A 95-million-year-old Sauropod skull discovered in Australia
Fossil from fourth-ever discovered specimen of a titanosaur may reinforce theory that dinosaurs traveled between South America and Australia.
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Bronze age artifacts used meteoric iron
Archaeologists had long been puzzled by iron tools dating thousands of years before iron smelting developed, but no, there was no precocious smelting, geochemists have concluded.
Algol: Ancient Egyptians found something strange in the night sky that scientists only discovered in 1669
Colloquially known as the Demon Star, the star Algol was linked to the winking eye of Medusa by early astronomers. Algol is actually a 3-in-1 multiple stellar system. A stellar…
Stone Age child found buried with feathers and fur in Finland
An archaeological excavation in Majoonsuo, Outokumpu, eastern Finland, yielded an astonishing find: a Stone Age child interred with feathers and fur. On a gravel road in a forest, the archaeological…
Prehistoric teeth fossils dating back 9.7 million years could rewrite human history
The discovery of a set of 9.7 million-year-old teeth is leading some experts to posit that Europe may have been the true birthplace of humankind, and not Africa as previously thought.
Mummy Juanita: The story behind the Inca Ice Maiden sacrifice
Mummy Juanita, also known as the Inca Ice Maiden, is a well-preserved mummy of a young girl who was sacrificed by the Inca people more than 500 years ago.
The mystery of the giant ancient Monolith of Tlaloc
The discovery and history of the Monolith of Tlaloc are shrouded in a number of unanswered questions and enigmatic details.
Has the mystery of bronze age tin been solved?
Enigma of origins of Bronze Age Levant's tin supply solved through isotope and chemical composition analysis that shows 13th–12th century BCE tin bars likely came from Cornwall
More than 100 pre-Hispanic religious sites linked to ancient Andean cults discovered in Bolivia
Research carried out in the Carangas region of highland Bolivia has identified a surprising concentration of pre-Hispanic religious sites, which are linked to both ancient Andean cults of wak'a (sacred mountains, tutelary hills and mummified ancestors) and the Incan settlement of the region. Among these sites, one particular ceremonial center stands out due to its unprecedented characteristics for the Andes.
Anti-gravity artifact: What’s this strange object found near the Baltic Sea Anomaly?
It cannot be completely ruled out that the artifact could have survived from more ancient civilizations that once inhabited the Earth long before us.
