Category: Archaeology

Rocks lining Peruvian desert pointed to ancient fairgrounds

Everyone loves a good fair, even the ancient Paracas people of Peru. In fact, they littered the desert with stones just to make sure everyone […]

New technology unwraps mummies’ ancient mysteries

Our fascination with mummies never gets old. Now the British Museum is using the latest technology to unwrap their ancient mysteries. Scientists at the museum […]

Shipwreck hunter recovers first gold from what could be $80m find

Odyssey Marine Exploration NASDAQ CM:OMEX announced Monday that it recovered nearly 1,000 ounces gold from its first reconnaissance dive to the SS Central America shipwreck […]

Sudan deserts slowly reveal two-thousand-year old secrets

Little by little, the deserts of northern Sudan slowly reveal the secrets they have held for 2,000 years and more. With wheelbarrows, pulleys and shovels, […]

‘Terrible hand’ returns home

Fossil remains of Deinocheirus Greek: Terrible Hand have been returned from Germany to the Mongolian Paleontological Center. read more ‘Terrible hand’ returns home.

Big Bird’s Last Stand

No animal has had more speculation heaped upon it than the Moa. These birds evolved around 85 million years ago on the southern Super-continent called […]

Eerie African Ghost Town Engulfed by the Desert

Abandoned places that once bustled and thrived with people, ghost towns are remarkable because they provide a vision of what once existed. While there’s a […]

Metal detectorists unearth Viking gold

After hours of searching through the mud with metal detectors, treasure hunters Frank Pelle and Bent Gregersen made the discovery of their lives on a […]

Fort Worth museum’s Indiana Jones exhibit makes archaeology ‘just as cool as Hollywood…’

The curator of “ Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archeology” shamelessly admits he’s out to get the kids.“I love to watch kids run out […]

Mexican town San Angel adopted forgotten mummified corpses

These are the 12 mummified corpses which were unearthed in a neighbourhood of Mexico City – and promptly adopted as beloved citizens.The remains lay undiscovered […]

Indiana Jones Goes to Hell: 30 Years of Defending Temple of Doom

“If adventure has a name… it must be Indiana Jones.” This year marks the 30th anniversary of our favorite archaeologist dominating the summer screens for […]

How Sheep Became Livestock

The domestication of plants and animals was one of the most important events in human history, but rarely have archaeologists been able to catch the […]

Scientists Discovered the Egyptian Secret to Moving Huge Pyramid Stones

The question of just how an ancient civilization—without the help of modern technology—moved the 2.5 ton stones that made up their famed pyramids has long […]

Metal detector man’s Roman coins find

A charity fundraiser who recently took up metal detecting shrugged off his novice status to pull off a major archaeological discovery.Stephen Auker, 57, found dozens […]

‘One of the earliest images of Jesus’ found

A team of Catalan archaeologists believes it has unearthed one of the earliest images of Jesus Christ buried deep in an ancient Egyptian tomb.Experts at […]

Egypt unveils exact replica of Tutankhamun’s tomb made with a 3D printer

The most famous of all Egyptian burial sites, Tutankhamun’s tomb, has been replicated with a 3D exact facsimile in a project led by a British […]

Google’s 3D Angkor online

Drawing on over one million photos, Google has taken the Angkor Wat temple complex into the digital realm, allowing anyone with internet access to enjoy […]

Ancient carved stones find at Codnor Castle

Volunteers at Codnor Castle have unearthed an important artefact which will help them learn more about the 11th 
century medieval castle.Tom Saint, 19, son of […]

A Roman hoard from the end of empire

Dutch archaeologists have recently completed the rescue excavation of a unique treasure hoard dating to the beginning of the 5th century AD, from a field […]

Rifle range linked to tragic First World War battle discovered

A newly-formed history society has discovered the remains of a rifle range used by a tragic Welsh battalion that suffered horrific losses in a key […]

Abandoned Pripyat – Then and Now

Abandoned Pripyat – Then and NowOld footage before the Chernobyl disaster compared to newer photos taken from similar locations in the abandoned city of Pripyat. […]

Middle Eastern Archaeological Sites Showcased In Corona Atlas Of The Middle East

Reconnaissance photos captured by Cold War-era spy satellites have tripled the number of known archaeological sites located throughout the Middle East, the creators of a […]

Atari’s E.T. The Extraterrestrial cartridges found in landfill

A documentary film production company has found buried in a New Mexico landfill hundreds of the Atari E.T. The Extraterrestrial game cartridges that some call […]

Madrid begins search for remains of author of Don Quixote

Almost 400 years after he died penniless and virtually unknown, archaeologists are on a quest to discover the lost bones of Miguel de Cervantes, author […]

Spanish team finds hidden ‘tomb of Jesus’

Spanish team finds hidden ‘tomb of Jesus’Previous digs nearby have uncovered a temple dedicated to the Egyptian god of the afterlife. Egyptologists have discovered what […]