A remarkable discovery has emerged from the heart of the ancient Mayan world: an extensive Mayan glyph text has been uncovered in the Cobá Archaeological Zone, Quintana Roo. This newly unearthed...
It would be fair to argue that the English Jamestown colonists are not exactly history’s most revered people. Apart from, well, their colonialist outlook, they apparently resorted to cannibalism in...
A team of archaeologists and genetic scientists have completed an extensive DNA analysis of the skeletal remains of a child who was buried several hundred years ago at the pre-Columbian site of...
The Roman Empire was home to various cults that vied for prominence alongside Christianity. Among these were the worship of Sol, Mithras, and Elagabal. Sol, the Sun god, was revered by the Romans as...
Hitherto the latter half of the 19th century, the historical consensus around Troy - the mythic, legendary location from Homer’s notable work, the Iliad - was thought to be just that - a legend...
A remarkable discovery was made during excavation work at the Church of St. Constantine and Helena Monastery in Ordu, Turkey, where archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved floor mosaic dating...
Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,000-year-old chariot burial from the Liao Dynasty (AD 916–1125) in Inner Mongolia, a discovery that sheds light on the ancient nomadic Khitan people who once ruled a...
Archaeologists might have uncovered the long-lost temple where Jesus is believed to have performed miracles, marking a major breakthrough in Biblical history. Several New Testament passages describe...
Peter and Paul Wentworth were notable figures in Elizabethan England, remembered for their staunch defense of parliamentary privileges, in particular the protection of free speech. Peter, the elder...
A remarkable discovery has emerged from the heart of Central Europe, where Czech archaeologists have uncovered an exceptionally well-preserved Neolithic settlement near the town of Kutná Hora. This...
Recent excavations at the Gnezdilovo burial ground, near the historic town of Suzdal in Russia, are offering fresh insights into the region's early medieval history. Led by the Suzdal expedition of...
Ancient human genetics reveal that early humans, including Neanderthals, were far more athletic than modern humans. These ancestors were not primitive but exhibited superior physical abilities due to...
The Scythians and Sarmatians, renowned as master horse riders, played pivotal roles in ancient warfare and society. These nomadic tribes from Central Asia demonstrated remarkable resilience,...
The Native American tribes boast a very complex and thought-provoking set of beliefs and traditions, in which the legend of heroic twin brothers is often shared and found in many tribes. In the myths...
The Keeladi archaeological site in Tamil Nadu, India, continues to yield remarkable discoveries that deepen our understanding of early South Indian civilizations. Recent excavations have unearthed an...
Mammoths, the massive pre-historic ice age cousins of the modern-day elephant, have always been understood to have inhabited parts of British Columbia, but the question of when has always been a bit...
Although the Roman Empire fell over 1,500 years ago, its influence is evident in many aspects of modern society . Roman advancements significantly shaped technological and social progress. One...
A large Spanish galleon known as the San Jose sunk off the northern coast of Colombia in 1708. On its way to Panama, the ship was carrying an astonishingly valuable cargo of gold, silver, and...
Enochian is a mysterious language that 16th century occultists John Dee and Edward Kelley recorded in their private journals. They claimed this ‘celestial speech’ allowed magicians and occultists to...
The pterosaur likely used all four limbs to propel itself in the air, as seen in bats today, researchers have found. The findings, published in PeerJ , provide new insights into how pterosaurs...
In 2023, a team of researchers led by renowned paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, a National Geographic Explorer in Residence, published a set of articles and produced a Netflix documentary that made...
The Indus Valley Civilization , despite its vast size, remains one of the most obscure ancient cultures. Flourishing around 3300 BC, it was identified as a "pristine" civilization, developing without...
Now two decades ago, a team of explorers were working on an exploration and survey mission off the western coast of Cuba when their sonar equipment picked up a perplexing series of stone structures...
Archaeologists in Frombork, Poland, have unearthed a rare 16th-century compass, a remarkable find that may be linked to the time of Nicolaus Copernicus, the pioneering astronomer. Discovered during a...
