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Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They ...
The 500-year-old clue got them started, but archaeologists needed more modern georadar techniques to finish the job.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNA Child's Skull That Has Long Confounded Archaeologists Might Be a Human-Neanderthal Hybrid, Study Suggests
In 1931, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old remains of a child, among other individuals, in Skhūl Cave on ...
Then came another mystery. In 2022, archaeologists discovered an unmarked body under the famous cathedral and nicknamed it ...
A tomb beneath Petra’s Treasury reveals 12 skeletons and 2,000-year-old artifacts. Archaeologists call it a rare find, ...
The Maya ruler in question was Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an important Maya city that ruled the southern part ...
The Roman Empire built 73 miles of wall to fortify its northern border in Great Britain. In AD 122, the Emperor Hadrian ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNArchaeologists Find 300-Year-Old Shipwreck in What Used to Be ‘One of the Baddest Pirate Lairs on Earth’
Pirates attacked the Portuguese warship, named the "Nossa Senhora do Cabo," and made off with many of the treasures the ship ...
British archaeologists recently helped uncover multistory buildings from the ancient Egyptian city Imet in the Nile Delta, ...
If you have ever thought your piece of Douglas County property had an interesting historical story to tell, there’s now a ...
Te K’ab Chaak was the first dynastic leader of the Maya region of Caracol. Even after the king died, his dynasty last another ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNArchaeologists Discover Site Where George Washington Stopped a Friendly Fire Incident by Blocking Muskets With His Sword
In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish ...
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