Deep beneath the Baltic Sea lies an ancient hunting ground! Divers have uncovered a massive structure, over 10,000 years old, resting at a depth of 21 meters on the seabed of Mecklenburg Bight in the Baltic Sea. This incredible find is one of the earliest known hunting tools built by humans in Europe.
Grave Robbers had already beaten archaeologists to the site, but archaeologists found a tomb that was untouched by the looters.
An ancient Latin manuscript in Kazakhstan, with a cover made of human skin is shrouded in mystery.
In pre-colonial South America, sambaqui builders ruled the coast for thousands of years. Their fate remained mysterious – until an ancient skull unlocked the new DNA evidence.
Given the quality of preservation of the wolf's head, researchers aim to extract viable DNA and use it to sequence the wolf's genome.
An ancient saber was discovered amongst a treasure trove in Kyrgyzstan which included a smelting vessel, coins, a dagger amongst other ancient artifacts.
After studying Polynesian oral histories, unpublished research, and wood carvings, New Zealand researchers now believe that the Māori sailors arrived in Antarctica more than a millennium before anyone else.
Researchers have isolated viable microbes from melting permafrost after tens of thousands of years.
Approximately 2975 years ago, Pharaoh Siamun governed over Lower Egypt while the Zhou Dynasty ruled in China. Meanwhile, in Israel, Solomon awaited his succession to the throne after David. In the region that we now know as Portugal, the tribes were nearing the conclusion of the Bronze Age. Notably, in the present-day location of Odemira on the southwest coast of Portugal, an unusual and uncommon phenomenon had occurred: an extensive number of bees perished inside their cocoons, their intricate anatomical features impeccably preserved.
The Viking shields found on the Gokstad ship in 1880 were not strictly ceremonial and may have been used in hand-to-hand combat, according to an in-depth analysis.