Scientists reconstruct face of 'the cruelest man who ever lived'
7-17-2024 |
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Known as Ivan the Terrible, the infamous Russian ruler was notorious for his horrific acts of cruelty.
Plague linked to collapse of Neolithic population 5,200 years ago
7-16-2024 | 6
New findings suggest that the plague may have once decimated Neolithic farmers across northern Europe
Mystery as France's 'Excalibur' - the Durandal sword - disappears
7-4-2024 | 11
A sword that had been lodged in solid rock for over 1,300 years has gone missing under mysterious circumstances.
Evidence of unknown 4,000-year-old civilization found in Venezuela
7-4-2024 | 4
Archaeologists have discovered ancient drawings thought to have been created by a long lost civilization.
Over 1,400 mummies unearthed in ancient Egyptian 'City of the Dead'
6-28-2024 | 2
Archaeologists have discovered an extensive series of tombs and burials in the ancient Egyptian city of Aswan.
Study challenges idea that Easter Island's people committed 'ecocide'
6-24-2024 | 2
There may have simply been a much smaller population of people living on the island all along.
'Marge Simpson' found on coffin of Egyptian high priest's daughter
6-21-2024 | 7
This depiction of a woman on the lid of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus looks rather familiar.
Archaeologists may have solved mystery of 4,000-year-old 'Seahenge'
6-19-2024 | 6
The true purpose of the enigmatic timber circle situated along the British coastline had puzzled researchers for years.
Survivor records show that not everyone perished in Pompeii
6-16-2024 | 0
Records of those who survived the catastrophic eruption have been helping archaeologists learn what happened to them.
Shackleton's last ship found on ocean floor off the coast of Canada
6-15-2024 | 0
The historic vessel was used during famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's last voyage to the Antarctic.
Scientists are trying to crack the mystery of the Singapore Stone
6-11-2024 | 3
This undecipherable inscription written in an unknown language and writing system has puzzled experts for centuries.
Giants, snakes and monsters among trove of ancient rock engravings
6-6-2024 | 1
Researchers have unearthed a huge collection of rock engravings in South America dating back over 1,000 years.
Exploration of 'holy grail of shipwrecks' worth $20 billion begins
5-27-2024 | 13
The wreck of the San Jose, a 300-year-old Spanish galleon, is thought to be filled with gold and jewels.
Translation of mystery stone slab yields surprising discovery
5-25-2024 | 18
Efforts to determine what was inscribed upon the stone, which was found in a man's patio, had proven challenging.
US once tried to use glow-in-the-dark foxes against Japan during WWII
5-21-2024 | 0
A lot of strange tactics were thought up during the Second World War, but this is perhaps one of the strangest of them all.
Have scientists finally figured out how the pyramids were built ?
5-20-2024 | 4
Scientists have discovered a long-lost branch of the Nile that was the key to the construction of the pyramids.
Mystery surrounds strange writing on stone slab found in garden
5-15-2024 | 18
The curious inscription was discovered quite by accident underneath a stone slab in a homeowner's garden patio.
Why does this 16th-Century illustration show a cat with a jetpack on its back ?
5-5-2024 | 29
This curious drawing is found in the manuscript of a book written in the 16th-Century by Franz Helm.
DNA study reveals lives of ancient nomads who vanished 1,000 years ago
5-4-2024 | 3
Scientists are learning more about these long-lost nomads thanks to new DNA analysis techniques.
Has the mystery of the King Tut 'Pharaoh's curse' finally been solved?
4-27-2024 | 3
More than 20 people who excavated King Tutankhamun's tomb in the 1920s later died young from a range of maladies.
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