archaeology

  • Stone Age Megastructure Found at the Bottom of the Baltic Sea

    Stone Age Megastructure Found at the Bottom of the Baltic Sea

    Divers working off the coast of Rostock, Germany, have found the broken-up remains of a wall on the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Researchers believe the Stone Age construction is over 10,000 years old, potentially making it the oldest human megastructure in Europe, and was likely used to herd prey during hunts. The wall dates…


  • The Coolest Archaeological Discoveries of 2022

    The Coolest Archaeological Discoveries of 2022

    Compiling a list of the top archaeological finds in a given year is always a weird exercise in time dilation. I’m tasked with revisiting past lives through the art, shipwrecks, and bones left behind. Some items on this list were lost for merely a century; others for millennia. No matter how old they are, though,…