1001 mystery
The Mystery of 'Burning Houses': Why Do People Burn Their Own Houses Every 60 Years?
Archaeological evidence shows that the fires were not random accidents.
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Archeology
Woolly mammoths turned out to be a staple diet for prehistoric North Americans
A new scientific study has revealed evidence of the diet of prehistoric people who lived in North America during the last Ice Age.
Archeology
Half-million-year-old treasure from another human species discovered in Poland
The most precious objects of another human species along with many extinct animal bones were excavated from the Tunel Wielki cave, an unparalleled treasure.
Archeology
Exquisite gold jewelry of ancient nobility unearthed
Archaeologists have unearthed gold and silver jewellery at an early medieval cemetery near the city of Sevastopol in Crimea.
Archeology
Hiking, accidentally found a 280 million year old lost world
An Italian woman's accidental discovery has helped scientists unearth an entire ecosystem belonging to the world before the dinosaurs.
Archeology
Discovering strange points on 5,000-year-old remains, experts are shocked by the ancient person's physique
What is it about those skeletons that makes experts so confused?
Archeology
Spain discovers teeth of 3 people who are not of our species
The remains of an adult, a teenager and a child not of our species have been uncovered in a cave in Serinyà Park.
Animal world
The truth about the ferocious carnivorous bear in Australian legend
Although it looks like a koala, the drop bear has a much more ferocious and scary personality.
1001 mystery
Did prehistoric giants really exist?
The appearance of ancient giants has excited the archaeological and scientific communities.
Archeology
99 million-year-old creature found intact as it was when alive in amber in Myanmar
A piece of Burmese amber has become a paleontological treasure after it trapped a glowing dinosaur-era creature.
Archeology
Will history be turned upside down when a 780,000-year-old alien kitchen is discovered in the Dead Sea?
An international team of scientists working in the northern Dead Sea region claim to have found the earliest signs of cooking.
Archeology
Remains suspected of being of character appearing in epic over 800 years ago
Studies have shown that the discovered remains most likely belong to a character who appeared in a Norwegian epic more than 800 years ago.
Archeology
Ancient Handprints on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Unique Evidence of Human Evolution
Handprints and footprints discovered on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau date from 169,000 to 226,000 years ago.
Archeology
What strange prehistoric creatures have humans discovered?
Millennia ago, before written history, these strange creatures roamed the Earth.