Archeology
Archaeologists unearth 'thousand year game' in Oman
Archaeologists working in the Qumayrah Valley in Oman have unearthed a rare artifact: a 4,000-year-old boardgame. The game table set has engravings arranged in a grid sh…
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Secret Underground Railroad - Slave's escape to freedom in the American South
Archaeologists and historians uncover new insights into underground railroads and people who risked their lives to escape slavery in 19th-century America.
Archeology
Ritual hunting site discovered in the Jordan desert from 7,000 BC
Archaeologists have found ritual hunting sites in the Jordan desert from 7,000 BC
Archeology
Digging ancient graves, 'hit the trick' of a 1,500-year-old smuggled silver workshop
This ancient structure is not only the lavish tomb of a powerful noblewoman, but also includes the largest illegal silver workshop of the Roman period in England.
Archeology
Antiquities reveal the punishment for students who commit mistakes in ancient Egypt
Archaeologists have discovered 18,000 ceramic fragments engraved with details of life in ancient Egypt. These artifacts also reveal the punishment for bad students 2,000…
Archeology
Surprise about how ancient people used fire in caves without suffocating smoke
A new study by prehistoric archaeologists at Tel Aviv University in Israel has revealed the secret of how ancient humans (who lived between 150,000 and 170,000 years ago…
Archeology
Discover the ruins of a bustling Roman town in England
Archaeologists have discovered exceptionally well-preserved remains of an Iron Age village.
Archeology
Since 5,000 years ago, people have known to use straws to drink beer
This set of straws was discovered by the Russian archaeologist, Nikolai Veselovsky, in 1897 at the Maikop Kurgan grave mound in the northern Caucasus.
Archeology
A badger dug up 200 ancient coins dating back to Roman times, but scientists 'confiscated' them all
With a total of 209 coins found by the badger, this is determined to be the largest collection of ancient coins ever discovered in northern Spain.
History
Which 1,500-year-old 'palace' was once abandoned underwater?
The unique 'Palace' was built nearly 1,500 years ago. Archaeologists call it the 'Forgotten Underwater Palace'.
Archeology
Decipher the mystery of how to preserve the fetus in a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy
Archaeologists from the Polish Academy of Sciences carried out the Warsaw Mummy Project – scanning all the mummies in the museum and discovered the world's first fetal m…
Archeology
1,400-year-old factory creates 'timeless' treasures
Archaeologists in the UK have unearthed an ancient workshop near the world-famous Sutton Hoo boat grave that may have been the source of treasures that astound modern pe…
Archeology
Laser reveals a series of 'haunted houses' of the Incas, invisible to the naked eye
Archaeologists have identified a series of previously unknown Inca structures hidden within the famous Chachabamba temple complex in Machu Picchu National Park.
Archeology
Discover the ruins of the largest cluster of longhouses in the ancient Nordic village
Archaeologists in Norway have discovered the ruins of a cluster of Nordic longhouses, including one of the largest structures ever found.
Archeology
Israel finds Christian 'Good Shepherd' ring in Roman shipwreck
The Good Shepherd Ring is one of the oldest Christian symbols, found by Israel in a Roman shipwreck along with coins and other artifacts.