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Rome’s Subway Project Keeps Digging Up Archaeological Marvels
ROME — For archaeologists, the excavation of Rome’s newest subway line has been the gift that keeps on giving. Two years after a second-century military…
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Archaeologists Uncover London’s Largest Roman Mosaic in 50 Years
One of London’s newest landmarks, a glass skyscraper known as the Shard, evidently shares space with one the city’s oldest hidden treasures: a nearly preserved…
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9 of history’s most terrifying mummies, from a 2,000-year-old woman with blood in her veins to a Bronze Age bride
Whether naturally preserved or intentionally embalmed mummies, these stories are as intriguing as they are disturbing. The ancient Egyptians are perhaps the best-known group of…
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What remains of John Torrington’s mummified body
Joh. Torriógto and the other Frákliá expeditionary mummies are important reminders of the lost Arctic voyage of 1845, where sailors caribised their crewmates in their…
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Horrified about the ancient Egyptian mummy discovered pregnant for the first time
A team of Polish scientists say they have discovered the only clever example of an embalmed pregnant woman in an Egyptian mummy. The discovery was…
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When a 60-foot dragon skeleton was fed in China, the whole world marveled – VIDEO INSIDE
A 60-foot-long skeleton has been discovered by Chinese villagers who are convinced it is the remains of a DRAGON. Residents of the city of Zhangjiakou…
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Archaeologists are terrified when they discover an ancient woolly mammoth with soft tissue intact
She’s 42,000 years old and has come a long way for her Stralia debut. First she was recovered from the freezing mud in Siberia that…
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Rhino-sized giant tortoise found in Spain is one of the largest in Earth’s history
Specimens of one of the largest sea turtles, measuring up to 4 meters long, have been found in Spanish waters. Archaeologists have recently found specimens…
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Archaeologists discovered the first woolly mammoth and artificial traps in Mexico.
Two pits near Tltepec, north of Mexico City, were discovered using these mammoth traps. Experts believe ancient hunters used torches and sticks to drive these…
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Arene Candide: Ice Age Cave reveals rituals to say goodbye to our ᴅᴇᴀᴅ 12,000 years ago
Broken stones ʙuʀιᴇᴅ were found 12,000 years ago in Arene Candide, a cave used as ʍʀᴀvᴇʏᴀʀᴅ during the last Ice Age. In the Palaeolithic Arene…