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The mystery of Tutankhamun’s meteoric iron dagger

In 1922, Egyptian excavators led by Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, an Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the 18th Dynasty.

Copper artefacts reveal new cultural connections

March 31, 2023

Study records 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt

March 31, 2023

INAH takes legal action against illegal sale of Maya archaeological site...

March 30, 2023

Roman remains uncovered at Exeter Cathedral

March 30, 2023

Bronze Age treasure found in Poland

March 30, 2023

2,000 ram heads uncovered at Temple of Rameses II in Abydos

March 26, 2023

The “Stonehenge calendar” shown to be a modern construct

March 24, 2023

Image of ornate brick-chambered tomb from the Jin Dynasty

Ornate brick-chambered tomb from the Jin Dynasty discovered in China

March 24, 2023

Tools for bleeding cows uncovered in 7,000-year-old cemetery

March 23, 2023

ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology

Study shows osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt

Anthropology

Forgotten ‘Lowbury Woman’ burial to reveal her secrets

Anthropology

Evidence of Bronze Age cranial surgery found at ancient Megiddo

Anthropology

CT scan reveals 49 amulets in Ancient Egyptian mummy

PALAEO ANTHROPOLOGY

2.9-million-year-old butchery site offers window into the dawn of Stone Age...

February 9, 2023

The Eye of the Sahara

February 5, 2023

Earliest evidence of humans hunting elephants

February 2, 2023

Neanderthals kept animal skulls as hunting trophies

January 30, 2023

Archaeologists find 11,000-year-old human remains in British cave

January 24, 2023

50,000-year-old stone tools were made by monkeys

December 30, 2022

Humans have been wearing bear skins for at least 300,000 years

December 23, 2022

300,000-year-old flakes indicate ancient tool use

December 17, 2022

Who were the Neanderthals and Denisovans?

November 15, 2022

PALAEONTOLOGY

Palaeontology

Predatory dinosaurs such as T. rex sported lizard-like lips

Palaeontology

Ichthyosaur found on remote Artic island upends previous evolutionary theory

Palaeontology

Fossils reveal dinosaurs of prehistoric Patagonia

Palaeontology

Fossil could be rare complete dinosaur skeleton with fossilised skin

HERITAGE

The fall of the Praetorian Guard

March 27, 2023

The Caste War of Yucatán

March 23, 2023

Dunmore Cave – A Viking Massacre

March 12, 2023

Evidence of Indo-Roman relations

February 24, 2023

The Aztec flower wars

February 19, 2023

The Frumentarii – Rome’s army of spies

February 13, 2023

Roman Londinium – AD 47

February 13, 2023

Book of Revelation has terminology similar to ancient curse tablets

February 9, 2023

York – A true American hero of the Lewis and...

February 7, 2023

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HISTORICAL SITES FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE

NORTH AMERICA

Cave-In-Rock and America’s river pirates

Travel

The coral city of Leluh

Heritage

Mother Shipton’s Cave

Travel

Petén Itzá – The Last Maya Kingdom

Travel

Karahan Tepe – The sister site to Göbekli Tepe

Geology

Bandera – New Mexico’s Land of Fire and Ice

Travel

Balankanche – The Sacred Cave of the Maya

Ancient Ruins

Portchester Castle – The Roman Saxon Shore Fort

Travel

The Pleasure Villa of Emperor Tiberius

The Villa of Tiberius is a Roman villa complex in the present-day town of Sperlonga, located on the western coast of Italy in the province of Latina.

ASIA

Yanartaş – The Fires of Mount Chimaera

Yanartaş is a mountain temple sanctuary dedicated to Hephaistos, where natural fires have been burning for at least 2500 years through fissures fuelled by gas emissions in the Olympos valley, located in the national park in Antalya Province, Turkey.

SPACE & PLANETARY

Geology

Meteorite crater found in Southern France

Space & Planetary

Researchers discover earth sized planet

Archaeology

Origins of the Mesoamerican astronomy and calendar from the Olmec and Maya regions

Space & Planetary

Filmmakers discover large fragment from Challenger space shuttle

GEOLOGY

Meteorite crater found in Southern France

February 22, 2023

The Eye of the Sahara

February 5, 2023

Impact that killed the dinosaurs triggered “mega-earthquake”

October 7, 2022

Archaeologist narrows down the time range for the Theran eruption

September 21, 2022

Medieval map shows ‘lost’ islands of Cardigan Bay

August 22, 2022

Antarctica – The lost world

August 13, 2022

Bandera – New Mexico’s Land of Fire and Ice

July 7, 2022

Iceland volcano eruption opens a rare window into the Earth beneath...

June 29, 2022

1303px Eugene Cernan at the LM Apollo 17

Researchers open lunar time capsule from Apollo 17 mission

March 28, 2022

NATURAL HISTORY

Natural History

Hidden history of horses in the American West

Natural History

Study at Chernobyl gives new insights into surviving in contaminated environments

Archaeology

50,000-year-old stone tools were made by monkeys

Natural History

New research project studies ancient feline migration into Europe

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Study shows osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt

Archaeology

Copper artefacts reveal new cultural connections

Archaeology

Study records 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt

Archaeology

INAH takes legal action against illegal sale of Maya archaeological site on Facebook

Archaeology

Roman remains uncovered at Exeter Cathedral

Natural History

Hidden history of horses in the American West

Palaeontology

Predatory dinosaurs such as T. rex sported lizard-like lips

Archaeology

Bronze Age treasure found in Poland

Heritage

The fall of the Praetorian Guard

Archaeology

2,000 ram heads uncovered at Temple of Rameses II in Abydos

Archaeology

The “Stonehenge calendar” shown to be a modern construct

Archaeology

Ornate brick-chambered tomb from the Jin Dynasty discovered in China

Archaeology

Tools for bleeding cows uncovered in 7,000-year-old cemetery

Heritage

The Caste War of Yucatán

Archaeology

Statuette of Venus uncovered in Roman rubbish dump

Archaeology

Daily life “frozen in time” at Roman villa after the Vesuvian eruption of AD 79

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