about mysterious ‘Golden Man’ and rise of the Scythian elites
Elite Scythians such as the “Golden Man” inherited their lofty status and shared power during the Iron Age, DNA analysis…
Hobbit-like humans may have scavenged Komodo dragons’ leftovers to survive
Instead of hunting big game or wielding fire, the hobbit-like hominin Homo floresiensis likely scavenged leftovers of prey taken down…
Artifacts dating back 400,000 years, found in cave, show ‘complex and rich’ pre-human society
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a cave used by pre-Neanderthal human-like creatures who lived as long as 400,000 years ago,…
Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI
A papyrus scroll that was burned and carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago has been virtually unrolled…
Archaeologists unearth second Alamo cannonball in rare discovery
Archaeologists discovered an iron cannonball near the Alamo Church in San Antonio that may have played a role in the…