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World War I-Era German Submarine Resurfaces From The Sand Near French Coast

2 years ago

World War I-Era German Submarine Resurfaces From The Sand Near French Coast

Tom McKay

Skull Soup, Viking Tech, And More: The Wildest Archaeological Discoveries Of 2018

2 years ago

Skull Soup, Viking Tech, And More: The Wildest Archaeological Discoveries Of 2018

George Dvorsky

Ancient Black Plague Found In Swedish Gravesite

2 years ago

Ancient Black Plague Found In Swedish Gravesite

George Dvorsky

The Biggest Science Stories Of 2018

2 years ago

The Biggest Science Stories Of 2018

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Gaze Upon The Reconstructed Face Of An Infamous 19th Century British Assassin

2 years ago

Gaze Upon The Reconstructed Face Of An Infamous 19th Century British Assassin

George Dvorsky

Incredible Bird-Dinosaur Specimen Thrills Scientists After 25 Years In Museum Storage

2 years ago

Incredible Bird-Dinosaur Specimen Thrills Scientists After 25 Years In Museum Storage

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Two Teens Discovered A 6000-Year-Old Stone Axe At Mount Vernon

2 years ago

Two Teens Discovered A 6000-Year-Old Stone Axe At Mount Vernon

Catie Keck

Hurricane Michael’s Storm Surge Dredged Up 119-Year-Old Vessels

2 years ago

Hurricane Michael’s Storm Surge Dredged Up 119-Year-Old Vessels

Tom McKay

New Theory Explains Why Europe’s Original Dogs Vanished

2 years ago

New Theory Explains Why Europe’s Original Dogs Vanished

George Dvorsky

Archaeology Can Help Prepare Us For Climate Change

2 years ago

Archaeology Can Help Prepare Us For Climate Change

Amy Prendergast

Greek Farmer Discovers 3400 Year-Old Tomb Beneath His Olive Grove

3 years ago

Greek Farmer Discovers 3400 Year-Old Tomb Beneath His Olive Grove

George Dvorsky

Scientists Find Evidence Of 1000-Year-Old Parrot-Breeding Operation In The American Southwest

3 years ago

Scientists Find Evidence Of 1000-Year-Old Parrot-Breeding Operation In The American Southwest

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical

3 years ago

Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical

George Dvorsky

Sunken Russian Warship Rumoured To Contain 200 Tonnes Of Gold Discovered Near South Korea

3 years ago

Sunken Russian Warship Rumoured To Contain 200 Tonnes Of Gold Discovered Near South Korea

George Dvorsky

Discovery Of 14,000-Year-Old Toast Suggests Bread Can Be Added To Palaeo Diet

3 years ago

Discovery Of 14,000-Year-Old Toast Suggests Bread Can Be Added To Palaeo Diet

George Dvorsky

An Earthquake Damaged A Pyramid In Mexico And Exposed An Aztec Temple Hidden Below

3 years ago

An Earthquake Damaged A Pyramid In Mexico And Exposed An Aztec Temple Hidden Below

George Dvorsky

Ötzi The Iceman’s Final Meal Was Surprisingly Hearty

3 years ago

Ötzi The Iceman’s Final Meal Was Surprisingly Hearty

George Dvorsky

Discovery Of Stone Tools In China Shows Early Humans Left Africa Over 2 Million Years Ago

3 years ago

Discovery Of Stone Tools In China Shows Early Humans Left Africa Over 2 Million Years Ago

George Dvorsky

Humans Didn’t Evolve From A Single Ancestral Population

3 years ago

Humans Didn’t Evolve From A Single Ancestral Population

George Dvorsky

A Toddler Who Lived 3 Million Years Ago Could Walk Upright And Capably Climb Trees

3 years ago

A Toddler Who Lived 3 Million Years Ago Could Walk Upright And Capably Climb Trees

George Dvorsky

Incredible Website Shows Amsterdam’s History Through 700,000 Pieces Of Old Garbage

3 years ago

Incredible Website Shows Amsterdam’s History Through 700,000 Pieces Of Old Garbage

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Skull Of Crushed Pompeii Victim Found ‘Intact’

3 years ago

Skull Of Crushed Pompeii Victim Found ‘Intact’

George Dvorsky

Extinct Gibbon Species Found In Tomb Of Ancient Chinese Noblewoman

3 years ago

Extinct Gibbon Species Found In Tomb Of Ancient Chinese Noblewoman

Jessica Boddy

Final Days Of Ötzi The Iceman Revealed Through New Analysis Of His Tools

3 years ago

Final Days Of Ötzi The Iceman Revealed Through New Analysis Of His Tools

George Dvorsky

Human Activity Has Been Chemically Changing The Earth Since Well Before The Industrial Revolution

3 years ago

Human Activity Has Been Chemically Changing The Earth Since Well Before The Industrial Revolution

Jessica Boddy

These Are The Oldest Known Footprints On The Planet

3 years ago

These Are The Oldest Known Footprints On The Planet

George Dvorsky

Ingenious Technique Explains How Easter Island Statues May Have Gotten Their Giant Hats

3 years ago

Ingenious Technique Explains How Easter Island Statues May Have Gotten Their Giant Hats

George Dvorsky

Ancient Egyptian Mummified ‘Hawk’ Is Actually A Stillborn Human Baby

3 years ago

Ancient Egyptian Mummified ‘Hawk’ Is Actually A Stillborn Human Baby

George Dvorsky

Pompeii Resident Had His Head Crushed By A Giant Stone While Fleeing Eruption

3 years ago

Pompeii Resident Had His Head Crushed By A Giant Stone While Fleeing Eruption

George Dvorsky

Something Completely Unexpected Happened To The First Settlers Of South America

3 years ago

Something Completely Unexpected Happened To The First Settlers Of South America

George Dvorsky

A Bizarre Bone Ritual Followed A Grisly Iron Age Battle In Denmark

3 years ago

A Bizarre Bone Ritual Followed A Grisly Iron Age Battle In Denmark

George Dvorsky

There’s No Secret Chamber Behind King Tut’s Tomb, Investigation Concludes

3 years ago

There’s No Secret Chamber Behind King Tut’s Tomb, Investigation Concludes

George Dvorsky

Stunning Discovery Shows Early Humans Were Hunting Rhinos In The Philippines Over 700,000 Years Ago

3 years ago

Stunning Discovery Shows Early Humans Were Hunting Rhinos In The Philippines Over 700,000 Years Ago

George Dvorsky

This Recently Discovered Fifth-Century Massacre In Sweden Is So Game Of Thrones We Can’t Even Handle It

3 years ago

This Recently Discovered Fifth-Century Massacre In Sweden Is So Game Of Thrones We Can’t Even Handle It

George Dvorsky

Why Papuan Men Made Daggers From Human Thigh Bones

3 years ago

Why Papuan Men Made Daggers From Human Thigh Bones

George Dvorsky

WWII Sub Rumoured To Have Taken Top Nazis To South America Found Off Danish Coast

3 years ago

WWII Sub Rumoured To Have Taken Top Nazis To South America Found Off Danish Coast

George Dvorsky

Why In The World Did Ancient Humans Perform Brain Surgery On This Cow?

3 years ago

Why In The World Did Ancient Humans Perform Brain Surgery On This Cow?

George Dvorsky

Medieval Italian Man Replaced His Amputated Hand With A Knife

3 years ago

Medieval Italian Man Replaced His Amputated Hand With A Knife

George Dvorsky

Sweet Potato DNA Challenges Theory That Polynesians Beat Columbus To America

3 years ago

Sweet Potato DNA Challenges Theory That Polynesians Beat Columbus To America

George Dvorsky

Medieval Cheater’s Dice With Double Fours And Fives Found In Norway

3 years ago

Medieval Cheater’s Dice With Double Fours And Fives Found In Norway

George Dvorsky

88,000-Year-Old Middle Finger Found In Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Human History

3 years ago

88,000-Year-Old Middle Finger Found In Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Human History

George Dvorsky

Drone Survey Identifies New Nazca Lines In Peru

3 years ago

Drone Survey Identifies New Nazca Lines In Peru

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Did Ancient Romans Use These Shafts As Summertime Refrigerators?

3 years ago

Did Ancient Romans Use These Shafts As Summertime Refrigerators?

George Dvorsky

Why Neanderthals Had Faces That Were So Different From Ours

3 years ago

Why Neanderthals Had Faces That Were So Different From Ours

George Dvorsky

Archaeologists Discover 29 Human Footprints From The Last Ice Age

3 years ago

Archaeologists Discover 29 Human Footprints From The Last Ice Age

George Dvorsky

Supposedly Empty Egyptian Coffin Actually Contains A Mummy

3 years ago

Supposedly Empty Egyptian Coffin Actually Contains A Mummy

George Dvorsky

Here’s What Protects Shipwrecks From Looters

3 years ago

Here’s What Protects Shipwrecks From Looters

George Dvorsky

Confronted With Severe Climate Change, Ancient Britons Kept Calm And Carried On

3 years ago

Confronted With Severe Climate Change, Ancient Britons Kept Calm And Carried On

George Dvorsky

Dead Medieval Woman ‘Gave Birth’ To Baby In Coffin

3 years ago

Dead Medieval Woman ‘Gave Birth’ To Baby In Coffin

George Dvorsky

Ancient Climate Swings Forced Early Humans To Get Their Crap Together And Innovate

3 years ago

Ancient Climate Swings Forced Early Humans To Get Their Crap Together And Innovate

George Dvorsky

These Early Humans Prospered During What Should Have Been A Devastating Volcanic Winter

3 years ago

These Early Humans Prospered During What Should Have Been A Devastating Volcanic Winter

George Dvorsky

US Aircraft Carrier Sunk In WW2 Battle Finally Found Off Australian Coast

3 years ago

US Aircraft Carrier Sunk In WW2 Battle Finally Found Off Australian Coast

George Dvorsky

5,000-Year-Old Mummy Is Earliest Known Tattooed Woman

3 years ago

5,000-Year-Old Mummy Is Earliest Known Tattooed Woman

George Dvorsky

Scientists Who Doubt Neanderthal Art Must Reckon With New Evidence From These Sweet Cave Paintings

3 years ago

Scientists Who Doubt Neanderthal Art Must Reckon With New Evidence From These Sweet Cave Paintings

George Dvorsky

Lock Of George Washington’s Hair Found Tucked Inside Old Book

3 years ago

Lock Of George Washington’s Hair Found Tucked Inside Old Book

George Dvorsky

Human Skulls Mounted On Stakes Found At 8,000-Year-Old Burial Site In Sweden

3 years ago

Human Skulls Mounted On Stakes Found At 8,000-Year-Old Burial Site In Sweden

George Dvorsky

Amazing Life-Sized Sculptures Of Camels And Horses Discovered In Saudi Arabia

3 years ago

Amazing Life-Sized Sculptures Of Camels And Horses Discovered In Saudi Arabia

George Dvorsky

Turns Out The First British People Were Actually Black

3 years ago

Turns Out The First British People Were Actually Black

Adam Clark Estes

Ancient Tomb Discovered In Egypt Believed To Be Over 4300 Years Old

3 years ago

Ancient Tomb Discovered In Egypt Believed To Be Over 4300 Years Old

Ancient Grave With Skeletons Arranged in Bizarre Spiral Formation Discovered In Mexico

3 years ago

Ancient Grave With Skeletons Arranged in Bizarre Spiral Formation Discovered In Mexico

George Dvorsky

Before Our Species Left Africa, Now-Extinct Humans Made These Fancy Tools In India

3 years ago

Before Our Species Left Africa, Now-Extinct Humans Made These Fancy Tools In India

George Dvorsky

Stupid Truck Driver Drove Right Over The Nazca Lines

3 years ago

Stupid Truck Driver Drove Right Over The Nazca Lines

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Stunning Fossil Discovery Pushes First Human Migration Out Of Africa Back 50,000 Years

3 years ago

Stunning Fossil Discovery Pushes First Human Migration Out Of Africa Back 50,000 Years

George Dvorsky

Shipwreck Scavengers Reportedly Dumped Remains Of WWII Sailors In Mass Grave

3 years ago

Shipwreck Scavengers Reportedly Dumped Remains Of WWII Sailors In Mass Grave

George Dvorsky

Hundreds Of Stone Tools Uncovered At Prehistoric ‘Picnic Spot’

3 years ago

Hundreds Of Stone Tools Uncovered At Prehistoric ‘Picnic Spot’

George Dvorsky

Paper Scraps Recovered From Blackbeard’s Cannon Reveal What Pirates Were Reading

3 years ago

Paper Scraps Recovered From Blackbeard’s Cannon Reveal What Pirates Were Reading

George Dvorsky

Discovery Of Unknown Ancient Population Changes Our Understanding Of How North America Was Settled

3 years ago

Discovery Of Unknown Ancient Population Changes Our Understanding Of How North America Was Settled

George Dvorsky

Sunken Australian Submarine From WWI Finally Found After 103 Years

3 years ago

Sunken Australian Submarine From WWI Finally Found After 103 Years

George Dvorsky

Child Graves Paint A Complex Picture Of Life At Ancient Egyptian Work Site

3 years ago

Child Graves Paint A Complex Picture Of Life At Ancient Egyptian Work Site

George Dvorsky

Morbid Experiment Proves This Neolithic Weapon Was An Effective Skull Crusher

3 years ago

Morbid Experiment Proves This Neolithic Weapon Was An Effective Skull Crusher

George Dvorsky

The Coolest Scientific Discoveries Of 2017

3 years ago

The Coolest Scientific Discoveries Of 2017

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Decades After Discovery, 3500-Year-Old Mummy Found In Egyptian Tomb

3 years ago

Decades After Discovery, 3500-Year-Old Mummy Found In Egyptian Tomb

George Dvorsky

Secret Time Capsule Found Inside Jesus’ Butt

3 years ago

Secret Time Capsule Found Inside Jesus’ Butt

George Dvorsky

Ancient Cave Art Depicts Oldest Evidence Of Dogs Wearing Leashes

3 years ago

Ancient Cave Art Depicts Oldest Evidence Of Dogs Wearing Leashes

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Historians May Have Been Wrong About This Ancient Roman Vase For Centuries

3 years ago

Historians May Have Been Wrong About This Ancient Roman Vase For Centuries

George Dvorsky

Neanderthals With Disabilities Survived Through Social Support

3 years ago

Neanderthals With Disabilities Survived Through Social Support

George Dvorsky

Experts Cast Doubt On Viking Textile With ‘Allah’ Inscription

3 years ago

Experts Cast Doubt On Viking Textile With ‘Allah’ Inscription

George Dvorsky

Restored Prisoner’s Letter Uncovers Horrific Details Of Life At Auschwitz Death Camp

3 years ago

Restored Prisoner’s Letter Uncovers Horrific Details Of Life At Auschwitz Death Camp

George Dvorsky

Humans Today Have Even More Neanderthal DNA Than We Realised

3 years ago

Humans Today Have Even More Neanderthal DNA Than We Realised

George Dvorsky

There May Be Seven Incredibly Rare Bronze Statues Buried At The Antikythera Shipwreck

3 years ago

There May Be Seven Incredibly Rare Bronze Statues Buried At The Antikythera Shipwreck

George Dvorsky

Sunken German Submarine From WWI Likely Contains Remains Of 23 Sailors

3 years ago

Sunken German Submarine From WWI Likely Contains Remains Of 23 Sailors

George Dvorsky

Origin Of Zero Symbol Is Centuries Older Than Previously Thought

3 years ago

Origin Of Zero Symbol Is Centuries Older Than Previously Thought

George Dvorsky

Genetic Analysis Offers First Strong Evidence Of Female Viking Warriors

3 years ago

Genetic Analysis Offers First Strong Evidence Of Female Viking Warriors

George Dvorsky

New Experiment Reveals Secret Behind 200,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Glue

4 years ago

New Experiment Reveals Secret Behind 200,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Glue

George Dvorsky

Italians Have Been Getting Blitzed On Wine For A Very Long Time

4 years ago

Italians Have Been Getting Blitzed On Wine For A Very Long Time

Rae Paoletta

How A Confederate Submarine Crew Died At The Hands Of Its Own Weapon

4 years ago

How A Confederate Submarine Crew Died At The Hands Of Its Own Weapon

George Dvorsky

Hundred-Year-Old Antarctic Fruitcake Found In ‘Excellent Condition’

4 years ago

Hundred-Year-Old Antarctic Fruitcake Found In ‘Excellent Condition’

George Dvorsky

Bone Etchings Suggest Ancient Cannibals Weren’t Just Doing It For The Meat

4 years ago

Bone Etchings Suggest Ancient Cannibals Weren’t Just Doing It For The Meat

George Dvorsky

Magnificent Sandstone Statue Uncovered Near Legendary Cambodian Temple

4 years ago

Magnificent Sandstone Statue Uncovered Near Legendary Cambodian Temple

George Dvorsky

Ötzi The Iceman’s Axe Came From Surprisingly Far Away

4 years ago

Ötzi The Iceman’s Axe Came From Surprisingly Far Away

George Dvorsky

Archaeologists Unearth ‘Grave Of Giants’ In China

4 years ago

Archaeologists Unearth ‘Grave Of Giants’ In China

George Dvorsky

New Evidence Of An Ancient Neolithic Skull Cult Proves Humans Have Always Been Metal

4 years ago

New Evidence Of An Ancient Neolithic Skull Cult Proves Humans Have Always Been Metal

Rae Paoletta

Ancient Manufacturing Technique Exposed Native Californians To Dangerous Toxins

4 years ago

Ancient Manufacturing Technique Exposed Native Californians To Dangerous Toxins

George Dvorsky

This Stunning Medieval Longsword Was Just Pulled From A Polish Bog

4 years ago

This Stunning Medieval Longsword Was Just Pulled From A Polish Bog

George Dvorsky

This 3000-Year-Old Prosthetic Wooden Toe Is More Incredible Than We Thought

4 years ago

This 3000-Year-Old Prosthetic Wooden Toe Is More Incredible Than We Thought

George Dvorsky

How Cats Conquered Humans Thousands Of Years Ago

4 years ago

How Cats Conquered Humans Thousands Of Years Ago

Rae Paoletta

Archaeologists Uncover Secret Message On Bible-Era Pottery

4 years ago

Archaeologists Uncover Secret Message On Bible-Era Pottery

Rae Paoletta

This 3000-Year-Old Copper Mask Is Rewriting South American History

4 years ago

This 3000-Year-Old Copper Mask Is Rewriting South American History

George Dvorsky

Incredible Discovery Pushes Back Origin Of Homo Sapiens By 100,000 Years

4 years ago

Incredible Discovery Pushes Back Origin Of Homo Sapiens By 100,000 Years

George Dvorsky

Over 7000 Bodies May Be Buried Beneath Mississippi University

4 years ago

Over 7000 Bodies May Be Buried Beneath Mississippi University

George Dvorsky