New study: the Voynich manuscript might actually be a cipher
1-3-2026 |
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The mystery behind the manuscript may be one step closer to being solved thanks to a newly invented cipher.
Unexplained Mysteries top 10 archaeology stories of 2025
12-30-2025 | 0
It's time again to take a look back at the most popular historical mysteries and discoveries from the last 12 months.
Roman officers kept a surprising pet as a symbol of their status
12-11-2025 | 10
2,000 years ago, if you were a high-flying Roman officer, you may have kept a rather unusual animal as a pet.
Further evidence points to giant columns beneath Pyramids of Giza
12-9-2025 | 45
New satellite data reportedly backs up claims of huge structures situated deep beneath Egypt's Giza Plateau.
'Extraordinary discovery' teased at Neolithic site on Orkney
VIDEO 11-28-2025 | 4
Archaeologists have resumed excavations at the Ness of Brodgar site on the remote north-eastern Scottish island.
New Easter Island study upends what we know of Moai construction
11-28-2025 | 3
The findings offer a new perspective on the organization and co-operation that produced the famous stone heads.
Kyrgyzstan's 'Atlantis' discovered submerged beneath Lake Issyk Kul
11-16-2025 | 5
The remains of a settlement dating back centuries has been found beneath the surface of the lake.
Mysterious animal bones found at site of Edinburgh hillside wildfire
11-15-2025 | 9
Rangers have discovered a cache of unusual animal bones high up on the hillside near Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.
Hidden entrance potentially discovered in the Pyramid of Menkaure
11-10-2025 | 0
New scans have unveiled anomalous 'voids' hidden within the walls of the ancient architectural wonder.
Over 100 years on, Egypt's 'Area 51' still remains a mystery
10-23-2025 | 11
A large 100ft-deep T-shaped pit carved into the limestone has been puzzling archaeologists for over a century.
Calls mount for UK to pardon women who were hanged for 'bewitchment'
10-14-2025 | 12
Centuries ago, the crime of being a practicing witch - based on the flimsiest of evidence - was punishable by death.
Secret VIP tunnel in the Colosseum has now opened to the public
10-8-2025 | 1
The secretive tunnel would have been used by Roman emperors to make a quit exit from the legendary arena.
Cleopatra's tomb could lie near to newly discovered submerged port
VIDEO 9-21-2025 | 0
Archaeologists have found the remains of a 2,000-year-old port to the west of Alexandria, Egypt.
Evidence of biblical Canaanite industry unearthed in Israel
8-28-2025 | 5
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient blade factory around 40 miles south of Tel Aviv.
After the eruption, people came back to live in Pompeii's ruins
8-7-2025 | 4
The site of one of the worst volcanic disasters in human history didn't stay abandoned for as long as you might think.
Archaeologists discover ruins in Israel linked to the Ark of the Covenant
8-2-2025 | 3
The structure was thought to have once housed the chest in which Moses placed the original ten commandments.
Archaic human species ate its own young, new discovery finds
7-26-2025 | 2
Evidence of human cannibalism has been found in fossilized bones dating back 850,000 years.
Did the Knights Templar hide Jesus' bones in North America?
7-12-2025 | 16
The leader of an ancient order founded in the 12th Century maintains that Jesus' bones are in the American Northwest.
Part of the Lighthouse of Alexandria has been raised from the seabed
7-9-2025 | 3
Stones from one of the wonders of the ancient world have been retrieved from the bottom of the Mediterranean.
Mystery surrounds discovery of giant 2,000-year-old Roman shoes
VIDEO 7-6-2025 | 8
Archaeologists have been left perplexed by the sheer size of the shoes and why there are quite so many of them.
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