'Marge Simpson' found on coffin of Egyptian high priest's daughter
Jun 21, 2024This 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'
Jun 19, 2024The true purpose of the enigmatic timber circle situated along the British coastline had puzzled researchers for years.
Shackleton's last ship found on ocean floor off the coast of Canada
Jun 15, 2024The historic vessel was used during famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's last voyage to the Antarctic.
Giants, snakes and monsters among trove of ancient rock engravings
Jun 6, 2024Researchers 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
May 27, 2024The 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
May 25, 2024Efforts 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
May 21, 2024A 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 ?
May 20, 2024Scientists 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
May 15, 2024The 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 ?
May 5, 2024This curious drawing is found in the manuscript of a book written in the 16th-Century by Franz Helm.
Has the mystery of the King Tut 'Pharaoh's curse' finally been solved?
Apr 27, 2024More than 20 people who excavated King Tutankhamun's tomb in the 1920s later died young from a range of maladies.
Tales of mysterious 'giants' still haunt Nevada's Lovelock Cave
Apr 5, 2024For years, archaeologists have remained divided over the discovery of alleged giant skeletons and artifacts.
Researchers scour Britain's lakes for King Arthur's sword Excalibur
Apr 4, 2024The hunt is on for King Arthur's famous blade... even though nobody is sure that it actually exists at all.
Major controversy surrounds 27,000-year-old 'pyramid' Gunung Padang
Mar 29, 2024A recent paper concerning the controversial site in Indonesia has been fully retracted by publishers.
Strange 'alien' metal discovered in ancient Iberian treasure trove
Feb 23, 2024The intriguing find suggests that metalworking techniques were more advanced than we thought 3,000 years ago.
Gigantic 1km-long megastructure discovered beneath the Baltic Sea
Feb 13, 2024The huge structure could potentially be the oldest Stone Age megastructure built by humans in Europe.
Ancient scrolls buried by Vesuvius eruption deciphered using AI
Feb 6, 2024Three researchers have been awarded a $700,000 prize for producing the first readable text from the previously unreadable scrolls.
Tourist returns rocks taken from Pompeii due to fears over 'curse'
Jan 21, 2024For years, the city of Pompeii has been associated with stories of bad luck inflicted on anyone who removes anything from the site.
1,000-year-old 'Viking' sword discovered on river bed in Poland
Jan 18, 2024The remarkably well-preserved sword has been described as a 'major archaeological sensation'.
Unexplained Mysteries top 10 archaeology stories of 2023
Dec 30, 2023Here we take a look back at the most popular historical mysteries and discoveries from the last twelve months.
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