How did the Easter Islanders drink seawater ?
10-3-2021 |
9
Researchers have taken a fresh look at how the island's inhabitants drank water directly out of the ocean.
LIDAR reveals hidden secrets of Teotihuacan
9-25-2021 | 3
Traces of the ancient South American city can still be found in the roads and structures of modern Mexico.
Ancient rock formation is split perfectly in two
VIDEO 9-17-2021 | 25
The 4,000-year-old rock formation known as Al Naslaa is split so perfectly that it almost looks laser cut.
Stone linked to King Arthur is 6,000 years old
9-1-2021 | 3
An enigmatic stone tomb in England known as Arthur's Stone is now thought to predate Stonehenge.
Melting glacier ice reveals secrets of the past
VIDEO 8-15-2021 | 2
Some of the world's highest and coldest places contain important, hidden clues about our planet's history.
Archaeologists claim discovery of Trojan Horse
8-12-2021 | 15
Pieces of wood allegedly belonging to the iconic wooden horse have been reportedly discovered in Greece.
Geomythology: hunting for truth in ancient tales
8-11-2021 | 3
For thousands of years, stories and fables have contained clues about our planet's geological history.
Evidence of biblical earthquake discovered
VIDEO 8-10-2021 | 0
Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed evidence of an earthquake that occurred in the eighth century BC.
Bronze Age 'village elder' found at dig site
8-8-2021 | 3
Archaeologists have made a fascinating discovery at an excavation site in Burwell, Cambridgeshire.
Babylonians had their own form of trigonometry
8-7-2021 | 5
Ancient Babylonian land surveyors developed their own form of trigonometry 1,000 years before the Greeks.
Machu Picchu could be older than thought
8-4-2021 | 2
The world-famous Incan citadel, which sits high atop the Andes in Peru, is now thought to be decades older.
Coronavirus hit East Asia 20,000 years ago
6-26-2021 | 7
New research has shown that the current coronavirus pandemic is by no means the first to hit humanity.
Ancient deep-sea creature is covered in teeth
6-18-2021 | 0
A bizarre deep-sea species of brittle star is the sole survivor of 180 million years of time and evolution.
'Magic' jar bore deadly curse in ancient Athens
5-31-2021 | 0
Archaeologists have discovered a jar that was once used to bestow a deadly curse on 55 people.
World's largest geoglyphs discovered in India
5-30-2021 | 5
Researchers have identified what are now believed to be giant geoglyphs etched into India's Thar Desert.
250 ancient rock-cut tombs unearthed in Egypt
5-25-2021 | 1
Archaeologists discovered the tombs at the Al-Hamidiyah cemetery in the desert 240 miles southeast of Cairo.
5,000-year-old fingerprint found on Orkney
4-23-2021 | 2
Archaeologists have unearthed a pottery shard that still bears the fingerprint of the person who made it.
Dead Sea Scroll had two authors, not one
4-22-2021 | 0
A new study has revealed that one of the famous historical scrolls was written by more than one person.
Egypt's lost 'Golden City' unearthed at Luxor
VIDEO 4-11-2021 | 60
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 3000-year-old city situated beneath the ancient capital.
Revealed: the face of King Tut's father
3-26-2021 | 9
Scientists have reconstructed the face of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who died over 3,000 years ago.
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